IJR vs TSPS: 23% overlap

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF and TSP S Fund — shown via extended-market proxy share 22.6% of their portfolios by weight — computed as Σ min(wA, wB) over every holding both funds own.

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1.8Effective Funds

You would hold two tickers and get the diversification of 1.8. Two funds that shared nothing would score 2.0; two identical funds score 1.0.

Overlap
22.6%
IJR expense ratio
0.06%
TSPS expense ratio
0.05%

Top shared holdings

IJR and TSPS hold 600 of the same securities. The ten contributing most to the overlap figure:

Holdingin IJRin TSPSΔ
CASH2.1%3.8%1.7%
FORM0.5%0.1%0.4%
VSAT0.6%0.1%0.4%
AGX0.5%0.1%0.3%
ESI0.5%0.1%0.4%
MXL0.4%0.1%0.3%
ESE0.5%0.1%0.4%
MTCH0.5%0.1%0.4%
ALKS0.5%0.1%0.4%
ECG0.4%0.1%0.3%

Where IJR and TSPS differ

Sector weights as a share of each fund, ordered by the size of the gap rather than the size of the sector — two funds that overlap heavily still usually diverge somewhere.

SectorIJRTSPSΔ
Information Technology12.1%17.6%5.5pp
Consumer Discretionary13.8%8.8%+5.0pp
Financials17.8%13.9%+3.9pp
Health Care10.5%13.2%2.7pp
Cash and/or Derivatives2.1%3.8%1.7pp
Real Estate6.2%4.8%+1.4pp
Industrials18.5%19.8%1.3pp
Energy5.3%4.0%+1.3pp

Δ is IJR minus TSPS, in percentage points. Sector data is not published by every issuer, so “Unclassified” is a real category rather than a gap in the table.

What each fund holds alone

Only in IJR
2 positions

0.5% of IJR by weight, held in no part of TSPS.

Only in TSPS
2,727 positions

75.5% of TSPS by weight, held in no part of IJR.

A large count with a small weight is the usual shape: the positions one fund adds are typically its smallest ones.

Concentration and cost

IJRTSPS
Top 10 holdings6.6%10.6%
Positions held6033,327
Cost per $10,000 held, per year$6$5

Cost is the expense ratio applied to $10,000; it excludes any brokerage commission, bid-ask spread or tax consequence. Figures are facts about the funds, not a suggestion about which to hold.

Frequently asked

How much do IJR and TSPS overlap?

IJR and TSPS overlap 22.6% by portfolio weight — moderate overlap. They share 600 holdings. The figure comes from current issuer holdings files (IJR as of 2026-07-23, TSPS as of 2026-06-30).

How is the overlap between IJR and TSPS calculated?

As the sum of the smaller weight in each fund, over every holding both funds own: Σ min(wA, wB). If IJR holds a stock at 6% and TSPS holds the same stock at 4%, 4% counts as shared. The result is bounded between 0% and 100%, and it is computed after looking through any fund-of-funds to the underlying holdings.

Is it redundant to hold both IJR and TSPS?

That depends on your goals — we state facts, not advice. At 22.6% overlap, each fund still contributes meaningfully distinct exposure.

What does IJR own that TSPS doesn't?

IJR holds 603 positions and TSPS holds 3,327; 2 of IJR's positions don't appear in TSPS at all, and they are 0.5% of IJR by weight.

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Sources: issuer holdings files, IJR as of 2026-07-23, TSPS as of 2026-06-30. Weights are fractions of each fund. Diagnostics, not advice.