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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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IALT vs IJR: how they differ

IALT and IJR hold 0% of their weight in the same names.

iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF and iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IALT and IJR hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in IALTOnly in IJR
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 17.26%FORMFACTOR INC 0.69%
PRIME SECSRVC BRW/FINANC 1.29%VIASAT INC 0.68%
PHINIA INC 0.94%MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC 0.66%
DISH DBS CORP 0.21%ARGAN INC 0.62%
DISH DBS CORP 0.19%BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 0.61%
DISH DBS CORP 0.10%ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC 0.61%
MAXLINEAR INC 0.60%
KRYSTAL BIOTECH INC 0.54%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

IALT and IJR on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IALT
iShares Systematic Alternatives Active ETF
IJR
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesiShares
What it isSystematic Alternatives ActiveS&P SmallCap 600
Total return, 1 year+17.4%+19.9%
S&P 500 over the same days+12.1%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+5.4 pts+2.4 pts
Expense rationot published0.06%
Already in the S&P 50054.9%0.0%
Holdings8603

IALT in plain words

IALT is an index equity fund tracking the Systematic Alternatives Active. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 8 positions, with the top ten at 100.0%.

IJR in plain words

IJR is an index equity fund tracking the S&P SmallCap 600. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +19.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 603 positions, with the top ten at 6.0%. It sat 5.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

How much do IALT and IJR overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 55% of IALT and 0% of IJR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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IALT against IJR, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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