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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYE returned +58.8% and VB +14.4%.

Which is cheaper, IYE or VB?

VB is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 67% of IYE and 22% of VB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IYE vs VB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IYE returned +58.8% to VB's +14.4%; 3% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $1.8bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares U.S. Energy ETF, and $76.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+58.8%

IYE total return, 1 year

+14.4%

VB total return, 1 year

0.37%

IYE expense ratio

0.03%

VB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VB costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 44.4 points; VB is far larger, $76.9bn against $1.6bn.

IYE vs VB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IYE	VB
Return
Measure	IYE	VB
Total return, 1 year	+58.8%	+14.4%
Drawdown
Measure	IYE	VB
Below its high		5.7%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IYE	VB
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Energy RIC 22	Morningstar US Small Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	IYE	VB
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.6bn	$76.9bn
Holdings
Measure	IYE	VB
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	71.5%	5.9%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IYE and VB hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IYE VB

TECHNIPFMC PLC 1.10% 0.34%

EXPAND ENERGY 0.83% 0.25%

PERMIAN RESOURCES CLASS A 0.80% 0.21%

HF SINCLAIR 0.69% 0.20%

OVINTIV 0.78% 0.20%

EQT 1.35% 0.19%

APA 0.71% 0.18%

DT MIDSTREAM 0.52% 0.15%

NEXTPOWER INC 0.48% 0.14%

TEXAS PACIFIC LAND 0.77% 0.14%

ANTERO RESOURCES 0.50% 0.12%

FIRST SOLAR 0.71% 0.11%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IYE

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 23.48%

CHEVRON 16.24%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 6.74%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 4.68%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 4.07%

PHILLIPS 66 3.97%

WILLIAMS 3.37%

EOG RESOURCES 3.28%

Only in VB

SLCMT1142 1.31%

Natera Inc 0.72%

Twilio Inc 0.57%

Revolution Medicines Inc 0.53%

Everpure Inc 0.52%

Illumina Inc 0.52%

Okta Inc 0.44%

Moderna Inc 0.44%

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Side by side

IYE iShares U.S. Energy ETF VB Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of U.S. Energy Tracks an index of Small-Cap

Total return, 1 year +58.8% +14.4%

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 67.1% 21.6%

Holdings 41 1303

Net assets, IYE as of Oct 28, 2026 and VB as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.8bn $76.9bn

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

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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%.

VB tracks an index of Small-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 22% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,303 positions, with the top ten at 5.9%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYE or VB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYE returned +58.8% and VB +14.4%.
Which is cheaper, IYE or VB?: VB is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IYE and VB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 67% of IYE and 22% of VB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IYE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IYE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IYE ↗

VB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VB ↗

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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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