EXI vs FIDU: Differences, Returns & Fees

EXI and FIDU hold 50% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $1.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Global Industrials ETF, and $2.3bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF.

FIDU costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points.

EXIFIDU
Expense ratio0.38%0.08%
Net assets, EXI as of Oct 9, 2026 and FIDU as of Sep 30, 2026$1.4bn$2.3bn
Total return, 1 year+10.8%+10.5%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQS&P 500 Index
Holdings in common50%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund23.0%31.3%
Below its high8.3%, high on Aug 14, 20269.8%, high on Jun 30, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+10.8%
EXI total return, 1 year
+10.5%
FIDU total return, 1 year
0.38%
EXI expense ratio
0.08%
FIDU expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EXI and FIDU hold 50% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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50% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding EXI FIDU
CATERPILLAR INC 3.78% 5.39%
GE VERNOVA 2.75% 3.80%
RTX 2.58% 4.12%
EATON PLC 1.71% 2.29%
UNION PACIFIC 1.70% 2.47%
DEERE 1.60% 2.05%
BOEING 1.54% 2.30%
UBER TECHNOLOGIES 1.50% 1.78%
PARKER-HANNIFIN 1.25% 1.75%
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 1.11% 1.53%
QUANTA SERVICES INC 1.09% 1.43%
TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 1.08% 1.43%
Only in EXI
GE AEROSPACE 3.29%
SIEMENS N AG 2.25%
HITACHI 1.67%
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 1.66%
RECRUIT HOLDINGS LTD 1.61%
ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 1.57%
ABB LTD 1.51%
AIRBUS GROUP 1.34%
Only in FIDU
General Electric Co 5.35%
Illinois Tool Works Inc 1.12%
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp 0.70%
Rocket Lab Corp 0.48%
Xylem Inc/NY 0.41%
Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.38%
ATI Inc 0.36%
nVent Electric PLC 0.35%

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On the same fields

EXI
iShares Global Industrials ETF
FIDU
Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +10.8% +10.5%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −6.5 pts −6.7 pts
Expense ratio 0.38% 0.08%
Already in the S&P 500 56.4% 77.8%
Holdings 221 361
Net assets, EXI as of Oct 9, 2026 and FIDU as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.4bn $2.3bn

EXI and FIDU on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

EXI in plain words

EXI tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 56% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 221 positions, with the top ten at 23.0%. It sat 8.3% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

FIDU in plain words

FIDU tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 78% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 361 positions, with the top ten at 31.3%. It sat 9.8% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EXI or FIDU?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EXI returned +10.8% and FIDU +10.5%.
Which is cheaper, EXI or FIDU?
FIDU is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EXI and FIDU overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 56% of EXI and 78% of FIDU by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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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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