Which returned more over the last year, IYE or VXF?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYE returned +48.8% and VXF returned +14.1%, so IYE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, IYE or VXF?

IYE charges 0.37% a year and VXF charges 0.05%, so VXF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IYE and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 89% of IYE and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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IYE vs VXF: how they differ

IYE and VXF hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and IYE returned more over the year.

iShares U.S. Energy ETF and Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IYE and VXF hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions IYE and VXF both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	IYE	VXF
CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.	2.62%	0.59%
TECHNIPFMC PLC	1.35%	0.31%
DT MIDSTREAM, INC.	0.67%	0.18%
OVINTIV INC.	0.79%	0.17%
PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION	0.66%	0.17%
HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION	0.47%	0.12%
ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION	0.51%	0.12%
RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION	0.46%	0.10%
VIPER ENERGY, INC.	0.41%	0.10%
ANTERO MIDSTREAM CORPORATION	0.33%	0.09%
NOV INC.	0.33%	0.08%
CHORD ENERGY CORPORATION	0.37%	0.08%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in IYE	Only in VXF
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 21.74%	Space Exploration Technologies Corp 1.19%
CHEVRON CORPORATION 15.41%	Snowflake Inc 1.03%
CONOCOPHILLIPS 6.51%	Bloom Energy Corp 0.93%
THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. 4.38%	Cloudflare Inc 0.92%
SLB N.V. 3.95%	Astera Labs Inc 0.76%
EOG RESOURCES, INC. 3.56%	Rocket Lab Corp 0.61%
VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION 3.54%	Ferguson Enterprises Inc 0.54%
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION 3.44%	Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.52%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

IYE and VXF on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IYE iShares U.S. Energy ETF	VXF Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	U.S. Energy	Extended Market
Total return, 1 year	+48.8%	+14.1%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+31.3 pts	−3.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.05%
Already in the S&P 500	89.0%	0.0%
Holdings	38	3365

IYE in plain words

IYE is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Energy. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +48.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 89% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 38 positions, with the top ten at 69.0%.

VXF in plain words

VXF is an index equity fund tracking the Extended Market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3365 positions, with the top ten at 7.6%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYE or VXF?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYE returned +48.8% and VXF returned +14.1%, so IYE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IYE or VXF?: IYE charges 0.37% a year and VXF charges 0.05%, so VXF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IYE and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 89% of IYE and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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