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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EXI returned +10.8% and XLI +11.7%.

Which is cheaper, EXI or XLI?

XLI 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 XLI overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 56% of EXI and 100% of XLI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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EXI vs XLI: Differences, Returns & Fees

EXI and XLI hold 55% of their weight in the same names, and XLI returned +11.7% over the year. Net assets: $1.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Global Industrials ETF, and $30.7bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF.

XLI costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.9 points.

	EXI	XLI
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.08%
Net assets, EXI as of Oct 9, 2026 and XLI as of Oct 8, 2026	$1.4bn	$30.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+10.8%	+11.7%
What it tracks	not read by ETFIQ	Industrial Select Sector Index
Holdings in common	55%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	23.0%	39.3%
Below its high	8.3%, high on Aug 14, 2026	9.0%, high on Aug 14, 2026

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

+10.8%

EXI total return, 1 year

+11.7%

XLI total return, 1 year

0.38%

EXI expense ratio

0.08%

XLI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EXI and XLI hold 55% 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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55% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EXI XLI

CATERPILLAR INC 3.78% 6.83%

GE AEROSPACE 3.29% 5.92%

GE VERNOVA 2.75% 4.97%

RTX 2.58% 4.64%

EATON PLC 1.71% 3.08%

UNION PACIFIC 1.70% 3.08%

DEERE 1.60% 3.06%

BOEING 1.54% 2.77%

UBER TECHNOLOGIES 1.50% 2.68%

PARKER-HANNIFIN 1.25% 2.23%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 1.11% 2.01%

QUANTA SERVICES INC 1.09% 1.92%

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%

AIRBUS GROUP 1.34%

SAFRAN SA 1.25%

Only in XLI

XAI EMINI INDUSTR DEC26 -0.00%

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On the same fields

EXI

iShares Global Industrials ETF

XLI

State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Industrials

Total return, 1 year +10.8% +11.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −6.5 pts −5.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 56.4% 99.9%

Holdings 221 84

Net assets, EXI as of Oct 9, 2026 and XLI as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.4bn $30.7bn

EXI and XLI 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.

XLI in plain words

XLI tracks an index of Industrials. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +11.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 84 positions, with the top ten at 39.3%. It sat 9.0% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EXI or XLI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EXI returned +10.8% and XLI +11.7%.
Which is cheaper, EXI or XLI?: XLI 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 XLI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 56% of EXI and 100% of XLI 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 ↗XLI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗XLI 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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