Which is cheaper, IJR or SCMY?

IJR charges 0.06% a year and SCMY charges 0.30%, so IJR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are IJR and SCMY the same kind of fund?

No. IJR is an index ETF and SCMY is a buffer ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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

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IJR vs SCMY: how they differ

IJR and SCMY are measured over different days, and IJR charges 0.06% against 0.30%.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and Corgi U.S. Small-Cap 15% Structured Buffer ETF - May Series.

IJR and SCMY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	SCMY Corgi U.S. Small-Cap 15% Structured Buffer ETF - May Series
Where it sits	Core index fund	Buffer ETF
Issuer	iShares	Corgi
What it is	S&P SmallCap 600	Defined outcome, 15% on IWM
Total return, 1 year	+19.9%	not published
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	not published
Gap to the S&P 500	+2.4 pts	not available
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.30%
Holdings	603	not filed

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.

SCMY in plain words

The fund's price can fall 2.2% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, IWM can fall 2.2% from today's level to the point where the buffer begins. Protection left, in index points: 15.0% of the 15.0% buffer still sits below today's IWM level. 231 days remained on Sep 12, 2026. On Apr 30, 2027 the period ends and a new cap is set.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, IJR or SCMY?: IJR charges 0.06% a year and SCMY charges 0.30%, so IJR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are IJR and SCMY the same kind of fund?: No. IJR is an index ETF and SCMY is a buffer ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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IJR against SCMY, 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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