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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXC returned +50.0% and XOP +49.2%.

Which is cheaper, IXC or XOP?

XOP is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IXC vs XOP: Differences, Returns & Fees

IXC and XOP hold 25% of their weight in the same names, and IXC returned +50.0% over the year. Net assets: $3.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Global Energy ETF, and $4.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF.

XOP costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; XOP is 1.3 times larger.

	IXC	XOP
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$3.1bn	$4.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+50.0%	+49.2%
What it tracks	S&P Global 1200 Energy 4	S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Select Industry Index ?
Holdings in common	25%
In the S&P 500, by weight	60%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	60.1%
Below its high		28.1%, high on Jun 23, 2014

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+50.0%

IXC total return, 1 year

+49.2%

XOP total return, 1 year

0.37%

IXC expense ratio

0.35%

XOP expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IXC and XOP hold 25% 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.

50%

half

25% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IXC XOP

MARATHON PETROLEUM 3.35% 3.09%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 3.29% 3.04%

PHILLIPS 66 2.89% 2.88%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 17.84% 2.73%

CHEVRON 10.76% 2.64%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 4.15% 2.62%

EOG RESOURCES 2.01% 2.69%

DEVON ENERGY 1.39% 2.66%

OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP 1.13% 2.62%

DIAMONDBACK ENERGY 1.01% 2.52%

EQT 0.85% 2.58%

TEXAS PACIFIC LAND 0.54% 2.55%

Only in IXC

SHELL 7.44%

TOTALENERGIES 4.55%

BP PLC 3.13%

ENBRIDGE 2.66%

CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD 2.61%

WILLIAMS 2.28%

SUNCOR ENERGY INC 2.14%

SLB 1.87%

Only in XOP

PBF ENERGY INC CLASS A 3.11%

HF SINCLAIR CORP 2.97%

PAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS INC 2.81%

DELEK US HOLDINGS INC 2.71%

MURPHY OIL CORP 2.67%

OVINTIV INC 2.62%

RANGE RESOURCES CORP 2.60%

SM ENERGY CO 2.60%

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On the same fields

IXC

iShares Global Energy ETF

XOP

State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

Total return, 1 year +50.0% +49.2%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +32.7 pts +31.9 pts

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.35%

Holdings 52 52

Net assets, IXC as of Oct 9, 2026 and XOP as of Oct 8, 2026 $3.1bn $4.2bn

IXC and XOP 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%.

XOP in plain words

XOP tracks the S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +49.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. It sat 28.1% below its high of Jun 23, 2014 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IXC or XOP?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXC returned +50.0% and XOP +49.2%.
Which is cheaper, IXC or XOP?: XOP is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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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 ↗XOP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗XOP 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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