Which returned more over the last year, AOR or XLB?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and XLB +18.5%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or XLB?

XLB is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AOR and XLB overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 100% of XLB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AOR vs XLB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to XLB's +18.5%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF, and $8.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+18.5%

XLB total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.08%

XLB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLB costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.7 points; XLB is 2.1 times larger.

AOR vs XLB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	XLB
Return
Measure	AOR	XLB
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+18.5%
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	XLB
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	Materials Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	XLB
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$8.1bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	XLB
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	58.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AOR and XLB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AOR XLB

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AOR

ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 35.70%

ISHARES CORE UNIV USD BOND ETF 32.15%

ISHARES CORE MSCI INT DEVEL ETF 17.10%

ISHARES CORE MSCI EMERGING MARKETS 6.34%

iShares Core Intl Aggregate Bnd ET 5.81%

ISHARES CORE S&P MID-CAP ETF 1.89%

ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL-CAP ETF 0.92%

Only in XLB

LINDE PLC 12.96%

NEWMONT CORP 6.56%

FREEPORT MCMORAN INC 5.23%

ECOLAB INC 4.98%

VULCAN MATERIALS CO 4.89%

NUCOR CORP 4.89%

AIR PRODUCTS + CHEMICALS INC 4.84%

STEEL DYNAMICS INC 4.77%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF XLB State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Tracks an index of Materials

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +18.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.8%

Holdings 7 25

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLB as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $8.1bn

AOR and XLB on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AOR

AOR tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.

XLB

XLB tracks an index of Materials. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 25 positions, with the top ten at 58.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or XLB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and XLB +18.5%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or XLB?: XLB is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AOR and XLB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 100% of XLB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

XLB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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