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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +18.0% and XLE +61.2%.

Which is cheaper, GARP or XLE?

XLE is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 100% of XLE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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GARP vs XLE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GARP returned +18.0% to XLE's +61.2%; 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 $45.2bn for State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+18.0%

GARP total return, 1 year

+61.2%

XLE total return, 1 year

0.15%

GARP expense ratio

0.08%

XLE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLE costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 43.2 points; XLE is 12.6 times larger.

GARP vs XLE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GARP	XLE
Return
Measure	GARP	XLE
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	+61.2%
Drawdown
Measure	GARP	XLE
Below its high	7.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GARP	XLE
What it tracks	MSCI USA Quality GARP Select Index	Energy Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	GARP	XLE
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.6bn	$45.2bn
Holdings
Measure	GARP	XLE
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	43.5%	78.1%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, GARP and XLE 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 XLE

TARGA RESOURCES 0.33% 3.12%

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 XLE

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 23.98%

CHEVRON CORP 18.21%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 7.18%

MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP 4.67%

PHILLIPS 66 4.41%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 4.26%

WILLIAMS COS INC 4.22%

EOG RESOURCES INC 4.07%

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Side by side

GARP iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF XLE State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP Tracks an index of Energy

Total return, 1 year +18.0% +61.2%

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% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 94.4% 99.8%

Holdings 131 22

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.6bn $45.2bn

GARP and XLE 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.

XLE

XLE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +61.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 22 positions, with the top ten at 78.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GARP or XLE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +18.0% and XLE +61.2%.
Which is cheaper, GARP or XLE?: XLE is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GARP and XLE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 100% of XLE 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 ↗

XLE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLE 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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