Which returned more over the last year, IGSB or IJR?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGSB returned +1.3% and IJR +17.5%.

Which is cheaper, IGSB or IJR?

IGSB is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IGSB vs IJR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IGSB returned +1.3% to IJR's +17.5%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $23.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, and $104.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+1.3%

IGSB total return, 1 year

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

0.04%

IGSB expense ratio

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IGSB costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.2 points; IJR is 4.4 times larger.

IGSB vs IJR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IGSB	IJR
Return
Measure	IGSB	IJR
Total return, 1 year	+1.3%	+17.5%
Drawdown
Measure	IGSB	IJR
Below its high		6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IGSB	IJR
What it tracks	ICE BofA 1-5 Year US Corporate Index	S&P SmallCap 600
Cost and size
Measure	IGSB	IJR
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$23.7bn	$104.0bn
Holdings
Measure	IGSB	IJR
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		5.3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IGSB and IJR hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IGSB IJR

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IGSB

EAGLE FUNDING LUXCO S. R.L. 144A 0.29%

T-MOBILE USA INC 0.17%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.14%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 144A 0.14%

AMAZON.COM INC 0.13%

ABBVIE INC 0.12%

AMAZON.COM INC 0.12%

BOEING CO 0.12%

Only in IJR

GLAUKOS 0.61%

PAYCOM SOFTWARE 0.57%

MATCH GROUP INC 0.57%

VIASAT INC 0.55%

SM ENERGY 0.53%

PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS 0.52%

RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES REIT 0.51%

JACKSON FINANCIAL CLASS A 0.48%

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Side by side

IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond Tracks the S&P SmallCap 600

Total return, 1 year +1.3% +17.5%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +17.6% (SPSM)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.1 pts vs SPSM

Expense ratio 0.04% 0.06%

Holdings 4781 642

Net assets, IGSB as of Oct 28, 2026 and IJR as of Oct 27, 2026 $23.7bn $104.6bn

IGSB and IJR on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

IGSB

IGSB tracks an index of 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

IJR

IJR tracks the S&P SmallCap 600. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.6% for its benchmark, the S&P SmallCap 600. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 642 positions, with the top ten at 5.3%. It sat 6.8% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IGSB or IJR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGSB returned +1.3% and IJR +17.5%.
Which is cheaper, IGSB or IJR?: IGSB is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

IGSB and IJR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IGSB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IGSB ↗

IJR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJR ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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