Which returned more over the last year, IJT or VDE?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJT returned +15.4% and VDE +58.8%.

Which is cheaper, IJT or VDE?

VDE is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IJT and VDE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJT and 81% of VDE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IJT vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJT returned +15.4% to VDE's +58.8%; 3% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $7.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF, and $10.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Energy ETF.

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At a glance

+15.4%

IJT total return, 1 year

+58.8%

VDE total return, 1 year

0.18%

IJT expense ratio

0.09%

VDE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VDE costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 43.4 points; VDE is 1.4 times larger.

IJT vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJT	VDE
Return
Measure	IJT	VDE
Total return, 1 year	+15.4%	+58.8%
Drawdown
Measure	IJT	VDE
Below its high	8.2%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJT	VDE
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	IJT	VDE
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$7.6bn	$10.4bn
Holdings
Measure	IJT	VDE
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.6%	67.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IJT and VDE 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 IJT VDE

KODIAK GAS SERVICES INC 0.58% 0.23%

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS 0.56% 0.23%

ARCHROCK 0.68% 0.22%

OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL INC 0.30% 0.21%

PAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS 0.22% 0.21%

CACTUS CLASS A 0.35% 0.20%

TIDEWATER 0.48% 0.18%

HELMERICH & PAYNE 0.24% 0.17%

NOBLE CORPORATION PLC 0.37% 0.17%

SOLARIS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE INC 0.52% 0.16%

KINETIK HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.21% 0.13%

CENTRUS ENERGY CLASS A 0.26% 0.11%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IJT

VIASAT INC 1.18%

PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS 1.11%

RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES REIT 1.10%

TG THERAPEUTICS 0.97%

ETSY 0.91%

ALKERMES 0.90%

GLAUKOS 0.90%

ZURN ELKAY WATER SOLUTIONS CORP 0.88%

Only in VDE

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 22.88%

Chevron Corp 14.42%

ConocoPhillips 5.87%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 4.46%

Valero Energy Corp 4.45%

Phillips 66 3.94%

Williams Cos Inc 3.16%

EOG Resources Inc 2.85%

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Side by side

IJT iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF VDE Vanguard Energy ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth Tracks an index of Energy

Total return, 1 year +15.4% +58.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.6% (SLYG) +59.0% (FENY)

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs SLYG −0.2 pts vs FENY

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 81.2%

Holdings 369 113

Net assets, IJT as of Oct 27, 2026 and VDE as of Sep 30, 2026 $7.5bn $10.4bn

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

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About each fund

IJT

IJT tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.4% with distributions reinvested, against +15.6% for its benchmark, the S&P SmallCap 600 Growth 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 369 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 8.2% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

VDE

VDE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +58.8% with distributions reinvested, against +59.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 67.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJT or VDE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJT returned +15.4% and VDE +58.8%.
Which is cheaper, IJT or VDE?: VDE is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IJT and VDE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of IJT and 81% of VDE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IJT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJT ↗

VDE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDE ↗

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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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