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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and XLRE +4.3%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or XLRE?

XLRE 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 XLRE overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AOR vs XLRE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to XLRE's +4.3%; 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 $8.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+4.3%

XLRE total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.08%

XLRE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLRE costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.5 points; XLRE is 2.1 times larger.

AOR vs XLRE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	XLRE
Return
Measure	AOR	XLRE
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+4.3%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	XLRE
Below its high		7.7%, high on Jul 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	XLRE
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	Real Estate Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	XLRE
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$8.0bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	XLRE
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	58.9%

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

Risk and return

Oct 16, 2015 to Oct 23, 2026 · 575 weekly returns

AOR XLRE

Return

Total return edge AOR +127.1% +102.9%

Annualized edge AOR +7.7% +6.6%

Price return edge AOR +72.2% +38.9%

Risk

Volatility edge AOR 10.4% 20.8%

Max drawdown edge AOR −22.2% −35.2%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AOR 0.54 0.30

Sortino edge AOR 0.77 0.44

Calmar edge AOR 0.35 0.19

Reading

AOR returned more: +127.1% to +102.9%. AOR swung less: 10.4% to 20.8%. AOR fell less at its worst: −22.2% to −35.2%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: AOR vs XLRE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	XLRE	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+127.1%	+102.9%	AOR	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+7.7%	+6.6%	AOR	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+72.2%	+38.9%	AOR	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	10.4%	20.8%	AOR	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	7.4%	14.3%	AOR	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−22.2%	−35.2%	AOR	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.54	0.30	AOR	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.77	0.44	AOR	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.35	0.19	AOR	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 575 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AOR XLRE

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 XLRE

WELLTOWER INC 11.14%

PROLOGIS INC 8.19%

EQUINIX INC 6.72%

AMERICAN TOWER CORP 5.84%

PUBLIC STORAGE 4.87%

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC 4.76%

VIVMARK RESIDENTIAL 4.42%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC 4.34%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF XLRE State Street Real Estate 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 Real estate

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +4.3%

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% 99.5%

Holdings 7 31

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLRE as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $8.0bn

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

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AOR and XLRE do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. AOR follows 60/40 Balanced Allocation and XLRE follows Real Estate Select Sector Index.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 AOR returned +7.8% and XLRE +4.3% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 3.5 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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%.

XLRE

XLRE tracks an index of Real estate. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.3% 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 31 positions, with the top ten at 58.9%. It sat 7.7% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or XLRE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and XLRE +4.3%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or XLRE?: XLRE 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 XLRE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 100% of XLRE 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 ↗

XLRE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLRE 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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