Which returned more over the last year, IYJ or VIS?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYJ returned +8.3% and VIS +10.6%.

Which is cheaper, IYJ or VIS?

VIS is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IYJ and VIS overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 86% of IYJ and 74% of VIS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IYJ vs VIS: Differences, Returns & Fees

IYJ and VIS hold 70% of their weight in the same names, and VIS returned +10.6% over the year. Net assets: $1.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares U.S. Industrials ETF, and $8.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Industrials ETF.

VIS costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.3 points; VIS is 4.0 times larger.

	IYJ	VIS
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$2.0bn	$8.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+8.3%	+10.6%
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Industrials 40 Act 15/22	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Industrials 25/50
Holdings in common	70%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	36.7%	30.4%
Below its high	7.5%, high on Aug 4, 2026	9.9%, high on Jun 30, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+8.3%

IYJ total return, 1 year

+10.6%

VIS total return, 1 year

0.37%

IYJ expense ratio

0.09%

VIS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IYJ and VIS hold 70% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IYJ VIS

CATERPILLAR INC 4.50% 5.26%

GE AEROSPACE 3.93% 4.99%

GE VERNOVA 3.35% 3.46%

RTX 3.10% 4.01%

UNION PACIFIC 2.06% 2.21%

EATON PLC 2.05% 2.24%

DEERE 2.01% 2.28%

BOEING 1.78% 2.23%

PARKER-HANNIFIN 1.49% 1.77%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 1.35% 1.64%

TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 1.29% 1.41%

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 1.28% 1.67%

Only in IYJ

VISA CLASS A 7.92%

MASTERCARD CLASS A 5.78%

AMERICAN EXPRESS 2.02%

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 1.59%

CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP 1.50%

SHERWIN WILLIAMS 0.91%

KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES 0.80%

CRH PUBLIC LIMITED PLC 0.68%

Only in VIS

Uber Technologies Inc 1.93%

Waste Management Inc 1.26%

Fastenal Co 0.81%

Delta Air Lines Inc 0.68%

Republic Services Inc 0.63%

Waste Connections Inc 0.54%

United Airlines Holdings Inc 0.50%

Copart Inc 0.41%

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On the same fields

IYJ

iShares U.S. Industrials ETF

VIS

Vanguard Industrials ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +8.3% +10.6%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −8.9 pts −6.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 86.0% 74.1%

Holdings 215 398

Net assets, IYJ as of Oct 9, 2026 and VIS as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.9bn $8.0bn

IYJ and VIS on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

IYJ in plain words

IYJ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +8.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 215 positions, with the top ten at 36.7%. It sat 7.5% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

VIS in plain words

VIS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 74% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 398 positions, with the top ten at 30.4%. It sat 9.9% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYJ or VIS?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYJ returned +8.3% and VIS +10.6%.
Which is cheaper, IYJ or VIS?: VIS is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IYJ and VIS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 86% of IYJ and 74% of VIS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IYJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IYJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IYJ ↗VIS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VIS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VIS ↗

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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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