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IJR vs SMLF

US Small Cap vs Multi-Factor.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF · iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
19.6 %

262 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IJR and SMLF would leave roughly 19.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IJR only 78.8% Shared 19.6% SMLF only 87.0%
In IJR only
343 positions
Shared
262 positions
In SMLF only
628 positions

Side by side

IJR

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

iShares · US Small Cap

95 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$111.32B
TTM yield
1.12%
Top-10 conc.
9.9%
SMLF

iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF

iShares · Multi-Factor

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$4.18B
TTM yield
1.01%
Top-10 conc.
15.3%

Sub-score comparison

94
Cost
85
88
Tax efficiency
86
100
Liquidity
84
100
Concentration
92
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Tracking quality
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IJR sub-score SMLF

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

IJR is 9 bps cheaper than SMLF. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/yr more in fees for SMLF.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with IJR vs SMLF.

Top shared holdings

262 shared in total
# Holding In IJR In SMLF Overlap
1 Argan Inc 0.49% 0.49% 0.49%
2 Powell Industries Inc. 0.33% 0.45% 0.33%
3 Alkermes PLC 0.38% 0.29% 0.29%
4 Clear Secure Inc 0.28% 0.33% 0.28%
5 Piper Sandler Companies 0.34% 0.27% 0.27%
6 The Macerich Company 0.32% 0.26% 0.26%
7 Axos Financial Inc 0.32% 0.25% 0.25%
8 Etsy Inc 0.32% 0.25% 0.25%
9 Sanmina Corp 0.46% 0.23% 0.23%
10 Tanger Inc. 0.26% 0.23% 0.23%
11 Lumen Technologies Inc 0.36% 0.22% 0.22%
12 SIGNET JEWELERS LTD 0.23% 0.21% 0.21%

Only in IJR

343 total
  • Eastman Chemical Company 0.57%
  • Viavi Solutions Inc 0.50%
  • LKQ Corporation 0.49%
  • ESCO Technologies Inc. 0.48%
  • Celanese Corporation 0.47%
  • Armstrong World Industries, Inc. 0.46%
  • Molina Healthcare, Inc. 0.45%
  • Air Lease Corporation 0.45%
  • DigitalOcean Holdings Inc 0.44%
  • Krystal Biotech Inc 0.44%

Only in SMLF

628 total
  • BlackRock Funds III 7.81%
  • EMCOR Group, Inc. 1.33%
  • BlackRock Funds III 0.95%
  • Jabil, Inc. 0.88%
  • nVent Electric plc 0.84%
  • Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. 0.78%
  • Mueller Industries, Inc. 0.70%
  • Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. 0.69%
  • Flex Ltd. 0.68%
  • Tapestry, Inc. 0.66%

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.