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ETF comparison

IJR vs VTWO

Both US Small Cap.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF · Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
46.5 %

536 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IJR and VTWO would leave roughly 46.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IJR unmatched 51.1% Shared 46.5% VTWO unmatched 53.2%

Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.

In IJR only
67 positions
Shared
536 positions
In VTWO only
1,455 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
$105.58B
TTM yield
1.21%
Top-10 conc.
10.8%
VTWO

Vanguard Russell 2000 Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Small Cap

95 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$17.48B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
1.20%
Top-10 conc.
3.2%

Sub-score comparison

94
Cost
94
88
Tax efficiency
88
100
Liquidity
100
99
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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IJR sub-score VTWO

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

Cost difference

Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.060% vs 0.060%).

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 VTWO.

Top shared holdings

536 shared in total
# Holding In IJR In VTWO Overlap
1 GLAUKOS CORP 0.44% 0.33% 0.33%
2 BRINKER INTERNATIONAL INC 0.39% 0.32% 0.32%
3 BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 0.60% 0.30% 0.30%
4 KRYSTAL BIOTECH INC 0.53% 0.30% 0.30%
5 PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS INC 0.40% 0.29% 0.29%
6 SM ENERGY COMPANY 0.32% 0.29% 0.29%
7 RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES INC 0.44% 0.27% 0.27%
8 VIASAT INC 0.66% 0.27% 0.27%
9 TG THERAPEUTICS INC 0.39% 0.25% 0.25%
10 ALKERMES PLC 0.47% 0.25% 0.25%
11 STONEX GROUP INC 0.46% 0.24% 0.24%
12 ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.49% 0.23% 0.23%

Only in IJR

67 total
  • FORMFACTOR INC 0.67%
  • MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC 0.64%
  • ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC 0.59%
  • MATCH GROUP INC 0.48%
  • EVERUS CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC 0.46%
  • CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INC 0.45%
  • RALLIANT CORP 0.45%
  • POWELL INDUSTRIES INC 0.44%
  • EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY 0.41%
  • CARMAX INC 0.41%

Only in VTWO

1,455 total
  • JFrog Ltd 0.35%
  • Moog Inc 0.34%
  • UMB Financial Corp 0.33%
  • Cytokinetics Inc 0.30%
  • Twist Bioscience Corp 0.29%
  • Old National Bancorp/IN 0.29%
  • CareTrust REIT Inc 0.28%
  • FirstCash Holdings Inc 0.28%
  • Crinetics Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.28%
  • Praxis Precision Medicines Inc 0.28%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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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.