Are IGF and IVV in the same category?

IGF is a thematic ETF and IVV is a stock ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each holds.

Which returned more over the last year, IGF or IVV?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGF returned +5.3% and IVV +17.3%.

Which is cheaper, IGF or IVV?

IVV is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $34. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IGF and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 32% of IGF and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IGF vs IVV: how they differ

Over the year IGF returned +5.3% to IVV's +17.3%, and IVV charges 0.03% to IGF's 0.37%. iShares Global Infrastructure ETF and iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

IVV costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.0 points; IVV is far larger, $891.8bn against $10.3bn.

	IGF	IVV
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$10.3bn	$891.8bn
Total return, 1 year	+5.3%	+17.3%
What it tracks	Infrastructure	not published
Holdings in common	2%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year		+23.6%
Against the S&P 500, 1 year	behind by 11.9 pts
Active share vs the S&P 500	98%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38%	39.0%
Below its all-time high	8.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+5.3%

IGF total return, 1 year

+17.3%

IVV total return, 1 year

0.37%

IGF expense ratio

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IGF and IVV hold 2% 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.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IGF IVV

NEXTERA ENERGY 4.70% 0.24%

AEROPORTS DE PARIS SA 2.05% 0.16%

SOUTHERN 2.88% 0.15%

CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP 2.73% 0.14%

DUKE ENERGY CORP 2.65% 0.14%

WILLIAMS 3.08% 0.13%

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER INC 1.94% 0.10%

KINDER MORGAN 2.20% 0.09%

TARGA RESOURCES 2.15% 0.09%

DOMINION ENERGY 1.58% 0.08%

ONEOK 1.98% 0.08%

SEMPRA 1.52% 0.08%

Only in IGF

TRANSURBAN GROUP STAPLED UNITS 4.83%

AENA SME SA 4.73%

IBERDROLA 4.14%

GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL PACIFICO A 3.63%

ENBRIDGE 3.60%

AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 3.55%

GETLINK 2.88%

NATIONAL GRID PLC 2.23%

Only in IVV

NVIDIA 8.32%

APPLE 7.41%

MICROSOFT 5.79%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.72%

ALPHABET CLASS A 3.05%

BROADCOM INC 2.56%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.45%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.37%

On the same fields

IGF

iShares Global Infrastructure ETF

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Thematic ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Infrastructure Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +5.3% +17.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −11.9 pts +0.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 31.9% 99.8%

Holdings 78 505

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $10.3bn $891.8bn

IGF and IVV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

IGF in plain words

By weight, 32% of IGF's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 38% of the fund across 78 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +5.3% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 11.9 pts. It sits 8.3% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

IVV in plain words

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% 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 505 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

Questions people ask

Are IGF and IVV in the same category?: IGF is a thematic ETF and IVV is a stock ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each holds.
Which returned more over the last year, IGF or IVV?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGF returned +5.3% and IVV +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, IGF or IVV?: IVV is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $34. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IGF and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 32% of IGF and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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ETFIQ, IGF against IVV, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/igf-vs-ivv

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