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EXI vs VIS: Differences, Returns & Fees

EXI and VIS hold 56% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $1.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Global Industrials ETF, and $8.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Industrials ETF.

VIS costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.2 points.

EXIVIS
Expense ratio0.38%0.09%
Net assets, EXI as of Oct 9, 2026 and VIS as of Sep 30, 2026$1.4bn$8.0bn
Total return, 1 year+10.8%+10.6%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQMSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Industrials 25/50
Holdings in common56%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund23.0%30.4%
Below its high8.3%, high on Aug 14, 20269.9%, high on Jun 30, 2026

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

+10.8%
EXI total return, 1 year
+10.6%
VIS total return, 1 year
0.38%
EXI expense ratio
0.09%
VIS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EXI and VIS hold 56% 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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56% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding EXI VIS
CATERPILLAR INC 3.78% 5.26%
GE AEROSPACE 3.29% 4.99%
GE VERNOVA 2.75% 3.46%
RTX 2.58% 4.01%
EATON PLC 1.71% 2.24%
UNION PACIFIC 1.70% 2.21%
DEERE 1.60% 2.28%
BOEING 1.54% 2.23%
UBER TECHNOLOGIES 1.50% 1.93%
PARKER-HANNIFIN 1.25% 1.77%
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 1.11% 1.64%
QUANTA SERVICES INC 1.09% 1.31%
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%
SAFRAN SA 1.25%
SIEMENS ENERGY N AG 1.25%
Only in VIS
Rocket Lab Corp 0.49%
ATI Inc 0.39%
nVent Electric PLC 0.35%
Carpenter Technology Corp 0.33%
XPO Inc 0.32%
Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.31%
MKTLIQ 0.30%
Woodward Inc 0.29%

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On the same fields

EXI
iShares Global Industrials ETF
VIS
Vanguard Industrials ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +10.8% +10.6%
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% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 56.4% 74.1%
Holdings 221 398
Net assets, EXI as of Oct 9, 2026 and VIS as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.4bn $8.0bn

EXI and VIS 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.

VIS in plain words

VIS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 74% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 398 positions, with the top ten at 30.4%. It sat 9.9% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EXI or VIS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EXI returned +10.8% and VIS +10.6%.
Which is cheaper, EXI or VIS?
VIS is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do EXI and VIS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 56% of EXI and 74% of VIS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
EXI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EXI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EXI ↗VIS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VIS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VIS ↗

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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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