Which returned more over the last year, IYT or XLI?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYT returned +12.8% and XLI +11.7%.

Which is cheaper, IYT or XLI?

XLI is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IYT and XLI overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 82% of IYT and 100% of XLI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IYT vs XLI: Differences, Returns & Fees

IYT and XLI hold 15% of their weight in the same names, and IYT returned +12.8% over the year. Net assets: $2.0bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares U.S. Transportation ETF, and $30.7bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF.

XLI costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.1 points; XLI is 15.7 times larger.

	IYT	XLI
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$2.0bn	$30.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+12.8%	+11.7%
What it tracks	S&P Transportation Select Industry FMC Capped Index	Industrial Select Sector Index
Holdings in common	15%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	72.8%	39.3%
Below its high	10.8%, high on Jul 16, 2026	9.0%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+12.8%

IYT total return, 1 year

+11.7%

XLI total return, 1 year

0.37%

IYT expense ratio

0.08%

XLI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IYT and XLI hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IYT XLI

UNION PACIFIC 17.48% 3.08%

UBER TECHNOLOGIES 15.44% 2.68%

CSX 9.25% 1.64%

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP 4.50% 1.33%

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC CLASS B 4.36% 1.32%

FEDEX CORP 4.32% 1.20%

DELTA AIR LINES 4.77% 0.91%

UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS 4.59% 0.65%

OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE 4.57% 0.63%

EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHIN 3.49% 0.47%

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES 2.83% 0.38%

JB HUNT TRANSPORT SERVICES 2.36% 0.32%

Only in IYT

XPO 2.98%

KNIGHT-SWIFT TRANSPORTATION HOLDIN 1.46%

RYDER SYSTEM 1.27%

SAIA INC 1.25%

AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP 1.17%

KIRBY CORP 1.00%

MATSON INC 0.94%

LYFT CLASS A 0.85%

Only in XLI

CATERPILLAR INC 6.83%

GENERAL ELECTRIC 5.92%

GE VERNOVA INC 4.97%

RTX CORP 4.64%

EATON CORP PLC 3.08%

DEERE + CO 3.06%

BOEING CO/THE 2.77%

PARKER HANNIFIN CORP 2.23%

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On the same fields

IYT

iShares U.S. Transportation ETF

XLI

State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Industrials

Total return, 1 year +12.8% +11.7%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −4.4 pts −5.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 82.2% 99.9%

Holdings 46 84

Net assets, IYT as of Oct 9, 2026 and XLI as of Oct 8, 2026 $2.0bn $30.7bn

IYT and XLI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

IYT in plain words

IYT tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 82% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 46 positions, with the top ten at 72.8%. It sat 10.8% below its high of Jul 16, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

XLI in plain words

XLI tracks an index of Industrials. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +11.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 84 positions, with the top ten at 39.3%. It sat 9.0% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYT or XLI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYT returned +12.8% and XLI +11.7%.
Which is cheaper, IYT or XLI?: XLI is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IYT and XLI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 82% of IYT and 100% of XLI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IYT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IYT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IYT ↗XLI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗XLI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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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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