Which returned more over the last year, IJH or SPY?

In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJH returned +16.9% and SPY returned +20.0%, so SPY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

How much do IJH and SPY overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJH and 100% of SPY 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.

Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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IJH vs SPY

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iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF and SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IJH and SPY 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 IJH	Only in SPY
TWILIO INC 0.86%	NVIDIA Corp. 7.52%
CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORP 0.85%	Apple, Inc. 6.59%
MKS INC 0.83%	Microsoft Corp. 4.30%
CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP 0.77%	Amazon.com, Inc. 3.62%
NVENT ELECTRIC PLC 0.76%	Alphabet, Inc. 3.25%
ENTEGRIS INC 0.76%	Broadcom, Inc. 2.77%
ATI INC 0.74%	Alphabet, Inc. 2.59%
ILLUMINA INC 0.73%	Micron Technology, Inc. 2.02%

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 as filed for Jun 30, 2026.

IJH and SPY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF	SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Where it sits	Core fund	Core fund
Issuer	iShares	State Street
What it is	S&P MidCap 400	S&P 500, book from IVV
Total return, 1 year	+16.9%	+20.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+20.0%	+20.0%
Gap to the S&P 500	−3.0 pts	+0.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	not published
Already in the S&P 500	0.0%	100.0%
Holdings	400	504

IJH in plain words

IJH is a index equity fund tracking S&P MidCap 400. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +16.9% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 400 positions, with the top ten at 7.7%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 4, 2026.

SPY in plain words

SPY is a index equity fund tracking S&P 500, book from IVV. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 36.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJH or SPY?: In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJH returned +16.9% and SPY returned +20.0%, so SPY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
How much do IJH and SPY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJH and 100% of SPY 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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