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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VWO +4.8%.

Which is cheaper, IJR or VWO?

Neither: IJR and VWO both charge 0.06% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IJR vs VWO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJR returned +17.5% to VWO's +4.8%; 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 $125.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+17.5%

IJR total return, 1 year

+4.8%

VWO total return, 1 year

0.06%

IJR expense ratio

0.06%

VWO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.06% a year; their one-year returns differ by 12.7 points; VWO is 1.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

IJR vs VWO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJR	VWO
Return
Measure	IJR	VWO
Total return, 1 year	+17.5%	+4.8%
Drawdown
Measure	IJR	VWO
Below its high	6.8%, high on Aug 14, 2026	7.0%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJR	VWO
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600	FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index
Cost and size
Measure	IJR	VWO
Expense ratio	0.06%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$102.6bn	$125.4bn
Holdings
Measure	IJR	VWO
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	5.3%	29.8%

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 VWO 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 VWO

BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INC 0.14% 0.12%

ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC 0.20% 0.08%

STEWART INFO SERVICES CORP 0.07% 0.18%

OUTFRONT MEDIA 0.31% 0.04%

MILLROSE PROPERTIES INC CLASS A 0.21% 0.02%

TERADATA 0.18% 0.02%

IMPINJ 0.29% 0.02%

ALPHA METALLURGICAL RESOURCE 0.10% 0.01%

RPC INC 0.03% 0.01%

BOX INC CLASS A 0.34% 0.01%

MERITAGE CORP 0.24% 0.01%

HORACE MANN EDUCATORS 0.11% 0.01%

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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 VWO

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 15.76%

SLCMT1142 2.96%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.82%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.11%

MediaTek Inc 1.88%

MKTLIQ 0.95%

Delta Electronics Inc 0.95%

China Construction Bank Corp 0.91%

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Side by side

IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF VWO Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P SmallCap 600 Tracks an index of Emerging markets

Total return, 1 year +17.5% +4.8%

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% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 642 6515

Net assets, IJR as of Oct 27, 2026 and VWO as of Sep 30, 2026 $104.6bn $125.4bn

IJR and VWO 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.

VWO

VWO tracks an index of Emerging markets. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.8% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 6,515 positions, with the top ten at 29.8%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJR or VWO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJR returned +17.5% and VWO +4.8%.
Which is cheaper, IJR or VWO?: Neither: IJR and VWO both charge 0.06% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IJR and VWO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJR and 0% of VWO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

IJR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJR ↗

VWO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VWO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VWO ↗

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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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