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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYR returned +3.4% and VXF +10.6%.

Which is cheaper, IYR or VXF?

VXF is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IYR vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IYR returned +3.4% to VXF's +10.6%; 3% 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 $30.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Market ETF.

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At a glance

+3.4%

IYR total return, 1 year

+10.6%

VXF total return, 1 year

0.37%

IYR expense ratio

0.05%

VXF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VXF costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.2 points; VXF is 7.2 times larger.

IYR vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IYR	VXF
Return
Measure	IYR	VXF
Total return, 1 year	+3.4%	+10.6%
Drawdown
Measure	IYR	VXF
Below its high	8.6%, high on Jul 28, 2026	6.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IYR	VXF
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Capped Index	S&P Completion Index
Cost and size
Measure	IYR	VXF
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$4.2bn	$30.2bn
Holdings
Measure	IYR	VXF
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	52.5%	11.3%

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 VXF hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IYR VXF

W. P. CAREY REIT 1.13% 0.18%

ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT REIT 1.08% 0.17%

JONES LANG LASALLE 1.08% 0.17%

OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS REIT 1.09% 0.17%

SUN COMMUNITIES REIT INC 1.09% 0.16%

LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY CLAS 1.05% 0.15%

EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES REIT I 0.90% 0.14%

AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT 0.87% 0.14%

GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES REIT 0.88% 0.13%

AGNC INVESTMENT REIT 0.82% 0.13%

EASTGROUP PROPERTIES REIT 0.83% 0.13%

AMERICAN HOMES RENT REIT CLASS A 0.79% 0.12%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IYR

WELLTOWER 9.85%

PROLOGIS REIT 8.77%

AMERICAN TOWER REIT 4.96%

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP REIT INC 4.71%

EQUINIX REIT 4.57%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 4.54%

REALTY INCOME REIT 4.19%

PUBLIC STORAGE REIT 4.10%

Only in VXF

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.50%

SLCMT1142 2.26%

Snowflake Inc 1.42%

Cloudflare Inc 1.35%

Natera Inc 0.72%

Strategy Inc 0.67%

Astera Labs Inc 0.67%

Cheniere Energy Inc 0.67%

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Side by side

IYR iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF VXF Vanguard Extended Market 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 Extended Market

Total return, 1 year +3.4% +10.6%

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 80.0% 0.0%

Holdings 59 3361

Net assets, IYR as of Oct 28, 2026 and VXF as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.9bn $30.2bn

IYR and VXF 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.

VXF

VXF tracks an index of Extended Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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 3,361 positions, with the top ten at 11.3%. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYR or VXF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYR returned +3.4% and VXF +10.6%.
Which is cheaper, IYR or VXF?: VXF is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IYR and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of IYR and 0% of VXF 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 ↗

VXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VXF ↗

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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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