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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VLUE +54.7%.

Which is cheaper, IJR or VLUE?

IJR is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 97% of VLUE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IJR vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJR returned +17.5% to VLUE's +54.7%; 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 $9.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF.

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At a glance

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

+54.7%

VLUE total return, 1 year

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

0.15%

VLUE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJR costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 37.2 points; IJR is 11.2 times larger.

IJR vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJR	VLUE
Return
Measure	IJR	VLUE
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+54.7%
Drawdown
Measure	IJR	VLUE
Below its high	6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJR	VLUE
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600	MSCI USA Enhanced Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	IJR	VLUE
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$104.6bn	$9.3bn
Holdings
Measure	IJR	VLUE
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.3%	42.8%

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

What they share

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

RUSSELL 2000 EMINI CME DEC 26 0.00% 0.00%

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 VLUE

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 20.94%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 4.37%

GENERAL MOTORS 3.54%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.72%

AT&T 2.24%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 1.95%

PFIZER 1.86%

BANK OF AMERICA 1.77%

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Side by side

IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P SmallCap 600 Tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor

Total return, 1 year +17.5% +54.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +17.6% (SPSM) +13.6% (MLRG)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPSM +41.1 pts vs MLRG

Expense ratio 0.06% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 96.6%

Holdings 642 148

Net assets, IJR as of Oct 27, 2026 and VLUE as of Oct 28, 2026 $104.6bn $9.4bn

IJR and VLUE 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.

VLUE

VLUE tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +54.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 42.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJR or VLUE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VLUE +54.7%.
Which is cheaper, IJR or VLUE?: IJR is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IJR and VLUE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 97% of VLUE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IJR and VLUE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJR ↗

VLUE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for VLUE ↗

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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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