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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and XLI +10.2%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or XLI?

XLI 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 XLI overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AOR vs XLI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to XLI's +10.2%; 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 $30.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+10.2%

XLI total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.08%

XLI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLI costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.4 points; XLI is 7.9 times larger.

AOR vs XLI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	XLI
Return
Measure	AOR	XLI
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+10.2%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	XLI
Below its high		9.4%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	XLI
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	Industrial Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	XLI
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$30.8bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	XLI
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	37.8%

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

What they share

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

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 XLI

CATERPILLAR INC 6.14%

GENERAL ELECTRIC 5.79%

RTX CORP 4.91%

GE VERNOVA INC 4.47%

UNION PACIFIC CORP 3.34%

DEERE + CO 3.01%

EATON CORP PLC 2.79%

UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC 2.52%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF XLI State Street Industrial 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 Industrials

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +10.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) +13.6% (SPY)

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI −3.4 pts vs SPY

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.9%

Holdings 7 84

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLI as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $30.8bn

AOR and XLI 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%.

XLI

XLI tracks an index of Industrials. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.2% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. 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 84 positions, with the top ten at 37.8%. It sat 9.4% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or XLI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and XLI +10.2%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or XLI?: XLI 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 XLI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 100% of XLI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

XLI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLI 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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