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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYE returned +58.8% and VXF +10.6%.

Which is cheaper, IYE or VXF?

VXF is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IYE vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IYE returned +58.8% to VXF's +10.6%; 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 $30.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Market ETF.

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At a glance

+58.8%

IYE total return, 1 year

+10.6%

VXF total return, 1 year

0.37%

IYE expense ratio

0.05%

VXF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VXF costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 48.2 points; VXF is 18.9 times larger.

IYE vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IYE	VXF
Return
Measure	IYE	VXF
Total return, 1 year	+58.8%	+10.6%
Drawdown
Measure	IYE	VXF
Below its high		6.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IYE	VXF
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Energy RIC 22	S&P Completion Index
Cost and size
Measure	IYE	VXF
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.6bn	$30.2bn
Holdings
Measure	IYE	VXF
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	71.5%	11.3%

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 VXF 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 VXF

CHENIERE ENERGY 2.49% 0.67%

TECHNIPFMC PLC 1.10% 0.32%

PERMIAN RESOURCES CLASS A 0.80% 0.21%

HF SINCLAIR 0.69% 0.20%

OVINTIV 0.78% 0.19%

DT MIDSTREAM 0.52% 0.15%

NEXTPOWER INC 0.48% 0.14%

ANTERO RESOURCES 0.50% 0.12%

RANGE RESOURCES 0.52% 0.10%

VIPER ENERGY INC CLASS A 0.34% 0.09%

CHORD ENERGY 0.34% 0.09%

ANTERO MIDSTREAM 0.28% 0.08%

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 VXF

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.50%

SLCMT1142 2.26%

Snowflake Inc 1.42%

Cloudflare Inc 1.35%

Natera Inc 0.72%

Strategy Inc 0.67%

Astera Labs Inc 0.67%

Twilio Inc 0.54%

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Side by side

IYE iShares U.S. Energy ETF VXF Vanguard Extended Market 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 Extended Market

Total return, 1 year +58.8% +10.6%

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 67.1% 0.0%

Holdings 41 3361

Net assets, IYE as of Oct 28, 2026 and VXF as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.8bn $30.2bn

IYE and VXF 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%.

VXF

VXF tracks an index of Extended Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,361 positions, with the top ten at 11.3%. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYE or VXF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYE returned +58.8% and VXF +10.6%.
Which is cheaper, IYE or VXF?: VXF is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IYE and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 67% of IYE and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

IYE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IYE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IYE ↗

VXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VXF ↗

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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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