Which returned more over the last year, GARP or XHB?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +18.0% and XHB −8.6%.

Which is cheaper, GARP or XHB?

GARP is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do GARP and XHB overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 46% of XHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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GARP vs XHB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GARP returned +18.0% to XHB's −8.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $3.6bn for iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF and $1.5bn for State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF.

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At a glance

+18.0%

GARP total return, 1 year

−8.6%

XHB total return, 1 year

0.15%

GARP expense ratio

0.35%

XHB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GARP costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 26.6 points; GARP is 2.4 times larger.

GARP vs XHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GARP	XHB
Return
Measure	GARP	XHB
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	−8.6%
Drawdown
Measure	GARP	XHB
Below its high	7.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026	20.5%, high on Oct 18, 2024
Benchmark
Measure	GARP	XHB
What it tracks	MSCI USA Quality GARP Select Index	S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Measure	GARP	XHB
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.6bn	$1.5bn
Holdings
Measure	GARP	XHB
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	43.5%	35.4%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, GARP and XHB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GARP XHB

SHARKNINJA 0.20% 3.76%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in GARP

MICROSOFT 5.67%

APPLE 5.66%

NVIDIA 5.18%

VISA CLASS A 5.13%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.72%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.61%

LAM RESEARCH 3.31%

CATERPILLAR INC 3.29%

Only in XHB

ALLEGION PLC 3.83%

WAYFAIR INC CLASS A 3.63%

WILLIAMS SONOMA INC 3.54%

SIMPSON MANUFACTURING CO INC 3.49%

MASCO CORP 3.49%

JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATION 3.46%

DR HORTON INC 3.41%

TOLL BROTHERS INC 3.38%

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Side by side

GARP iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF XHB State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP Tracks the S&P Homebuilders

Total return, 1 year +18.0% −8.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (PBUS) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +4.7 pts vs PBUS not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 94.4% 45.7%

Holdings 131 34

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.6bn $1.5bn

GARP and XHB on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

GARP

GARP tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 131 positions, with the top ten at 43.5%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

XHB

XHB tracks the S&P Homebuilders. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −8.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 46% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 34 positions, with the top ten at 35.4%. It sat 20.5% below its high of Oct 18, 2024 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GARP or XHB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +18.0% and XHB −8.6%.
Which is cheaper, GARP or XHB?: GARP is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GARP and XHB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 46% of XHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

GARP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GARP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for GARP ↗

XHB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XHB 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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