Which returned more over the last year, IYW or XOP?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYW returned +34.9% and XOP returned +52.4%, so XOP returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, IYW or XOP?

IYW charges 0.37% a year and XOP charges 0.35%, so XOP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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IYW vs XOP: how they differ

IYW and XOP hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and XOP returned more over the year.

iShares U.S. Technology ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IYW and XOP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in IYW	Only in XOP
NVIDIA 14.10%	PBF ENERGY INC CLASS A 3.89%
APPLE 13.20%	HF SINCLAIR CORP 3.27%
MICROSOFT 10.75%	DELEK US HOLDINGS INC 3.27%
ALPHABET CLASS A 5.48%	VALERO ENERGY CORP 3.21%
ALPHABET CLASS C 4.44%	MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP 3.20%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.17%	PAR PACIFIC HOLDINGS INC 3.12%
BROADCOM INC 4.07%	PHILLIPS 66 3.06%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 3.35%	CALUMET INC 2.77%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 10, 2026.

IYW and XOP on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IYW iShares U.S. Technology ETF	XOP State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	State Street
What it is	U.S. Technology	SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
Total return, 1 year	+34.9%	+52.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+17.4 pts	+34.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.35%
Holdings	151	54

IYW in plain words

IYW is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +34.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 151 positions, with the top ten at 64.9%.

XOP in plain words

XOP is a commodity fund tracking the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +52.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. It sat 26.8% below its high of Jun 23, 2014 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYW or XOP?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYW returned +34.9% and XOP returned +52.4%, so XOP returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IYW or XOP?: IYW charges 0.37% a year and XOP charges 0.35%, so XOP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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