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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VDC +12.7%.

Which is cheaper, IJR or VDC?

IJR is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IJR vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJR returned +17.5% to VDC's +12.7%; 4% 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 $7.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF.

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At a glance

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

+12.7%

VDC total return, 1 year

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

0.09%

VDC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJR costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.8 points; IJR is 13.9 times larger.

IJR vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJR	VDC
Return
Measure	IJR	VDC
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+12.7%
Drawdown
Measure	IJR	VDC
Below its high	6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026	3.1%, high on Oct 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJR	VDC
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	IJR	VDC
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$102.6bn	$7.4bn
Holdings
Measure	IJR	VDC
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.3%	66.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IJR and VDC hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IJR VDC

CONAGRA BRANDS 0.39% 0.34%

MOLSON COORS BREWING CLASS B 0.36% 0.32%

LAMB WESTON HOLDINGS 0.42% 0.30%

PRICESMART 0.24% 0.29%

CHEFS WAREHOUSE INC 0.23% 0.29%

CAMPBELL SOUP 0.23% 0.18%

FRESHPET 0.18% 0.21%

UNITED NATURAL FOODS INC 0.17% 0.23%

WD-40 0.17% 0.23%

CAL MAINE FOODS 0.16% 0.22%

THE VITA COCO COMPANY 0.15% 0.22%

ANDERSONS INC 0.12% 0.22%

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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 VDC

Walmart Inc 13.86%

Costco Wholesale Corp 12.12%

Procter & Gamble Co 9.90%

Coca-Cola Co 9.80%

Philip Morris International Inc 4.83%

PepsiCo Inc 4.28%

Altria Group Inc 3.86%

Mondelez International Inc 2.58%

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Side by side

IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P SmallCap 600 Tracks an index of Consumer Staples

Total return, 1 year +17.5% +12.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +17.6% (SPSM) +12.7% (FSTA)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPSM 0.0 pts vs FSTA

Expense ratio 0.06% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 86.4%

Holdings 642 105

Net assets, IJR as of Oct 27, 2026 and VDC as of Sep 30, 2026 $104.6bn $7.4bn

IJR and VDC 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.

VDC

VDC tracks an index of Consumer Staples. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested, against +12.7% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 66.0%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Oct 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJR or VDC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VDC +12.7%.
Which is cheaper, IJR or VDC?: IJR is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IJR and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IJR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJR ↗

VDC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDC ↗

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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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