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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXC returned +50.0% and XLE +52.5%.

Which is cheaper, IXC or XLE?

XLE is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 60% of IXC and 100% of XLE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IXC vs XLE: Differences, Returns & Fees

IXC and XLE hold 61% of their weight in the same names, and XLE returned +52.5% over the year. Net assets: $3.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Global Energy ETF, and $41.9bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF.

XLE costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points; XLE is 13.4 times larger.

	IXC	XLE
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$3.1bn	$41.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+50.0%	+52.5%
What it tracks	S&P Global 1200 Energy 4	Energy Select Sector Index
Holdings in common	61%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	60.1%	78.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+50.0%

IXC total return, 1 year

+52.5%

XLE total return, 1 year

0.37%

IXC expense ratio

0.08%

XLE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IXC and XLE 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.

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61% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IXC XLE

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 17.84% 23.49%

CHEVRON 10.76% 17.66%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 4.15% 6.81%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 3.35% 5.20%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 3.29% 5.11%

PHILLIPS 66 2.89% 4.84%

WILLIAMS 2.28% 4.31%

EOG RESOURCES 2.01% 3.92%

SLB 1.87% 3.66%

KINDER MORGAN 1.63% 3.18%

TARGA RESOURCES 1.59% 3.12%

ONEOK 1.47% 2.87%

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 XLE

XAE ENERGY DEC26 0.00%

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On the same fields

IXC

iShares Global Energy ETF

XLE

State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Energy

Total return, 1 year +50.0% +52.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +32.7 pts +35.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 59.6% 99.8%

Holdings 52 22

Net assets, IXC as of Oct 9, 2026 and XLE as of Oct 8, 2026 $3.1bn $41.9bn

IXC and XLE 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%.

XLE in plain words

XLE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +52.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 22 positions, with the top ten at 78.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IXC or XLE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXC returned +50.0% and XLE +52.5%.
Which is cheaper, IXC or XLE?: XLE is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IXC and XLE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 60% of IXC and 100% of XLE 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 ↗XLE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗XLE 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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