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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VDE +58.8%.

Which is cheaper, IJR or VDE?

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 VDE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 81% of VDE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IJR vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJR returned +17.5% to VDE's +58.8%; 5% 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 $10.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Energy ETF.

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At a glance

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

+58.8%

VDE total return, 1 year

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

0.09%

VDE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJR costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 41.3 points; IJR is 9.9 times larger.

IJR vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJR	VDE
Return
Measure	IJR	VDE
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+58.8%
Drawdown
Measure	IJR	VDE
Below its high	6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJR	VDE
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	IJR	VDE
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$102.6bn	$10.4bn
Holdings
Measure	IJR	VDE
Holdings in common	5%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.3%	67.1%

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 VDE hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IJR VDE

SM ENERGY 0.53% 0.33%

MAGNOLIA OIL GAS CORP CLASS A 0.36% 0.24%

KODIAK GAS SERVICES INC 0.27% 0.23%

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS 0.26% 0.23%

ARCHROCK 0.32% 0.22%

DELEK US HOLDINGS INC 0.24% 0.22%

OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL INC 0.23% 0.21%

CORE NATURAL RESOURCES 0.26% 0.20%

CACTUS CLASS A 0.26% 0.20%

PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC 0.27% 0.19%

TIDEWATER 0.23% 0.18%

HELMERICH & PAYNE 0.23% 0.17%

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Only in IJR

GLAUKOS 0.61%

PAYCOM SOFTWARE 0.57%

MATCH GROUP INC 0.57%

VIASAT INC 0.55%

PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS 0.52%

RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES REIT 0.51%

JACKSON FINANCIAL CLASS A 0.48%

LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS 0.48%

Only in VDE

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 22.88%

Chevron Corp 14.42%

ConocoPhillips 5.87%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 4.46%

Valero Energy Corp 4.45%

Phillips 66 3.94%

Williams Cos Inc 3.16%

EOG Resources Inc 2.85%

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Side by side

IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF VDE Vanguard Energy ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +17.5% +58.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +17.6% (SPSM) +59.0% (FENY)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPSM −0.2 pts vs FENY

Expense ratio 0.06% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 81.2%

Holdings 642 113

Net assets, IJR as of Oct 27, 2026 and VDE as of Sep 30, 2026 $104.6bn $10.4bn

IJR and VDE 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.

VDE

VDE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +58.8% with distributions reinvested, against +59.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 67.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJR or VDE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VDE +58.8%.
Which is cheaper, IJR or VDE?: 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 VDE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 81% of VDE 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 ↗

VDE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDE ↗

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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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