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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYR returned +3.4% and VPL +24.8%.

Which is cheaper, IYR or VPL?

VPL is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of IYR and 0% of VPL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IYR vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IYR returned +3.4% to VPL's +24.8%; 0% 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 $9.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF.

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At a glance

+3.4%

IYR total return, 1 year

+24.8%

VPL total return, 1 year

0.37%

IYR expense ratio

0.07%

VPL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VPL costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 21.4 points; VPL is 2.1 times larger.

IYR vs VPL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IYR	VPL
Return
Measure	IYR	VPL
Total return, 1 year	+3.4%	+24.8%
Drawdown
Measure	IYR	VPL
Below its high	8.6%, high on Jul 28, 2026	7.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IYR	VPL
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Capped Index	FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	IYR	VPL
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$4.2bn	$9.0bn
Holdings
Measure	IYR	VPL
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	52.5%	24.8%

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 VPL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IYR VPL

FIRST INDUSTRIAL REALTY TRUST 0.57% 0.01%

EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES REIT I 0.90% 0.01%

REGENCY CENTERS REIT CORP 0.97% 0.00%

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP REIT INC 4.71% 0.00%

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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%

REALTY INCOME REIT 4.19%

PUBLIC STORAGE REIT 4.10%

VIVMARK RESIDENTIAL 3.51%

Only in VPL

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 7.11%

SK hynix Inc 5.82%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.98%

BHP Group Ltd 1.69%

SLBBH1142 1.57%

Toyota Motor Corp 1.51%

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1.37%

Tokyo Electron Ltd 1.30%

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Side by side

IYR iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF VPL Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of U.S. Real Estate Tracks an index of Pacific Stock

Total return, 1 year +3.4% +24.8%

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 80.0% 0.0%

Holdings 59 2343

Net assets, IYR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VPL as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.9bn $9.0bn

IYR and VPL 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.

VPL

VPL tracks an index of Pacific Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +24.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 2,343 positions, with the top ten at 24.8%. It sat 7.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYR or VPL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYR returned +3.4% and VPL +24.8%.
Which is cheaper, IYR or VPL?: VPL is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IYR and VPL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of IYR and 0% of VPL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IYR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IYR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IYR ↗

VPL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VPL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VPL ↗

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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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