Is IJS a good investment?

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (IJS) is a US small-cap ETF. As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores IJS 4.3 out of 10 — highest on Valuation (7.3), lowest on Quality (0.3). It trades at 16.2 times earnings, against its own median of 15.0. Its ten largest holdings are 10% of the fund.

Updated September 11, 2026

How is IJS rated? ETF Copilot scores iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (IJS) 4.3 out of 10

As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (IJS) 4.3 out of 10 overall.

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

Overall: 4.3 / 10
Growth: 6.4 / 10
Valuation: 7.3 / 10
Risk: 2.6 / 10
Quality: 0.3 / 10
Return: 4.1 / 10

What is IJS's expense ratio? 0.18% a year

As of September 11, 2026, IJS charges 0.18% a year, yields 2.10% and holds $8.3B in assets across 466 positions.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (IJS) — cost, income and size
Measure	IJS
Expense ratio	0.18%
Dividend yield	2.10%
Assets under management	$8.3B
Holdings	466

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.

What stands out in IJS's data

U.S. small-cap value stocks, screened for a lower price relative to earnings.

Earns less on its capital than most small-cap peers — its value comes from price, not profitability.

Return on invested capital of 7.6% trails the category median of 12.6%, landing behind most peers. Its P/E multiple of 16.2x is above average for a value fund.

A value tilt for a small-cap allocation — lower profitability for a lower entry price.

Why did IJS move this week? It fell 1.5% in the week to September 11, 2026 — Paycom Software and Versant Media drove it

IJS fell 1.5% in the week to September 11, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Paycom Software (−9.0%), Versant Media (−9.2%) and Robert Half (−12.4%); Academy Sports & Outdoors (+26.7%) pushed the other way.

Is IJS expensive right now? It trades at 16.2 times earnings, against its own median of 15.0

As of September 11, 2026, IJS is more expensive than 74% of its own 114 monthly readings since 2017 — 84 of those months were cheaper than today.

Trailing twelve-month, computed by ETF Copilot from the fund's holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

What's inside IJS? 13% Tech

What's inside IJS: Size (Large 0%, Mid 26%, Small 73%); Geography (International 4%, US 96%); Tech 13.3%; AI 0.2%; Semiconductors 4.0%; Memory 1.1%.

What are IJS's top holdings? The ten largest are 10% of the fund

Jackson Financial, Paycom Software, Match, Eastman Chemical, CarMax, SM Energy, Lincoln National, Conagra Brands, Lamb Weston and Mohawk Industries are IJS's largest holdings, in that order.

More concentrated than 76% of US Small Cap ETFs.

Half of IJS's weight sits in its 106 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 267 equally weighted holdings.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (IJS) scores and holdings analysis”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/ijs