Which returned more over the last year, IGM or TLT?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGM returned +21.7% and TLT −7.9%.

Which is cheaper, IGM or TLT?

TLT is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IGM vs TLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IGM returned +21.7% to TLT's −7.9%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $11.0bn for iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF and $47.4bn for iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+21.7%

IGM total return, 1 year

−7.9%

TLT total return, 1 year

0.37%

IGM expense ratio

0.15%

TLT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

TLT costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 29.6 points; TLT is 4.3 times larger.

IGM vs TLT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IGM	TLT
Return
Measure	IGM	TLT
Total return, 1 year	+21.7%	−7.9%
Drawdown
Measure	IGM	TLT
Below its high	6.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026	42.6%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	IGM	TLT
What it tracks	S&P North American Expanded Technology Sector Index	ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	IGM	TLT
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.0bn	$47.4bn
Holdings
Measure	IGM	TLT
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	92%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56.8%

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

What they share

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IGM TLT

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IGM

APPLE 9.36%

MICROSOFT 9.19%

NVIDIA 8.28%

BROADCOM INC 7.07%

ALPHABET CLASS A 4.57%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.27%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.16%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.07%

Only in TLT

TREASURY BOND 4.32%

TREASURY BOND 4.12%

TREASURY BOND (OLD) 4.07%

TREASURY BOND 4.02%

TREASURY BOND 3.93%

TREASURY BOND 3.92%

TREASURY BOND 3.89%

TREASURY BOND 3.88%

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Side by side

IGM iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector Tracks an index of 20+ year Treasuries

Total return, 1 year +21.7% −7.9%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −7.8% (BBLB)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.1 pts vs BBLB

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.15%

Holdings 295 47

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $11.0bn $47.4bn

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

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About each fund

IGM

IGM tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 295 positions, with the top ten at 56.8%. It sat 6.2% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

TLT

TLT tracks an index of 20+ year Treasuries. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −7.9% with distributions reinvested, against −7.8% for its benchmark, the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. It sat 42.6% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IGM or TLT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGM returned +21.7% and TLT −7.9%.
Which is cheaper, IGM or TLT?: TLT is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

IGM and TLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IGM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IGM ↗

TLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for TLT ↗

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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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