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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and XLK +27.1%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or XLK?

XLK 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 XLK overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AOR vs XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to XLK's +27.1%; 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 $125.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+27.1%

XLK total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.08%

XLK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLK costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.3 points; XLK is far larger, $125.0bn against $3.9bn.

AOR vs XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	XLK
Return
Measure	AOR	XLK
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+27.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	XLK
Below its high		5.4%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	XLK
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	Technology Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	XLK
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$125.0bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	XLK
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	64.6%

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

What they share

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

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 XLK

NVIDIA CORP 15.22%

APPLE INC 14.62%

MICROSOFT CORP 11.38%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.78%

BROADCOM INC 4.70%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.02%

INTEL CORP 2.72%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A 2.67%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF XLK State Street Technology 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 Technology

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +27.1%

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

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI +13.5 pts vs SPY

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.9%

Holdings 7 76

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLK as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $125.0bn

AOR and XLK 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%.

XLK

XLK tracks an index of Technology. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +27.1% 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 76 positions, with the top ten at 64.6%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or XLK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and XLK +27.1%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or XLK?: XLK 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 XLK overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 100% of XLK 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 ↗

XLK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLK 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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