Are IVV and REMX in the same category?

IVV is a stock ETF and REMX is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +13.7% and REMX −19.2%.

Which is cheaper, IVV or REMX?

IVV is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. That is about $50 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 9% of REMX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IVV vs REMX: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IVV returned +13.7% to REMX's −19.2%, and IVV charges 0.03% to REMX's 0.53%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $885.1bn for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF and $1.5bn for VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF.

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At a glance

+13.7%

IVV total return, 1 year

−19.2%

REMX total return, 1 year

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

0.53%

REMX expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IVV costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 32.9 points; IVV is far larger, $885.1bn against $1.5bn.

IVV vs REMX: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IVV	REMX
Return
Measure	IVV	REMX
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	−19.2%
Drawdown
Measure	IVV	REMX
Below its all-time high		75.1%, high on Apr 11, 2011
Against its benchmark
Measure	IVV	REMX
What it tracks	S&P 500	Rare earth and critical materials
Against its benchmark, 1 year		behind by 32.6 pts
Cost and size
Measure	IVV	REMX
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.53%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$885.1bn	$1.5bn
Holdings
Measure	IVV	REMX
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	38.1%	61%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IVV and REMX 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 IVV REMX

ALBEMARLE CORP 0.02% 8.87%

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Only in IVV

NVIDIA 7.92%

APPLE 7.61%

MICROSOFT 5.93%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.83%

BROADCOM INC 2.45%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.26%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.05%

Only in REMX

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Sa 9.02%

China Northern Rare Earth Group High-Te 7.12%

Mp Materials Corp 6.90%

Lynas Rare Earths Ltd 6.35%

Pilbara Minerals Ltd 5.55%

Jinduicheng Molybdenum Co Ltd 5.04%

Xiamen Tungsten Co Ltd 4.46%

Lianyou Metals Co Ltd 3.97%

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Side by side

IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF REMX VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Thematic ETF

Issuer iShares VanEck

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Rare earth and critical materials

Total return, 1 year +13.7% −19.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (SPY) +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs SPY −32.6 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.53%

Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 8.6%

Holdings 505 32

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $885.1bn $1.5bn

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

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About each fund

IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% 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 505 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

REMX

By weight, 9% of REMX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 61% of the fund across 32 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned −19.2% with distributions reinvested against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was behind by 32.6 pts. It sits 75.1% below its all-time high of Apr 11, 2011.

Questions people ask

Are IVV and REMX in the same category?: IVV is a stock ETF and REMX is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, IVV or REMX?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +13.7% and REMX −19.2%.
Which is cheaper, IVV or REMX?: IVV is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. That is about $50 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVV and REMX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 9% of REMX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IVV ↗

REMX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

REMX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

VanEck 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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