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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VO +12.8%.

Which is cheaper, IJR or VO?

VO 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 VO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IJR vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJR returned +17.5% to VO's +12.8%; 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 $103.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

+12.8%

VO total return, 1 year

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

0.03%

VO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VO costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.7 points.

IJR vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJR	VO
Return
Measure	IJR	VO
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+12.8%
Drawdown
Measure	IJR	VO
Below its high	6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026	3.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJR	VO
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600	Morningstar US Mid Cap Index (formerly CRSP US Mid Cap Index)
Cost and size
Measure	IJR	VO
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$102.6bn	$103.4bn
Holdings
Measure	IJR	VO
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.3%	9.7%

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 VO hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IJR VO

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 VO

Cloudflare Inc 1.11%

Valero Energy Corp 1.10%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.10%

Phillips 66 1.01%

Quanta Services Inc 0.95%

Vertiv Holdings Co 0.92%

Datadog Inc 0.91%

Howmet Aerospace Inc 0.89%

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Side by side

IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF VO Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P SmallCap 600 Tracks an index of Mid-Cap

Total return, 1 year +17.5% +12.8%

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% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 91.1%

Holdings 642 273

Net assets, IJR as of Oct 27, 2026 and VO as of Sep 30, 2026 $104.6bn $103.4bn

IJR and VO 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.

VO tracks an index of Mid-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 273 positions, with the top ten at 9.7%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJR or VO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VO +12.8%.
Which is cheaper, IJR or VO?: VO 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 VO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 91% of VO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

IJR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJR ↗

VO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VO ↗

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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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