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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJH returned +13.2% and IYR +3.4%.

Which is cheaper, IJH or IYR?

IJH is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJH and 80% of IYR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IJH vs IYR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJH returned +13.2% to IYR's +3.4%; 7% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $122.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF, and $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF.

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At a glance

+13.2%

IJH total return, 1 year

+3.4%

IYR total return, 1 year

0.05%

IJH expense ratio

0.37%

IYR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJH costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.8 points; IJH is far larger, $122.3bn against $4.0bn.

IJH vs IYR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJH	IYR
Return
Measure	IJH	IYR
Total return, 1 year	+13.2%	+3.4%
Drawdown
Measure	IJH	IYR
Below its high	6.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026	8.6%, high on Jul 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJH	IYR
What it tracks	S&P MidCap 400	Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Capped Index
Cost and size
Measure	IJH	IYR
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.37%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$122.3bn	$4.0bn
Holdings
Measure	IJH	IYR
Holdings in common	7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.2%	52.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IJH and IYR hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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7% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IJH IYR

W. P. CAREY REIT 0.42% 1.13%

SUN COMMUNITIES REIT INC 0.41% 1.09%

OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS REIT 0.41% 1.09%

ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT REIT 0.40% 1.08%

JONES LANG LASALLE 0.40% 1.08%

LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY CLAS 0.40% 1.05%

EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES REIT I 0.34% 0.90%

GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES REIT 0.33% 0.88%

AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT 0.33% 0.87%

EASTGROUP PROPERTIES REIT 0.31% 0.83%

AGNC INVESTMENT REIT 0.31% 0.82%

AMERICAN HOMES RENT REIT CLASS A 0.29% 0.79%

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Only in IJH

OKTA CLASS A 1.10%

TECHNIPFMC PLC 0.82%

UNITED THERAPEUTICS 0.74%

ENTEGRIS INC 0.67%

ATI 0.66%

US FOODS HOLDING 0.65%

RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM 0.65%

XPO 0.64%

Only in IYR

WELLTOWER 9.85%

PROLOGIS REIT 8.77%

AMERICAN TOWER REIT 4.96%

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP REIT INC 4.71%

EQUINIX REIT 4.57%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 4.54%

REALTY INCOME REIT 4.19%

PUBLIC STORAGE REIT 4.10%

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Side by side

IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF IYR iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P MidCap 400 Tracks an index of U.S. Real Estate

Total return, 1 year +13.2% +3.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +12.8% (MDY) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +0.4 pts vs MDY not measured

Expense ratio 0.05% 0.37%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 80.0%

Holdings 409 59

Net assets, IJH as of Oct 27, 2026 and IYR as of Oct 28, 2026 $122.8bn $3.9bn

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

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About each fund

IJH

IJH tracks the S&P MidCap 400. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.2% with distributions reinvested, against +12.8% for its benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 409 positions, with the top ten at 7.2%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

IYR

IYR tracks an index of U.S. Real Estate. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +3.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 59 positions, with the top ten at 52.5%. It sat 8.6% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJH or IYR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJH returned +13.2% and IYR +3.4%.
Which is cheaper, IJH or IYR?: IJH is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IJH and IYR overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJH and 80% of IYR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IJH and IYR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJH and IYR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJH ↗

iShares page for IYR ↗

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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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