BILT vs GII: which is really different?

BILT and GII hold 42% of their weight in the same names, and BILT returned +8.5% over the year. iShares Infrastructure Active ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Global Infrastructure ETF.

GII costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.4 points; GII is 8.1 times larger.

BILTGII
Expense ratio0.60%0.40%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$112m$911m
Total return, 1 year+8.5%+5.1%
What it tracksInfrastructureInfrastructure
Holdings in common42%
S&P 500, total return, 1 year+17.3%
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearbehind by 8.7 ptsbehind by 12.2 pts
Below its all-time high7.6%, high on Jul 24, 20268.5%, high on Feb 27, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

46.8%
BILT in the S&P 500
35.0%
GII in the S&P 500
+8.5%
BILT total return, 1 year
+5.1%
GII total return, 1 year
BILT · 1 year to Oct 9, 202653% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
53% of its weight is outside the S&P 50047% of BILT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 53% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.47%53%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 42% of the fund · 237 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 11% in53% of its weight is outside the S&P 50047% of BILT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 53% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.47%53%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 98% · Nasdaq-100: 11% in

47% of BILT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 53% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

GII · 1 year to Oct 9, 202665% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
65% of its weight is outside the S&P 50035% of GII's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 65% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.35%65%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 38% of the fund · 77 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 7% in65% of its weight is outside the S&P 50035% of GII's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 65% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.35%65%inoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · Nasdaq-100: 7% in

35% of GII's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 65% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · BILT and GII score the sameHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
0.1, the lowest in this set92.3, the highest

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BILT and GII hold 42% 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.

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42% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BILT GII
AENA SME SA 5.33% 4.72%
TRANSURBAN GROUP STAPLED UNITS 3.31% 4.83%
WILLIAMS 3.46% 3.08%
NEXTERA ENERGY 2.51% 4.70%
TC ENERGY 4.56% 2.17%
TARGA RESOURCES 2.24% 2.15%
CHENIERE ENERGY 2.38% 2.00%
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER INC 4.90% 1.94%
NATIONAL GRID PLC 1.85% 2.23%
SEMPRA 3.40% 1.52%
DOMINION ENERGY 1.49% 1.58%
ENTERGY CORP 3.37% 1.39%
Only in BILT
UNION PACIFIC 5.47%
CANADIAN PACIFIC KANSAS CITY 3.19%
EVERGY 2.43%
CROWN CASTLE INC 2.38%
PG&E CORP 2.15%
NISOURCE 2.14%
PINNACLE WEST 2.05%
ALLIANT ENERGY CORP 1.62%
Only in GII
IBERDROLA SA 4.13%
GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO PAC ADR 3.63%
ENBRIDGE INC 3.60%
GETLINK SE 2.88%
CONSTELLATION ENERGY 2.73%
KINDER MORGAN INC 2.20%
ENEL SPA 2.15%
ONEOK INC 1.98%

42% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowBILTGIIBILTGIIBILTGII
3 months−6.4%−6.2%−9.8 pts−9.6 pts−10.1 pts−9.9 pts
6 months−5.7%−7.6%−20.9 pts−22.8 pts−28.9 pts−30.8 pts
1 year+8.5%+5.1%−8.7 pts−12.2 pts−15.1 pts−18.5 pts
3 yearsnot published+61.5%not published−24.3 ptsnot published−45.8 pts
Since launch
BILT Jul 2025 · GII Jan 2007
+12.4%+168.3%−12.4 pts−508.6 pts−21.3 pts−1,721.3 pts

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On the same fields

BILT
iShares Infrastructure Active ETF · Holds 237 stocks in infrastructure, 47% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
GII
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Global Infrastructure ETF · Holds 77 stocks in infrastructure, 35% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Theme Infrastructure Infrastructure
In the S&P 500 46.8% 35.0%
Active share vs the S&P 500 98.1% 98.1%
In the Nasdaq-100 10.6% 7.3%
Holdings 237 77
Top ten, share of the fund 41.8% 38.0%
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.40%
Fee for the differing part 0.61% 0.41%
Total return, 1 year +8.5% +5.1%
vs the S&P 500 −8.7 pts −12.2 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −15.1 pts −18.5 pts
Below its high −7.6% −8.5%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $112m $911m

As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

BILT in plain words

By weight, 47% of BILT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 42% of the fund across 237 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +8.5% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 8.7 pts. It sits 7.6% below its all-time high of Jul 24, 2026.

GII in plain words

By weight, 35% of GII's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 38% of the fund across 77 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +5.1% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 12.2 pts. It sits 8.5% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do BILT and GII hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 42% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, BILT or GII?
BILT has 47% of its weight in S&P 500 names and GII has 35%, so BILT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BILT or GII?
BILT charges 0.60% a year and GII charges 0.40%, so GII is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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