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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and XLC −10.4%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or XLC?

XLC 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 XLC overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AOR vs XLC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to XLC's −10.4%; 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 $22.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

−10.4%

XLC total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.08%

XLC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLC costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.2 points; XLC is 5.7 times larger.

AOR vs XLC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	XLC
Return
Measure	AOR	XLC
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	−10.4%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	XLC
Below its high		13.3%, high on Jan 30, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	XLC
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	Communication Services Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	XLC
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$22.1bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	XLC
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	75.3%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AOR and XLC 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 XLC

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 XLC

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 21.45%

ALPHABET INC CL A 12.27%

ALPHABET INC CL C 9.82%

WALT DISNEY CO 5.33%

TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWRE 4.80%

COMCAST CORP CLASS A 4.48%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 4.45%

APPLOVIN CORP CLASS A 4.34%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF XLC State Street Communication Services 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 Communication services

Total return, 1 year +7.8% −10.4%

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 23

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLC as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $22.1bn

AOR and XLC 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%.

XLC

XLC tracks an index of Communication services. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −10.4% 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 23 positions, with the top ten at 75.3%. It sat 13.3% below its high of Jan 30, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or XLC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and XLC −10.4%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or XLC?: XLC 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 XLC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 100% of XLC 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 ↗

XLC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLC 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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