Which returned more over the last year, IYJ or XLI?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYJ returned +8.3% and XLI +11.7%.

Which is cheaper, IYJ or XLI?

XLI is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IYJ and XLI overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 86% of IYJ and 100% of XLI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IYJ vs XLI: Differences, Returns & Fees

IYJ and XLI hold 60% of their weight in the same names, and XLI returned +11.7% over the year. Net assets: $1.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares U.S. Industrials ETF, and $30.7bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF.

XLI costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.4 points; XLI is 15.3 times larger.

	IYJ	XLI
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$2.0bn	$30.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+8.3%	+11.7%
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Industrials 40 Act 15/22	Industrial Select Sector Index
Holdings in common	60%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	36.7%	39.3%
Below its high	7.5%, high on Aug 4, 2026	9.0%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+8.3%

IYJ total return, 1 year

+11.7%

XLI total return, 1 year

0.37%

IYJ expense ratio

0.08%

XLI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IYJ and XLI hold 60% 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.

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60% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IYJ XLI

CATERPILLAR INC 4.50% 6.83%

GE AEROSPACE 3.93% 5.92%

GE VERNOVA 3.35% 4.97%

RTX 3.10% 4.64%

UNION PACIFIC 2.06% 3.08%

EATON PLC 2.05% 3.08%

DEERE 2.01% 3.06%

BOEING 1.78% 2.77%

PARKER-HANNIFIN 1.49% 2.23%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INC 1.35% 2.01%

TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 1.29% 1.93%

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 1.28% 1.93%

Only in IYJ

VISA CLASS A 7.92%

MASTERCARD CLASS A 5.78%

AMERICAN EXPRESS 2.02%

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 1.59%

CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP 1.50%

SHERWIN WILLIAMS 0.91%

KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES 0.80%

CRH PUBLIC LIMITED PLC 0.68%

Only in XLI

UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC 2.68%

WASTE MANAGEMENT INC 1.46%

FASTENAL CO 1.08%

DELTA AIR LINES INC 0.91%

REPUBLIC SERVICES INC 0.79%

UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS INC 0.65%

COPART INC 0.43%

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO 0.38%

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On the same fields

IYJ

iShares U.S. Industrials ETF

XLI

State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Industrials

Total return, 1 year +8.3% +11.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −8.9 pts −5.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 86.0% 99.9%

Holdings 215 84

Net assets, IYJ as of Oct 9, 2026 and XLI as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.9bn $30.7bn

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

IYJ in plain words

IYJ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +8.3% 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, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 215 positions, with the top ten at 36.7%. It sat 7.5% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

XLI in plain words

XLI tracks an index of Industrials. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +11.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 84 positions, with the top ten at 39.3%. It sat 9.0% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYJ or XLI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYJ returned +8.3% and XLI +11.7%.
Which is cheaper, IYJ or XLI?: XLI is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IYJ and XLI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 86% of IYJ and 100% of XLI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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