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

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +14.8% and XLSR +9.5%.

Which is cheaper, IVV or XLSR?

IVV is cheaper, by 0.67 percentage points a year. That is about $67 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 34% of XLSR by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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IVV vs XLSR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVV returned +14.8% to XLSR's +9.5%; 21% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $872.0bn for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF and $1.1bn for State Street US Sector Rotation ETF.

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At a glance

+14.8%

IVV total return, 1 year

+9.5%

XLSR total return, 1 year

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

0.70%

XLSR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IVV costs 0.67 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.3 points; IVV is far larger, $872.0bn against $1.1bn.

IVV vs XLSR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IVV	XLSR
Return
Measure	IVV	XLSR
Total return, 1 year	+14.8%	+9.5%
Benchmark
Measure	IVV	XLSR
What it tracks	S&P 500	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	IVV	XLSR
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.70%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$872.0bn	$1.1bn
Holdings
Measure	IVV	XLSR
Holdings in common	21%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.3%	90.9%

Method

What they share

21%

By the books each fund has filed, IVV and XLSR hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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21% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IVV XLSR

NVIDIA 7.66% 3.84%

APPLE 7.42% 3.71%

MICROSOFT 5.93% 2.79%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.52% 3.62%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.10% 2.37%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.03% 2.85%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.77% 1.81%

BROADCOM INC 2.42% 1.17%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.48% 0.45%

NETFLIX 0.41% 0.30%

TESLA INC 1.72% 0.20%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.29% 0.12%

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Only in IVV

ELI LILLY 1.73%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.59%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.38%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.12%

VISA CLASS A 1.10%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.98%

WALMART 0.85%

MASTERCARD CLASS A 0.80%

Only in XLSR

STATE STREET TECHNOLOGY SELECT 26.80%

STATE STREET HEALTH CARE SELEC 24.28%

STATE STREET FINANCIAL SELECT 11.54%

STATE STREET CONSUMER DISCRETI 6.50%

STATE STREET COMMUNICATION SER 4.97%

STATE STREET INDUSTRIAL SELECT 1.38%

STATE STREET ENERGY SELECT SEC 1.16%

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Side by side

IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF XLSR State Street US Sector Rotation ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +14.8% +9.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.8% (SPY) +14.8% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs SPY −5.3 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.70%

Already in the S&P 500 99.8% 34.4%

Holdings 505 21

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $872.0bn $1.1bn

IVV and XLSR on the fields both publish, as of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 37.3%.

XLSR

XLSR is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 it returned +9.5% with distributions reinvested, against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.70% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026, 34% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 21 positions, with the top ten at 90.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IVV or XLSR?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +14.8% and XLSR +9.5%.
Which is cheaper, IVV or XLSR?: IVV is cheaper, by 0.67 percentage points a year. That is about $67 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IVV and XLSR overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of IVV and 34% of XLSR 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 ↗

XLSR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLSR 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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