iShares S&P Small-Cap ETF
Performance
Total return to 23 Oct 2026, distributions reinvested, before franking. ASX figures are to 30 Sept 2026 and gross of franking, so they run higher for franked Australian funds.
What it costs to hold
Management fee plus trading costs, compared with similar funds.
A typical fund among Global equity funds would cost $336 (0.67% a year), so IJR is $295 cheaper.
Spread is the average gap between buying and selling prices on the ASX. Fees are shown on a flat balance, not compounded on growth. Excludes tax and any adviser or platform fees.
Calendar-year returns
Where the money is
Look-through exposure as at 2 Sept 2026 · 0 securities · top 10 = 0.0%
Monthly returns
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | −0.2 | 1.4 | −2.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 10.5 | −3.2 | −2.4 | −2.6 | 0.3 | 9.7YTD | ||
| 2025 | 3.3 | −6.9 | −7.6 | −4.4 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 5.5 | −0.4 | −0.3 | 3.6 | −1.9 | −0.8 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 2.6 | −3.2 | 0.5 | −1.8 | 13.8 | −6.0 | −1.3 | 4.9 | 10.8 | −4.5 | 17.4 |
| 2023 | 2.8 | 5.9 | −6.9 | −0.6 | 2.1 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 0.1 | −5.5 | −5.9 | 4.7 | 11.1 | 16.0 |
| 2022 | −6.1 | −1.3 | 0.1 | −2.2 | −0.1 | −6.1 | 7.9 | −0.5 | −5.3 | 12.6 | −2.2 | −5.5 | −10.1 |
| 2021 | 8.0 | 3.8 | 7.4 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.7 | −0.8 | 3.6 | 1.5 | −3.6 | 5.5 | 0.1 | 34.4 |
| 2020 | 2.6 | −8.7 | −19.3 | 12.3 | −0.3 | −2.7 | 0.8 | 4.2 | −4.3 | 4.7 | 13.8 | 2.1 | 0.6 |
| 2019 | 7.0 | 7.1 | −2.8 | 4.5 | −6.9 | 3.9 | 5.0 | −2.1 | 2.9 | −0.1 | 4.5 | −0.8 | 23.3 |
| 2018 | −0.1 | −0.6 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 8.2 | −2.3 | −8.4 | −2.8 | −8.2 | 0.5 |
| 2017 | −5.7 | 2.5 | −1.6 | 5.1 | −3.4 | 0.2 | −4.1 | −1.4 | 9.4 | 2.4 | 5.2 | −2.5 | 5.1 |
| 2016 | −8.3 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 6.3 | −3.3 | 5.6 | 2.2 | −2.7 | −2.6 | 14.2 | 7.1 | 26.1 |
| 2015 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.3 | −5.4 | 5.3 | −0.0 | 3.6 | −3.6 | −0.8 | 5.6 | −0.1 | −3.8 | 11.8 |
| 2014 | −2.0 | 1.9 | −3.8 | −2.7 | 1.1 | 3.1 | −2.0 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 15.1 |
| 2013 | 5.3 | 3.4 | 2.3 | −0.2 | 14.3 | 3.6 | 9.0 | 0.4 | −0.9 | 2.8 | 8.8 | 3.1 | 64.7 |
| 2012 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 5.0 | −1.2 | −0.1 | −2.8 | −1.7 | 5.4 | 1.7 | −2.2 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 10.3 |
| 2011 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | −1.9 | 1.0 | −3.6 | −5.5 | −4.6 | 0.5 | 5.6 | −1.6 | 7.3 | −0.5 |
| 2010 | −3.6 | 1.0 | 7.8 | 7.5 | −1.2 | −6.0 | −0.8 | −8.7 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 9.6 |
| 2009 | −3.4 | −11.0 | −2.7 | 13.7 | −7.0 | −3.4 | 9.6 | 3.3 | −1.0 | −8.0 | 0.6 | 11.0 | −1.5 |
| 2008 | −7.5 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 3.2 | −8.4 | 4.1 | 13.8 | 1.5 | −4.6 | −10.5 | −1.5 | −8.4 |
Total return each month in %, distributions reinvested, before franking. The latest month runs to the last price date. The first year starts from listing.
Top holdings
Most similar funds
Overlap is the share of the portfolio held in common, look-through. Correlation is of daily returns. High overlap means close substitutes.
IJR questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is iShares S&P Small-Cap ETF?
The issuer of iShares S&P Small-Cap ETF doesn't publish its holdings in a form we can read, so we can't measure how diversified it is. It is classed as equity with a Global focus; the product disclosure statement (PDS) and the issuer's fact sheet list what it owns.
Which ETFs does IJR double up with most?
No other ASX fund shares more than 10% of its holdings with IJR, but its returns move most closely with iShares S&P Midcap ETF (IJH) (correlation 0.93), Vanguard MSCI International Small Companies Index ETF (VISM) (correlation 0.91) and Vanguard Global Value Equity Active ETF (VVLU) (correlation 0.88). A correlation near 1 means the two funds tend to rise and fall together, so holding both adds little diversification.
How is iShares S&P Small-Cap ETF managed – active or passive?
iShares S&P Small-Cap ETF is passively managed: it follows an index and holds what that index holds, rather than relying on a manager's stock picks. Its index uses a small-company approach, so it is sometimes called "smart beta".
Among Global equity funds, active funds charge a median 0.99% a year and index funds 0.54%.
What will I pay in fees for IJR?
IJR charges a management fee of 0.07% a year, about $7 for every $10,000 invested. That is cheaper than 97% of the 471 ASX ETFs we track, where the median fee is 0.44%. Among Global equity funds, the median is 0.62%.
It is the cheapest of the 2 small-company Global equity funds we track.
The fee is taken from the fund's assets and is already reflected in its returns. You'll also pay brokerage when you buy or sell, and the bid-ask spread, which has averaged 0.07% for IJR.
Does iShares S&P Small-Cap ETF follow a theme?
Not a theme as such, but it follows a small-company investment style: it focuses on companies below the largest by market size.
Other ASX funds using a small-company approach include Vanguard MSCI Australian Small Companies Index ETF (VSO), Vanguard MSCI International Small Companies Index ETF (VISM), Dimensional Global Small Company - Active ETF (DGSM) and Firetrail Australian Small Companies Fund - Active ETF (FSML).
What is under the hood of IJR?
As at 2 Sept 2026, IJR's largest holding is Ishares Core S&p Small-Cap ETF (100.0%).
Rather than simply weighting companies by market size, its index focuses on companies below the largest by market size.
How well has iShares S&P Small-Cap ETF performed?
Based on its category, iShares S&P Small-Cap ETF aims to grow your capital in line with the index it tracks.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned 8.5% over 1 year (median 3.8%; ranked 4 of 30), 13.0% a year over 3 years (median 14.2% a year; ranked 15 of 23) and 6.8% a year over 5 years (median 9.4% a year; ranked 7 of 10). The medians and rankings compare it with Global equity funds. Since listing in 2009 it has returned 10.4% a year.
Tracking difference is the gap between a fund's return and its index's return. We don't hold index returns, so we can't measure it for IJR; the issuer reports it in the monthly fact sheet. As a guide, a well-run index fund trails its index by about its fee, here 0.07% a year, and a much bigger gap is a warning sign.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.