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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, INDA returned −14.2% and TLT −7.9%.

Which is cheaper, INDA or TLT?

TLT is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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INDA vs TLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, INDA returned −14.2% to TLT's −7.9%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $5.8bn for iShares MSCI India ETF and $47.4bn for iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−14.2%

INDA total return, 1 year

−7.9%

TLT total return, 1 year

0.61%

INDA expense ratio

0.15%

TLT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

TLT costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.3 points; TLT is 8.2 times larger.

INDA vs TLT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	INDA	TLT
Return
Measure	INDA	TLT
Total return, 1 year	−14.2%	−7.9%
Drawdown
Measure	INDA	TLT
Below its high	20.4%, high on Sep 26, 2024	42.6%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	INDA	TLT
What it tracks	MSCI India Index	ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	INDA	TLT
Expense ratio	0.61%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$5.8bn	$47.4bn
Holdings
Measure	INDA	TLT
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.8%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, INDA 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 INDA TLT

Only in one fund ↓

Only in INDA

HDFC BANK 6.21%

ICICI BANK 5.90%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 5.50%

BHARTI AIRTEL LTD 4.44%

INFOSYS 2.83%

AXIS BANK 2.23%

MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LTD 1.99%

LARSEN AND TOUBRO LTD 1.97%

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

INDA iShares MSCI India ETF TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI India Tracks an index of 20+ year Treasuries

Total return, 1 year −14.2% −7.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) −7.8% (BBLB)

Gap to its benchmark −30.5 pts vs EEM −0.1 pts vs BBLB

Expense ratio 0.61% 0.15%

Holdings 166 47

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $5.8bn $47.4bn

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

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About each fund

INDA

INDA tracks the MSCI India. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −14.2% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.61% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 166 positions, with the top ten at 34.8%. It sat 20.4% below its high of Sep 26, 2024 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, INDA or TLT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, INDA returned −14.2% and TLT −7.9%.
Which is cheaper, INDA or TLT?: TLT is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

INDA and TLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

INDA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for INDA ↗

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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