Which returned more over the last year, IJJ or PEY?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJJ returned +10.5% and PEY +14.8%.

Which is cheaper, IJJ or PEY?

IJJ is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $50. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IJJ and PEY overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJJ and 51% of PEY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IJJ vs PEY: how they differ

IJJ and PEY hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and PEY returned +14.8% over the year. iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF and Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF.

IJJ costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.3 points; IJJ is 7.9 times larger.

	IJJ	PEY
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.68%
Net assets	$8.4bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+10.5%	+14.8%
Holdings in common	2%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	11.0%	29.6%
Below its high	7.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026	8.8%, high on Aug 26, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+10.5%

IJJ total return, 1 year

+14.8%

PEY total return, 1 year

0.18%

IJJ expense ratio

0.68%

PEY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IJJ and PEY hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IJJ PEY

BLACK HILLS CORP 0.35% 1.96%

PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC 0.32% 1.93%

SONOCO PRODUCTS 0.29% 1.61%

BANK OZK 0.27% 1.64%

POLARIS INC 0.17% 1.62%

H&R BLOCK INC 0.16% 1.33%

Only in IJJ

TD SYNNEX 1.30%

US FOODS HOLDING 1.27%

RELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM 1.23%

PERMIAN RESOURCES CLASS A 1.16%

HF SINCLAIR 1.13%

OVINTIV 1.06%

WESCO INTERNATIONAL 1.05%

REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA 1.01%

Only in PEY

Perrigo Co PLC 3.71%

Flowers Foods Inc 3.67%

Universal Corp/VA 3.25%

Edison International 3.10%

Altria Group Inc 3.09%

Pfizer Inc 2.79%

United Parcel Service Inc 2.69%

Best Buy Co Inc 2.49%

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On the same fields

IJJ

iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF

PEY

Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Invesco

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +10.5% +14.8%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −6.7 pts −2.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.68%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 50.6%

Holdings 303 52

Net assets $8.4bn $1.1bn

IJJ and PEY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

IJJ in plain words

IJJ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 303 positions, with the top ten at 11.0%. It sat 7.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

PEY in plain words

PEY tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.68% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 51% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 52 positions, with the top ten at 29.6%. It sat 8.8% below its high of Aug 26, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJJ or PEY?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJJ returned +10.5% and PEY +14.8%.
Which is cheaper, IJJ or PEY?: IJJ is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $50. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IJJ and PEY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJJ and 51% of PEY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IJJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IJJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IJJ ↗PEY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗PEY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for PEY ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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