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.
| BILT | GII | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.60% | 0.40% |
| Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 | $112m | $911m |
| Total return, 1 year | +8.5% | +5.1% |
| What it tracks | Infrastructure | Infrastructure |
| Holdings in common | 42% | |
| S&P 500, total return, 1 year | +17.3% | |
| Against the S&P 500, 1 year | behind by 8.7 pts | behind by 12.2 pts |
| Below its all-time high | 7.6%, high on Jul 24, 2026 | 8.5%, high on Feb 27, 2026 |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.
47% of BILT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 53% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.
35% of GII's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 65% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.
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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
42% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | vs the S&P 500 | vs the Nasdaq-100 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | BILT | GII | BILT | GII | BILT | GII |
| 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 years | not published | +61.5% | not published | −24.3 pts | not 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
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.
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How this is computed
It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation.
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.
Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
ETFIQ, BILT against GII, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/bilt-vs-gii
ETFIQ. (Oct 9, 2026). BILT against GII. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/bilt-vs-gii
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