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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and IWB +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, IJR or IWB?

IJR is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IJR and IWB overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 92% of IWB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IJR vs IWB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJR returned +17.5% to IWB's +13.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $104.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, and $49.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Russell 1000 ETF.

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At a glance

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

+13.1%

IWB total return, 1 year

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

0.15%

IWB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJR costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.4 points; IJR is 2.1 times larger.

IJR vs IWB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJR	IWB
Return
Measure	IJR	IWB
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+13.1%
Drawdown
Measure	IJR	IWB
Below its high	6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJR	IWB
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600	Russell 1000 Index
Cost and size
Measure	IJR	IWB
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$104.0bn	$48.7bn
Holdings
Measure	IJR	IWB
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.3%	35.3%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IJR and IWB 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 IJR IWB

PAYCOM SOFTWARE 0.57% 0.02%

ADT INC 0.21% 0.01%

ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES 0.37% 0.01%

BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS 0.20% 0.01%

BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC 0.35% 0.01%

CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT INC 0.34% 0.01%

CAMPBELL SOUP 0.23% 0.01%

CARMAX INC 0.43% 0.01%

CELANESE CORP 0.28% 0.01%

CLEARWAY ENERGY INC CLASS C 0.23% 0.01%

CONAGRA BRANDS 0.39% 0.01%

EASTMAN CHEMICAL 0.43% 0.01%

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Only in IJR

GLAUKOS 0.61%

VIASAT INC 0.55%

SM ENERGY 0.53%

PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS 0.52%

RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES REIT 0.51%

JACKSON FINANCIAL CLASS A 0.48%

LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS 0.48%

TG THERAPEUTICS 0.46%

Only in IWB

NVIDIA 7.15%

APPLE 7.06%

MICROSOFT 5.56%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.46%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.63%

BROADCOM INC 2.24%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.12%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.92%

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Side by side

IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P SmallCap 600 Tracks the Russell 1000

Total return, 1 year +17.5% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +17.6% (SPSM) +13.2% (VONE)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPSM −0.1 pts vs VONE

Expense ratio 0.06% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 91.7%

Holdings 642 1025

Net assets, IJR as of Oct 27, 2026 and IWB as of Oct 28, 2026 $104.6bn $49.1bn

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

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About each fund

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.

IWB

IWB tracks the Russell 1000. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.2% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,025 positions, with the top ten at 35.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJR or IWB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and IWB +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, IJR or IWB?: IJR is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IJR and IWB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 92% of IWB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IJR and IWB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJR and IWB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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