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IJS vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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IJS is an equity index fund and USO a commodity futures fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, USO returned +133.3% against +19.3%.

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Net assets: $7.7bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF, and $1.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for United States Oil Fund, LP.

IJS on its own →USO on its own →
At a glance
+19.3%
IJS total return, 1 year
+133.3%
USO total return, 1 year
0.18%
IJS expense ratio
0.86%
USO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IJS costs 0.68 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 114.0 points; IJS is 4.1 times larger.

IJS vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureIJSUSO
Return
Total return, 1 year+19.3%+133.3%
Drawdown
Below its high5.7%, high on Aug 14, 202682.3%, high on Jul 14, 2008
Benchmark
What it tracksS&P SmallCap 600 Value IndexOil futures
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.18%0.86%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$7.7bn$1.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published
In the S&P 500, by weight0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund8.8%

Method

Side by side

IJS iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF USO United States Oil Fund, LP
Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF
Issuer iShares USCF
What it is Tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Value Holds oil futures
Total return, 1 year +19.3% +133.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +19.2% (SLYV) not measured
Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SLYV not measured
Expense ratio 0.18% 0.86%
Holdings 477 not counted
Net assets, IJS as of Oct 27, 2026 and USO as of Oct 28, 2026 $7.7bn $1.9bn

IJS and USO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund
IJS

IJS tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Value. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +19.3% with distributions reinvested, against +19.2% for its benchmark, the S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% 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 477 positions, with the top ten at 8.8%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

USO

USO holds oil futures. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +133.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.86% a year. It sat 82.3% below its high of Jul 14, 2008 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJS or USO?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJS returned +19.3% and USO +133.3%.
Which is cheaper, IJS or USO?
IJS is cheaper, by 0.68 percentage points a year. That is about $68 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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IJS on its own →USO on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →IJS dividend history →IJS holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
IJS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
IJS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for IJS ↗
USCF website ↗

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