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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYR returned +3.4% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, IYR or VT?

VT is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of IYR and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IYR vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IYR returned +3.4% to VT's +13.5%; 1% 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 $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

+3.4%

IYR total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.37%

IYR expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VT costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.1 points; VT is 19.5 times larger.

IYR vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IYR	VT
Return
Measure	IYR	VT
Total return, 1 year	+3.4%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	IYR	VT
Below its high	8.6%, high on Jul 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IYR	VT
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Capped Index	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	IYR	VT
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$4.2bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	IYR	VT
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	52.5%	22.5%

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 VT hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IYR VT

WELLTOWER 9.85% 0.14%

PROLOGIS REIT 8.77% 0.10%

EQUINIX REIT 4.57% 0.09%

AMERICAN TOWER REIT 4.96% 0.07%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 4.54% 0.06%

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP REIT INC 4.71% 0.05%

REALTY INCOME REIT 4.19% 0.04%

PUBLIC STORAGE REIT 4.10% 0.04%

VIVMARK RESIDENTIAL 3.51% 0.04%

VENTAS REIT 3.34% 0.04%

CBRE GROUP CLASS A 2.71% 0.03%

IRON MOUNTAIN INC 2.68% 0.03%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IYR

DOW JONES US REAL ESTATE DEC 26 0.00%

Only in VT

NVIDIA Corp 4.54%

Apple Inc 4.11%

Microsoft Corp 3.25%

Amazon.com Inc 2.06%

Alphabet Inc 1.73%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.62%

Broadcom Inc 1.39%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.36%

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Side by side

IYR iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index 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 Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year +3.4% +13.5%

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 80.0% 54.7%

Holdings 59 10194

Net assets, IYR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.9bn $81.8bn

IYR and VT 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.

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYR or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYR returned +3.4% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, IYR or VT?: VT is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IYR and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of IYR and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

IYR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IYR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IYR ↗

VT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VT ↗

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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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