Which returned more over the last year, EXI or IYJ?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EXI returned +10.8% and IYJ +8.3%.

Which is cheaper, EXI or IYJ?

IYJ is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do EXI and IYJ overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 56% of EXI and 86% of IYJ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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EXI vs IYJ: Differences, Returns & Fees

EXI and IYJ hold 50% of their weight in the same names, and EXI returned +10.8% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.4bn for iShares Global Industrials ETF and $1.9bn for iShares U.S. Industrials ETF.

IYJ costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points; IYJ is 1.3 times larger.

	EXI	IYJ
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.37%
Net assets	$1.4bn	$1.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+10.8%	+8.3%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	Russell 1000 Industrials 40 Act 15/22
Holdings in common	50%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	23.0%	36.7%
Below its high	8.3%, high on Aug 14, 2026	7.5%, high on Aug 4, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+10.8%

EXI total return, 1 year

+8.3%

IYJ total return, 1 year

0.38%

EXI expense ratio

0.37%

IYJ expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EXI and IYJ 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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half

50% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EXI IYJ

CATERPILLAR INC 3.78% 4.50%

GE AEROSPACE 3.29% 3.93%

GE VERNOVA 2.75% 3.35%

RTX 2.58% 3.10%

EATON PLC 1.71% 2.05%

UNION PACIFIC 1.70% 2.06%

DEERE 1.60% 2.01%

BOEING 1.54% 1.78%

PARKER-HANNIFIN 1.25% 1.49%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 1.11% 1.35%

QUANTA SERVICES INC 1.09% 1.27%

TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 1.08% 1.29%

Only in EXI

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%

UBER TECHNOLOGIES 1.50%

AIRBUS GROUP 1.34%

Only in IYJ

VISA CLASS A 7.92%

MASTERCARD CLASS A 5.78%

AMERICAN EXPRESS 2.02%

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 1.59%

CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP 1.50%

SHERWIN WILLIAMS 0.91%

KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES 0.80%

CRH PUBLIC LIMITED PLC 0.68%

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On the same fields

EXI

iShares Global Industrials ETF

IYJ

iShares U.S. Industrials ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +10.8% +8.3%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −6.5 pts −8.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.37%

Already in the S&P 500 56.4% 86.0%

Holdings 221 215

Net assets $1.4bn $1.9bn

EXI and IYJ 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.

IYJ in plain words

IYJ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +8.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 215 positions, with the top ten at 36.7%. It sat 7.5% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EXI or IYJ?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EXI returned +10.8% and IYJ +8.3%.
Which is cheaper, EXI or IYJ?: IYJ is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EXI and IYJ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 56% of EXI and 86% of IYJ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

EXI and IYJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EXI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EXI ↗IYJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IYJ ↗

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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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