Which is cheaper, IVV or JANU?

IVV charges 0.03% a year and JANU charges 0.74%, so IVV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Are IVV and JANU the same kind of fund?

No. IVV is an index ETF and JANU 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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IVV vs JANU: how they differ

IVV and JANU are measured over different days, and IVV charges 0.03% against 0.74%.

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF and AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer15 Uncapped ETF - Jan.

IVV and JANU on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	JANU AllianzIM U.S. Equity Buffer15 Uncapped ETF - Jan
Where it sits	Core index fund	Buffer ETF
Issuer	iShares	AllianzIM
What it is	S&P 500	Defined outcome, 15% on SPY
Total return, 1 year	+17.6%	not published
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	not published
Gap to the S&P 500	+0.1 pts	not available
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.74%
Holdings	504	not filed

IVV in plain words

IVV is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. 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%.

JANU in plain words

This fund has no cap. It takes a share of any further rise in SPY. The fund's price can fall 8.5% from here before the buffer starts absorbing losses, by the issuer's figure. In index terms, SPY can fall 10.8% 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 SPY level. 111 days remained on Sep 12, 2026. On Dec 31, 2026 the period ends and a new cap is set.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, IVV or JANU?: IVV charges 0.03% a year and JANU charges 0.74%, so IVV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Are IVV and JANU the same kind of fund?: No. IVV is an index ETF and JANU 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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IVV against JANU, 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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