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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VEU +14.4%.

Which is cheaper, IJR or VEU?

VEU is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IJR vs VEU: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJR returned +17.5% to VEU's +14.4%; 1% 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 $68.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF.

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At a glance

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

+14.4%

VEU total return, 1 year

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

0.04%

VEU expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VEU costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.1 points; IJR is 1.5 times larger.

IJR vs VEU: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJR	VEU
Return
Measure	IJR	VEU
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+14.4%
Drawdown
Measure	IJR	VEU
Below its high	6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026	5.0%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJR	VEU
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600	FTSE All-World ex US Index
Cost and size
Measure	IJR	VEU
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$102.6bn	$68.1bn
Holdings
Measure	IJR	VEU
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.3%	15.2%

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 VEU hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IJR VEU

MOELIS CLASS A 0.24% 0.27%

AAR 0.23% 0.31%

CORE NATURAL RESOURCES 0.26% 0.16%

ENERGIZER HOLDINGS 0.08% 0.30%

UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS INC 0.25% 0.07%

MINERALS TECHNOLOGIES 0.11% 0.06%

STEWART INFO SERVICES CORP 0.07% 0.05%

FB FINANCIAL 0.15% 0.04%

BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC 0.14% 0.04%

TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC 0.12% 0.04%

ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC 0.20% 0.03%

SIGNET JEWELERS 0.26% 0.02%

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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 VEU

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.70%

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.24%

SK hynix Inc 1.83%

ASML Holding NV 1.71%

SLBBH1142 0.91%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.84%

HSBC Holdings PLC 0.84%

Roche Holding AG 0.72%

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Side by side

IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF VEU Vanguard FTSE All World Ex US ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P SmallCap 600 Tracks the FTSE All-World ex-US

Total return, 1 year +17.5% +14.4%

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% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 642 3816

Net assets, IJR as of Oct 27, 2026 and VEU as of Sep 30, 2026 $104.6bn $68.1bn

IJR and VEU 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.

VEU

VEU tracks the FTSE All-World ex-US. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,816 positions, with the top ten at 15.2%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJR or VEU?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VEU +14.4%.
Which is cheaper, IJR or VEU?: VEU is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IJR and VEU overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 0% of VEU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IJR on its own →VEU on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →IJR dividend history →IJR holdings →VEU dividend history →VEU holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

IJR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJR ↗

VEU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VEU prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VEU ↗

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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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