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GRID vs IFRA
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund and iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF, side by side on the themes desk.
4% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ| GRID First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund | IFRA iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | iShares |
| Theme | Electrification and the grid | Infrastructure |
| In the S&P 500 | 39.9% | 75.7% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 91.9% | 95.4% |
| In the Nasdaq-100 | 8.6% | 10.0% |
| Holdings | 121 | 161 |
| Top ten, share of the fund | 58.4% | 32.4% |
| Expense ratio | 0.56% | not published |
| Fee for the differing part | 0.61% | not published |
| Total return, 1 year | +26.6% | +16.3% |
| vs the S&P 500 | +6.6 pts | −3.7 pts |
| vs the Nasdaq-100 | +1.0 pts | −9.3 pts |
| Below its high | −10.1% | −7.5% |
GRID in plain words
By weight, 40% of GRID's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 92%. The top ten holdings are 58% of the fund across 121 positions, as filed for Sep 3, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +26.6% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 6.6 pts. It sits 10.1% below its all-time high of May 11, 2026.
IFRA in plain words
By weight, 76% of IFRA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 95%. The top ten holdings are 32% of the fund across 161 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 3.7 pts. It sits 7.5% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Do GRID and IFRA hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 4% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
- Which is more different from the S&P 500, GRID or IFRA?
- GRID has 40% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IFRA has 76%, so IFRA differs more from the index.
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