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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VTIP +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, IJR or VTIP?

VTIP 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.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IJR vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJR returned +17.5% to VTIP's +2.2%; 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 $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

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At a glance

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

+2.2%

VTIP total return, 1 year

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

0.03%

VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.3 points; IJR is 4.9 times larger.

IJR vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJR	VTIP
Return
Measure	IJR	VTIP
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+2.2%
Drawdown
Measure	IJR	VTIP
Below its high	6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJR	VTIP
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Measure	IJR	VTIP
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$102.6bn	$20.9bn
Holdings
Measure	IJR	VTIP
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.3%

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 VTIP 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 VTIP

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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 VTIP

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.30%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.22%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.14%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.97%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.96%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.87%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.83%

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Side by side

IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P SmallCap 600 Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities

Total return, 1 year +17.5% +2.2%

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%

Holdings 642 26

Net assets, IJR as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $104.6bn $20.9bn

IJR and VTIP 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.

VTIP

VTIP tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJR or VTIP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, IJR or VTIP?: VTIP 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.

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Sources and dates

IJR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJR ↗

VTIP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTIP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTIP ↗

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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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