Which returned more over the last year, EDV or IYR?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and IYR returned +4.7%, so IYR returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, EDV or IYR?

EDV charges 0.05% a year and IYR charges 0.37%, so EDV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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EDV vs IYR: how they differ

EDV and IYR hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and IYR returned more over the year.

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund and iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EDV and IYR hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in EDV	Only in IYR
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.82%	WELLTOWER 11.49%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.76%	PROLOGIS REIT 8.99%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.72%	DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 4.86%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.70%	EQUINIX REIT 4.57%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.68%	SIMON PROPERTY GROUP REIT INC 4.46%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.65%	REALTY INCOME REIT 4.19%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.60%	AMERICAN TOWER REIT 4.16%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.57%	PUBLIC STORAGE REIT 3.73%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

EDV and IYR on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund	IYR iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	iShares
What it is	Extended Duration Treasury	U.S. Real Estate
Total return, 1 year	−10.8%	+4.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−28.3 pts	−12.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.37%
Holdings	82	63

EDV in plain words

EDV is a bond fund tracking the Extended Duration Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −10.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 57.3% below its high of Mar 9, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

IYR in plain words

IYR is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Real Estate. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +4.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 63 positions, with the top ten at 53.4%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EDV or IYR?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and IYR returned +4.7%, so IYR returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, EDV or IYR?: EDV charges 0.05% a year and IYR charges 0.37%, so EDV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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EDV against IYR, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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