Are IVV and XTR in the same category?

IVV is a stock ETF and XTR is an alternatives 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 XTR?

In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +14.8% and XTR +10.2%.

Which is cheaper, IVV or XTR?

IVV 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 Nov 4, 2026.

Across categories

IVV vs XTR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, IVV returned +14.8% to XTR's +10.2%, and IVV charges 0.03% to XTR's 0.25%.

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Net assets: $872.0bn on Nov 3, 2026 for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, and $5.0m on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X S&P 500 Tail Risk ETF.

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At a glance

+14.8%

IVV total return, 1 year

+10.2%

XTR total return, 1 year

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

0.25%

XTR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IVV costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.6 points; IVV is far larger, $896.3bn against $5.0m.

IVV vs XTR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IVV	XTR
Return
Measure	IVV	XTR
Total return, 1 year	+14.8%	+10.2%
Total return, 52 weeks		+9.9%
Against its benchmark
Measure	IVV	XTR
What it tracks	S&P 500	not published
Treasury bills, 52 weeks		+3.7%
Against cash		6.3 points ahead
Cost and size
Measure	IVV	XTR
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$896.3bn	$5.0m
Holdings
Measure	IVV	XTR
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	37.3%
Risk
Measure	IVV	XTR
Correlation with the S&P 500’s weekly returns		+1.00
Beta to the S&P 500		+0.94: about 0.94% for each 1%
Its average week when the S&P 500 fell		fell 1.07%
Down-week capture		100.0%
Weeks the S&P 500 fell		26 of 52, by 1.07% on average

Method

Side by side

IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF XTR Global X S&P 500 Tail Risk ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Alternatives ETF

Issuer iShares Global X

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Hedged equity

Total return, 1 year +14.8% +10.2%

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

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs SPY −4.6 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.25%

Holdings 505 not read by ETFIQ

Net assets, IVV as of Nov 3, 2026 and XTR as of Oct 12, 2026 $872.0bn $5.0m

IVV and XTR 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%.

XTR

XTR is a hedged equity fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +1.00 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.94, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.94% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 26 of those 52 weeks, by 1.07% on average. In the same weeks XTR fell 1.07% on average, a down-week capture of 100.0%. Over the same 52 weeks XTR returned +9.9% and a Treasury bill fund +3.7%, so it finished 6.3 percentage points ahead of cash.

Questions people ask

Are IVV and XTR in the same category?: IVV is a stock ETF and XTR is an alternatives 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 XTR?: In the year to Nov 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IVV returned +14.8% and XTR +10.2%.
Which is cheaper, IVV or XTR?: IVV 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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BIL, the T-bill fund these are measured against →SPY, the S&P 500 fund these are measured against →IVV on its own →XTR on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →IVV dividend history →IVV holdings →XTR dividend history →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IVV ↗

XTR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XTR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Global X page for XTR ↗

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