Which returned more over the last year, IYR or VLUE?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYR returned +3.4% and VLUE +54.7%.

Which is cheaper, IYR or VLUE?

VLUE is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IYR and VLUE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of IYR and 97% of VLUE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IYR vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IYR returned +3.4% to VLUE's +54.7%; 2% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $3.9bn for iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF and $9.4bn for iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF.

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At a glance

+3.4%

IYR total return, 1 year

+54.7%

VLUE total return, 1 year

0.37%

IYR expense ratio

0.15%

VLUE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VLUE costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 51.3 points; VLUE is 2.4 times larger.

IYR vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IYR	VLUE
Return
Measure	IYR	VLUE
Total return, 1 year	+3.4%	+54.7%
Drawdown
Measure	IYR	VLUE
Below its high	8.6%, high on Jul 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IYR	VLUE
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Capped Index	MSCI USA Enhanced Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	IYR	VLUE
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.15%
Net assets	$3.9bn	$9.4bn
Holdings
Measure	IYR	VLUE
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	52.5%	42.8%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IYR and VLUE hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IYR VLUE

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP REIT INC 4.71% 0.43%

REALTY INCOME REIT 4.19% 0.29%

PUBLIC STORAGE REIT 4.10% 0.21%

VICI PPTYS INC 2.04% 0.17%

W. P. CAREY REIT 1.13% 0.14%

ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT REIT 1.08% 0.10%

MID AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES 1.08% 0.09%

ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST REIT 1.38% 0.08%

VIVMARK RESIDENTIAL 3.51% 0.08%

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Only in IYR

WELLTOWER 9.85%

PROLOGIS REIT 8.77%

AMERICAN TOWER REIT 4.96%

EQUINIX REIT 4.57%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 4.54%

VENTAS REIT 3.34%

CROWN CASTLE INC 2.92%

CBRE GROUP CLASS A 2.71%

Only in VLUE

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 20.94%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 4.37%

GENERAL MOTORS 3.54%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.72%

AT&T 2.24%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 1.95%

PFIZER 1.86%

BANK OF AMERICA 1.77%

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Side by side

IYR iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of U.S. Real Estate Tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor

Total return, 1 year +3.4% +54.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.6% (MLRG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +41.1 pts vs MLRG

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 80.0% 96.6%

Holdings 59 148

Net assets $3.9bn $9.4bn

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

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About each fund

IYR

IYR tracks an index of U.S. Real Estate. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +3.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 59 positions, with the top ten at 52.5%. It sat 8.6% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

VLUE

VLUE tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +54.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 42.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYR or VLUE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYR returned +3.4% and VLUE +54.7%.
Which is cheaper, IYR or VLUE?: VLUE is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IYR and VLUE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of IYR and 97% of VLUE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IYR and VLUE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IYR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IYR ↗

VLUE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for VLUE ↗

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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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