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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and IYR +3.4%.

Which is cheaper, IJR or IYR?

IJR is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IJR vs IYR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJR returned +17.5% to IYR's +3.4%; 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 $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF.

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At a glance

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

+3.4%

IYR total return, 1 year

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

0.37%

IYR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJR costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.1 points; IJR is far larger, $104.0bn against $4.0bn.

IJR vs IYR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJR	IYR
Return
Measure	IJR	IYR
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+3.4%
Drawdown
Measure	IJR	IYR
Below its high	6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026	8.6%, high on Jul 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJR	IYR
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600	Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Capped Index
Cost and size
Measure	IJR	IYR
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.37%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$104.0bn	$4.0bn
Holdings
Measure	IJR	IYR
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.3%	52.5%

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

What they share

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

RITHM CAPITAL 0.30% 0.41%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IJR

GLAUKOS 0.61%

PAYCOM SOFTWARE 0.57%

MATCH GROUP INC 0.57%

VIASAT INC 0.55%

SM ENERGY 0.53%

PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS 0.52%

RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES REIT 0.51%

JACKSON FINANCIAL CLASS A 0.48%

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

IJR iShares Core S&P Small-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 SmallCap 600 Tracks an index of U.S. Real Estate

Total return, 1 year +17.5% +3.4%

Its benchmark over the same days +17.6% (SPSM) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPSM not measured

Expense ratio 0.06% 0.37%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 80.0%

Holdings 642 59

Net assets, IJR as of Oct 27, 2026 and IYR as of Oct 28, 2026 $104.6bn $3.9bn

IJR and IYR 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.

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, IJR or IYR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and IYR +3.4%.
Which is cheaper, IJR or IYR?: IJR is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IJR and IYR overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 80% of IYR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IJR and IYR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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

iShares page for IJR ↗

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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