Which returned more over the last year, IXC or IYE?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXC returned +50.0% and IYE +50.0%.

Which is cheaper, IXC or IYE?

Neither: IXC and IYE both charge 0.37% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IXC and IYE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 60% of IXC and 67% of IYE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IXC vs IYE: Differences, Returns & Fees

IXC and IYE hold 61% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $3.1bn for iShares Global Energy ETF and $1.7bn for iShares U.S. Energy ETF.

Both cost 0.37% a year; both returned +50.0% over a year; IXC is 1.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

	IXC	IYE
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.37%
Net assets	$3.1bn	$1.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+50.0%	+50.0%
What it tracks	S&P Global 1200 Energy 4	Russell 1000 Energy RIC 22
Holdings in common	61%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	60.1%	71.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+50.0%

IXC total return, 1 year

+50.0%

IYE total return, 1 year

0.37%

IXC expense ratio

0.37%

IYE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IXC and IYE hold 61% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

50%

half

61% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IXC IYE

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 17.84% 23.13%

CHEVRON 10.76% 15.82%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 4.15% 6.41%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 3.35% 5.12%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 3.29% 4.78%

PHILLIPS 66 2.89% 4.31%

WILLIAMS 2.28% 3.47%

EOG RESOURCES 2.01% 3.16%

SLB 1.87% 2.89%

KINDER MORGAN 1.63% 2.61%

TARGA RESOURCES 1.59% 2.50%

ONEOK 1.47% 2.34%

Only in IXC

SHELL 7.44%

TOTALENERGIES 4.55%

BP PLC 3.13%

ENBRIDGE 2.66%

CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD 2.61%

SUNCOR ENERGY INC 2.14%

TC ENERGY 1.61%

ENI 1.30%

Only in IYE

CHENIERE ENERGY 2.42%

TECHNIPFMC PLC 1.13%

HF SINCLAIR 0.77%

PERMIAN RESOURCES CLASS A 0.76%

FIRST SOLAR 0.75%

OVINTIV 0.73%

NEXTPOWER INC 0.54%

DT MIDSTREAM 0.53%

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On the same fields

IXC

iShares Global Energy ETF

IYE

iShares U.S. Energy ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of U.S. Energy

Total return, 1 year +50.0% +50.0%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +32.7 pts +32.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.37%

Already in the S&P 500 59.6% 67.1%

Holdings 52 41

Net assets $3.1bn $1.7bn

IXC and IYE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

IXC in plain words

IXC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +50.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 60% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 52 positions, with the top ten at 60.1%.

IYE in plain words

IYE tracks an index of U.S. Energy. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 67% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 41 positions, with the top ten at 71.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IXC or IYE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXC returned +50.0% and IYE +50.0%.
Which is cheaper, IXC or IYE?: Neither: IXC and IYE both charge 0.37% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IXC and IYE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 60% of IXC and 67% of IYE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IXC and IYE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IXC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IXC ↗IYE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IYE ↗

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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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