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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJJ returned +10.5% and VFLO +42.3%.

Which is cheaper, IJJ or VFLO?

IJJ is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $21. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJJ and 84% of VFLO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IJJ vs VFLO: how they differ

IJJ and VFLO hold 1% of their weight in the same names, and VFLO returned +42.3% over the year. iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF and VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF.

IJJ costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 31.8 points.

	IJJ	VFLO
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.39%
Net assets, IJJ as of Oct 9, 2026 and VFLO as of Jun 30, 2026	$8.4bn	$7.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+10.5%	+42.3%
Holdings in common	1%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	11.0%	30.8%
Below its high	7.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026	5.4%, high on Sep 3, 2026

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

+10.5%

IJJ total return, 1 year

+42.3%

VFLO total return, 1 year

0.18%

IJJ expense ratio

0.39%

VFLO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IJJ and VFLO hold 1% 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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half

1% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IJJ VFLO

TOLL BROTHERS INC 0.76% 1.57%

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 VFLO

DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION 3.49%

EXPEDIA GROUP, INC. 3.41%

ADOBE INC. 3.37%

SANDISK CORPORATION 3.02%

COEUR MINING, INC. 3.02%

NEWMONT CORPORATION 3.01%

MERCK & CO., INC. 2.98%

SALESFORCE, INC. 2.90%

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On the same fields

IJJ

iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Value ETF

VFLO

VictoryShares Free Cash Flow ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares VictoryShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +10.5% +42.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −6.7 pts +25.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.39%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 83.8%

Holdings 303 50

Net assets, IJJ as of Oct 9, 2026 and VFLO as of Jun 30, 2026 $8.4bn $7.8bn

IJJ and VFLO 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.

VFLO in plain words

VFLO tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +42.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 50 positions, with the top ten at 30.8%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJJ or VFLO?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJJ returned +10.5% and VFLO +42.3%.
Which is cheaper, IJJ or VFLO?: IJJ is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $21. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IJJ and VFLO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJJ and 84% of VFLO 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 ↗VFLO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VFLO 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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