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

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

Which is cheaper, IYE or MLPA?

IYE 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 IYE and MLPA overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 67% of IYE and 0% of MLPA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IYE vs MLPA: Differences, Returns & Fees

IYE and MLPA hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and IYE returned +50.0% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $1.7bn for iShares U.S. Energy ETF and $2.3bn for Global X MLP ETF.

IYE costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 26.8 points; MLPA is 1.3 times larger.

	IYE	MLPA
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.77%
Net assets	$1.7bn	$2.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+50.0%	+23.2%
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Energy RIC 22	not read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	71.7%	98.6%
Below its high		6.5%, high on Sep 9, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+50.0%

IYE total return, 1 year

+23.2%

MLPA total return, 1 year

0.37%

IYE expense ratio

0.77%

MLPA expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IYE 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 9, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IYE MLPA

ONEOK 2.34% 0.00%

Only in IYE

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 23.13%

CHEVRON 15.82%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 6.41%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 5.12%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 4.78%

PHILLIPS 66 4.31%

WILLIAMS 3.47%

EOG RESOURCES 3.16%

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

IYE

iShares U.S. Energy ETF

MLPA

Global X MLP ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Global X

What it is Tracks an index of U.S. Energy 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 +32.8 pts +6.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.77%

Already in the S&P 500 67.1% 0.0%

Holdings 41 20

Net assets $1.7bn $2.3bn

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

IYE in plain words

IYE tracks an index of U.S. Energy. 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 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%.

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, IYE or MLPA?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYE returned +50.0% and MLPA +23.2%.
Which is cheaper, IYE or MLPA?: IYE 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 IYE and MLPA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 67% of IYE and 0% of MLPA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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