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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VOX −5.7%.

Which is cheaper, IJR or VOX?

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 VOX overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 84% of VOX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IJR vs VOX: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJR returned +17.5% to VOX's −5.7%; 3% 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 $6.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Communication Services ETF.

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At a glance

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

−5.7%

VOX total return, 1 year

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

0.09%

VOX expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJR costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 23.2 points; IJR is 17.1 times larger.

IJR vs VOX: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJR	VOX
Return
Measure	IJR	VOX
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	−5.7%
Drawdown
Measure	IJR	VOX
Below its high	6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026	10.8%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJR	VOX
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	IJR	VOX
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$102.6bn	$6.0bn
Holdings
Measure	IJR	VOX
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.3%	71.1%

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 VOX hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IJR VOX

MATCH GROUP INC 0.57% 0.52%

MSG KNICKERBOCKERS CLASS A 0.30% 0.37%

TRADE DESK CLASS A 0.31% 0.30%

IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS 0.28% 0.26%

LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES 0.25% 0.31%

VERSANT MEDIA GROUP INC CLASS A 0.24% 0.26%

CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC 0.23% 0.23%

TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS 0.20% 0.19%

SPHERE ENTERTAINMENT CLASS A 0.18% 0.21%

CARGURUS CLASS A 0.13% 0.13%

PEOPLE 0.13% 0.15%

JOHN WILEY AND SONS CLASS A 0.12% 0.11%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IJR

GLAUKOS 0.61%

PAYCOM SOFTWARE 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%

LIFE TIME GROUP HOLDINGS 0.48%

Only in VOX

Meta Platforms Inc 25.31%

Alphabet Inc 13.97%

Alphabet Inc 7.70%

Walt Disney Co 4.26%

Verizon Communications Inc 4.04%

AT&T Inc 4.04%

Netflix Inc 3.77%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.88%

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Side by side

IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF VOX Vanguard Communication Services ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +17.5% −5.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +17.6% (SPSM) −5.9% (FCOM)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPSM +0.2 pts vs FCOM

Expense ratio 0.06% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 84.3%

Holdings 642 113

Net assets, IJR as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOX as of Sep 30, 2026 $104.6bn $6.0bn

IJR and VOX 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.

VOX

VOX tracks an index of Communication Services. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −5.7% with distributions reinvested, against −5.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 71.1%. It sat 10.8% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJR or VOX?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VOX −5.7%.
Which is cheaper, IJR or VOX?: 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 VOX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 84% of VOX 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 ↗

VOX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOX ↗

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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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