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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYE returned +58.8% and SPY +13.6%.

Which is cheaper, IYE or SPY?

SPY is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 67% of IYE and 100% of SPY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IYE vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees

Share on X Download as PDF

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IYE returned +58.8% to SPY's +13.6%; 4% of their weight is in the same names.

askIQ about this page

askIQ about IYE and SPY

Net assets: $1.8bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares U.S. Energy ETF, and $814.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

IYE on its own →SPY on its own →

At a glance

+58.8%

IYE total return, 1 year

+13.6%

SPY total return, 1 year

0.37%

IYE expense ratio

0.09%

SPY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPY costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 45.2 points; SPY is far larger, $814.8bn against $1.8bn.

IYE vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IYE	SPY
Return
Measure	IYE	SPY
Total return, 1 year	+58.8%	+13.6%
Benchmark
Measure	IYE	SPY
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Energy RIC 22	S&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	IYE	SPY
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$1.8bn	$814.8bn
Holdings
Measure	IYE	SPY
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	71.5%	38.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IYE and SPY hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

half

4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IYE SPY

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 23.48% 1.11%

CHEVRON 16.24% 0.68%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 6.74% 0.27%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 4.68% 0.18%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 4.07% 0.17%

PHILLIPS 66 3.97% 0.16%

WILLIAMS 3.37% 0.14%

EOG RESOURCES 3.28% 0.13%

SLB 3.04% 0.12%

KINDER MORGAN 2.59% 0.10%

TARGA RESOURCES 2.52% 0.10%

ONEOK 2.38% 0.09%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IYE

CHENIERE ENERGY 2.49%

TECHNIPFMC PLC 1.10%

PERMIAN RESOURCES CLASS A 0.80%

OVINTIV 0.78%

HF SINCLAIR 0.69%

DT MIDSTREAM 0.52%

RANGE RESOURCES 0.52%

ANTERO RESOURCES 0.50%

Only in SPY

NVIDIA CORP 7.92%

APPLE INC 7.61%

MICROSOFT CORP 5.93%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%

ALPHABET INC CL A 2.83%

BROADCOM INC 2.45%

ALPHABET INC CL C 2.26%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.06%

Check overlap with more funds →

Side by side

IYE iShares U.S. Energy ETF SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index of U.S. Energy Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +58.8% +13.6%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.7% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.1 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 67.1% 99.8%

Holdings 41 504

Net assets, IYE as of Oct 28, 2026 and SPY as of Oct 27, 2026 $1.8bn $814.8bn

IYE and SPY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Alert

About each fund

IYE

IYE tracks an index of U.S. Energy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +58.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 67% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 41 positions, with the top ten at 71.5%.

SPY

SPY tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.6% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYE or SPY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYE returned +58.8% and SPY +13.6%.
Which is cheaper, IYE or SPY?: SPY is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IYE and SPY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 67% of IYE and 100% of SPY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Other comparisons

IYE vs VTI IYE vs VOO IYE vs SPYM IYE vs VIG SPY vs XOP SPY vs VDE SPY vs XLE SPY vs XHB

Where to next

IYE on its own →SPY on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →IYE dividend history →IYE holdings →SPY dividend history →SPY holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

IYE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IYE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IYE ↗

SPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

State Street website ↗

Links are sources, not endorsements. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Cite this pageCitation, APA and Markdown

ETFIQ, IYE against SPY, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/iye-vs-spy

Open data →

Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms.