Which returned more over the last year, IWB or XLRE?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWB returned +13.1% and XLRE +4.3%.

Which is cheaper, IWB or XLRE?

XLRE is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IWB and XLRE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 92% of IWB and 100% of XLRE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IWB vs XLRE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IWB returned +13.1% to XLRE's +4.3%; 2% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $49.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Russell 1000 ETF, and $8.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+13.1%

IWB total return, 1 year

+4.3%

XLRE total return, 1 year

0.15%

IWB expense ratio

0.08%

XLRE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLRE costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.8 points; IWB is 6.1 times larger.

IWB vs XLRE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWB	XLRE
Return
Measure	IWB	XLRE
Total return, 1 year	+13.1%	+4.3%
Drawdown
Measure	IWB	XLRE
Below its high		7.7%, high on Jul 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IWB	XLRE
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Index	Real Estate Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	IWB	XLRE
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$48.7bn	$8.0bn
Holdings
Measure	IWB	XLRE
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	35.3%	58.9%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IWB and XLRE hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IWB XLRE

WELLTOWER 0.23% 11.14%

PROLOGIS REIT 0.17% 8.19%

EQUINIX REIT 0.14% 6.72%

AMERICAN TOWER REIT 0.12% 5.84%

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP REIT INC 0.10% 4.76%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 0.09% 4.34%

PUBLIC STORAGE REIT 0.07% 4.87%

REALTY INCOME REIT 0.07% 4.34%

VIVMARK RESIDENTIAL 0.07% 4.42%

VENTAS REIT 0.06% 4.28%

CBRE GROUP CLASS A 0.05% 3.95%

CROWN CASTLE INC 0.05% 4.26%

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Only in IWB

NVIDIA 7.15%

APPLE 7.06%

MICROSOFT 5.56%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.46%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.63%

BROADCOM INC 2.24%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.12%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.92%

Only in XLRE

EMINI S+P REESTATEDEC26 -0.00%

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Side by side

IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF XLRE State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks the Russell 1000 Tracks an index of Real estate

Total return, 1 year +13.1% +4.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.2% (VONE) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs VONE not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 91.7% 99.5%

Holdings 1025 31

Net assets, IWB as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLRE as of Oct 27, 2026 $49.1bn $8.0bn

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

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About each fund

IWB

IWB tracks the Russell 1000. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.2% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% 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 1,025 positions, with the top ten at 35.3%.

XLRE

XLRE tracks an index of Real estate. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% 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 31 positions, with the top ten at 58.9%. It sat 7.7% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWB or XLRE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWB returned +13.1% and XLRE +4.3%.
Which is cheaper, IWB or XLRE?: XLRE is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWB and XLRE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 92% of IWB and 100% of XLRE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IWB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWB ↗

XLRE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLRE 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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