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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXC returned +50.0% and MLPA +23.2%.

Which is cheaper, IXC or MLPA?

IXC is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 60% of IXC and 0% of MLPA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IXC vs MLPA: Differences, Returns & Fees

IXC and MLPA hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and IXC returned +50.0% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $3.1bn for iShares Global Energy ETF and $2.3bn for Global X MLP ETF.

IXC costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 26.8 points; IXC is 1.4 times larger.

	IXC	MLPA
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.77%
Net assets	$3.1bn	$2.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+50.0%	+23.2%
What it tracks	S&P Global 1200 Energy 4	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	60.1%	98.6%
Below its high		6.5%, high on Sep 9, 2026

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

+50.0%

IXC total return, 1 year

+23.2%

MLPA total return, 1 year

0.37%

IXC expense ratio

0.77%

MLPA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IXC and MLPA hold 0% 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.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IXC MLPA

ONEOK 1.47% 0.00%

Only in IXC

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 17.84%

CHEVRON 10.76%

SHELL 7.44%

TOTALENERGIES 4.55%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 4.15%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 3.35%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 3.29%

BP PLC 3.13%

Only in MLPA

ENERGY TRANSFER LP 15.50%

ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS 13.25%

MPLX LP 12.42%

PLAINS ALL AMER PIPELINE LP 11.78%

WESTERN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS L 10.39%

SUNOCO LP 9.66%

HESS MIDSTREAM LP - CLASS A 7.71%

CHENIERE ENERGY PARTNERS LP 7.38%

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On the same fields

IXC

iShares Global Energy ETF

MLPA

Global X MLP ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Global X

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +50.0% +23.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +32.7 pts +6.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.77%

Already in the S&P 500 59.6% 0.0%

Holdings 52 20

Net assets $3.1bn $2.3bn

IXC and MLPA 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%.

MLPA in plain words

MLPA tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +23.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.77% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 20 positions, with the top ten at 98.6%. It sat 6.5% below its high of Sep 9, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IXC or MLPA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXC returned +50.0% and MLPA +23.2%.
Which is cheaper, IXC or MLPA?: IXC is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IXC and MLPA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 60% of IXC and 0% of MLPA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IXC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IXC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IXC ↗MLPA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗MLPA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Global X page for MLPA ↗

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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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