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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VHT +25.0%.

Which is cheaper, IJR or VHT?

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 VHT overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IJR vs VHT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJR returned +17.5% to VHT's +25.0%; 2% 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 $19.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Health Care ETF.

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At a glance

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

+25.0%

VHT total return, 1 year

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

0.09%

VHT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJR costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.5 points; IJR is 5.4 times larger.

IJR vs VHT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJR	VHT
Return
Measure	IJR	VHT
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+25.0%
Drawdown
Measure	IJR	VHT
Below its high	6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJR	VHT
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Health Care 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	IJR	VHT
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$102.6bn	$19.1bn
Holdings
Measure	IJR	VHT
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.3%	51.8%

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 VHT hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IJR VHT

GLAUKOS 0.61% 0.13%

TG THERAPEUTICS 0.46% 0.11%

PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS 0.52% 0.10%

ALKERMES 0.42% 0.09%

LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS 0.35% 0.09%

TELEFLEX 0.34% 0.08%

MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC 0.32% 0.07%

PTC THERAPEUTICS 0.29% 0.06%

RADNET 0.25% 0.06%

INTEGER HOLDINGS CORP 0.24% 0.06%

CONCENTRA GROUP HOLDINGS PARENT IN 0.27% 0.06%

ICU MEDICAL 0.23% 0.05%

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Only in IJR

PAYCOM SOFTWARE 0.57%

MATCH GROUP INC 0.57%

VIASAT INC 0.55%

SM ENERGY 0.53%

RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES REIT 0.51%

JACKSON FINANCIAL CLASS A 0.48%

LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS 0.48%

ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC 0.46%

Only in VHT

Eli Lilly & Co 12.95%

Johnson & Johnson 8.79%

AbbVie Inc 6.46%

Merck & Co Inc 5.02%

UnitedHealth Group Inc 4.66%

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 3.51%

Amgen Inc 3.18%

Gilead Sciences Inc 2.59%

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Side by side

IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF VHT Vanguard Health Care ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +17.5% +25.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +17.6% (SPSM) +25.4% (FHLC)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPSM −0.4 pts vs FHLC

Expense ratio 0.06% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 85.5%

Holdings 642 414

Net assets, IJR as of Oct 27, 2026 and VHT as of Sep 30, 2026 $104.6bn $19.1bn

IJR and VHT 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.

VHT

VHT tracks an index of Health Care. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.0% with distributions reinvested, against +25.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Health Care 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 414 positions, with the top ten at 51.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJR or VHT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VHT +25.0%.
Which is cheaper, IJR or VHT?: 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 VHT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 86% of VHT 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 ↗

VHT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VHT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VHT ↗

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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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