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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYR returned +3.4% and VOO +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, IYR or VOO?

VOO 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 IYR and VOO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of IYR and 100% of VOO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IYR vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IYR returned +3.4% to VOO's +13.7%; 2% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF, and $1.0tn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

+3.4%

IYR total return, 1 year

+13.7%

VOO total return, 1 year

0.37%

IYR expense ratio

0.03%

VOO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOO costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.3 points; VOO is far larger, $1.0tn against $4.2bn.

IYR vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IYR	VOO
Return
Measure	IYR	VOO
Total return, 1 year	+3.4%	+13.7%
Drawdown
Measure	IYR	VOO
Below its high	8.6%, high on Jul 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IYR	VOO
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Capped Index	S&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	IYR	VOO
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$4.2bn	$1.0tn
Holdings
Measure	IYR	VOO
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	52.5%	39.1%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IYR and VOO hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IYR VOO

WELLTOWER 9.85% 0.25%

PROLOGIS REIT 8.77% 0.19%

EQUINIX REIT 4.57% 0.15%

AMERICAN TOWER REIT 4.96% 0.12%

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP REIT INC 4.71% 0.10%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 4.54% 0.09%

REALTY INCOME REIT 4.19% 0.08%

PUBLIC STORAGE REIT 4.10% 0.07%

VENTAS REIT 3.34% 0.07%

VIVMARK RESIDENTIAL 3.51% 0.07%

CBRE GROUP CLASS A 2.71% 0.06%

IRON MOUNTAIN INC 2.68% 0.05%

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Only in IYR

W. P. CAREY REIT 1.13%

OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS REIT 1.09%

SUN COMMUNITIES REIT INC 1.09%

ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT REIT 1.08%

JONES LANG LASALLE 1.08%

LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY CLAS 1.05%

EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES REIT I 0.90%

GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES REIT 0.88%

Only in VOO

NVIDIA Corp 8.40%

Apple Inc 7.39%

Microsoft Corp 5.79%

Amazon.com Inc 3.72%

Alphabet Inc 3.07%

Broadcom Inc 2.54%

Alphabet Inc 2.46%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.43%

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Side by side

IYR iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +3.4% +13.7%

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

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 80.0% 99.7%

Holdings 59 507

Net assets, IYR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.9bn $1.0tn

IYR and VOO 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.

VOO

VOO tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 507 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYR or VOO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYR returned +3.4% and VOO +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, IYR or VOO?: VOO 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 IYR and VOO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of IYR and 100% of VOO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

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

Sources and dates

IYR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IYR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IYR ↗

VOO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOO ↗

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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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