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Is IJK a good investment?

Updated October 28, 2026

iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF (IJK) is a US mid-cap ETF. As of October 28, 2026, ETF Copilot scores IJK 4.6 out of 10 — highest on Growth (6.8), lowest on Value (3.3). It trades at 25.2 times earnings, against its own median of 23.4. Its ten largest holdings are 14% of the fund.

What stands out in IJK's data

U.S. mid-cap growth stocks, screened for faster earnings momentum.

Priced at a premium to most mid-cap growth peers — you pay more for each dollar of earnings.

Its trailing EBITDA multiple of 16.8x sits above the category median of 13.9x and its own 14.7x historical median. The 0.16% expense ratio also runs above the 0.1% category norm.

A growth-tilted slice of the mid-cap market for portfolios that accept a higher entry price.

Why did IJK move this week? It fell 0.7% in the week to October 28, 2026 — Carpenter Technology and Corcept Therapeutics drove it

IJK fell 0.7% in the week to October 28, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Carpenter Technology (−23.9%), Corcept Therapeutics (−25.8%) and ATI (−8.5%); Okta (+6.7%) pushed the other way.

How is IJK rated? ETF Copilot scores iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF (IJK) 4.6 out of 10

As of October 28, 2026, ETF Copilot scores iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF (IJK) 4.6 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

  • Overall: 4.6 / 10
  • Growth: 6.8 / 10
  • Value: 3.3 / 10
  • Risk: 3.8 / 10
  • Quality: 4.0 / 10
  • Return: 4.2 / 10

Is IJK expensive right now? It trades at 25.2 times earnings, against its own median of 23.4

As of October 28, 2026, IJK is more expensive than 64% of its own last 9 years.

Trailing 12 months, built from IJK's holdings. How we calculate this →

What's inside IJK? 22% Tech

What's inside IJK: Size (Large 2%, Mid 93%, Small 5%); Geography (International 7%, US 93%); Tech 22.1%; AI 1.1%; Semiconductors 5.4%; Memory 1.6%.

What are IJK's top holdings? The ten largest are 14% of the fund

Okta, Technipfmc, United Therapeutics, ATI, Tenet Healthcare, XPO, Nvent Electric, Roku, Royal Gold and Dynatrace are IJK's largest holdings, in that order.

More concentrated than 62% of US Mid Cap ETFs.

Half of IJK's weight sits in its 61 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 157 equally weighted holdings.

What is IJK's expense ratio? 0.16% a year

As of October 28, 2026, IJK charges 0.16% a year, yields 0.58% and holds $10.4B in assets across 250 positions.

iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF (IJK) — cost, income and size
MeasureIJK
Expense ratio0.16%
Dividend yield0.58%
Assets under management$10.4B
Holdings250

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

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ETF Copilot, “iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF (IJK) scores and holdings analysis”, as of October 28, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/ijk

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