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IJJ vs SMIG: how they differ

IJJ and SMIG hold 5% of their weight in the same names, and IJJ returned +10.5% over the year. iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF and Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF.

IJJ costs 0.42 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; IJJ is 5.8 times larger.

IJJSMIG
Expense ratio0.18%0.60%
Net assets, IJJ as of Oct 9, 2026 and SMIG as of Jun 30, 2026$8.4bn$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year+10.5%+9.7%
Holdings in common5%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund11.0%42.3%
Below its high7.1%, high on Aug 14, 20266.4%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+10.5%
IJJ total return, 1 year
+9.7%
SMIG total return, 1 year
0.18%
IJJ expense ratio
0.60%
SMIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IJJ and SMIG hold 5% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IJJ SMIG
REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA 1.01% 2.79%
WATSCO 0.61% 2.48%
RYDER SYSTEM 0.55% 2.88%
RPM INTERNATIONAL INC 0.45% 2.01%
AMERICAN FINANCIAL GROUP 0.35% 2.16%
EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES REIT I 0.34% 2.44%
DICKS SPORTING 0.32% 1.06%
AGREE REALTY REIT 0.27% 2.86%
AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT 0.26% 2.97%
EVERCORE CLASS A 0.24% 3.17%
DT MIDSTREAM 0.21% 4.19%
PENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP VOTING INC 0.21% 2.31%
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%
SHARKNINJA 0.93%
Only in SMIG
Silicon Motion Technology Corp 6.66%
Targa Resources Corp 4.89%
Snap-on Inc 4.70%
Victory Capital Holdings Inc 4.30%
Hubbell Inc 4.01%
Gildan Activewear Inc 3.78%
Packaging Corp of America 3.30%
NiSource Inc 3.30%

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On the same fields

IJJ
iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF
SMIG
Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Bahl & Gaynor
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +10.5% +9.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −6.7 pts −7.6 pts
Expense ratio 0.18% 0.60%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 35.4%
Holdings 303 38
Net assets, IJJ as of Oct 9, 2026 and SMIG as of Jun 30, 2026 $8.4bn $1.5bn

IJJ and SMIG 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.

SMIG in plain words

SMIG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 35% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 38 positions, with the top ten at 42.3%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJJ or SMIG?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJJ returned +10.5% and SMIG +9.7%.
Which is cheaper, IJJ or SMIG?
IJJ is cheaper, by 0.42 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $42. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IJJ and SMIG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJJ and 35% of SMIG 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 ↗SMIG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SMIG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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ETFIQ, IJJ against SMIG, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/ijj-vs-smig

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