BILT vs PAVE: which is really different?

BILT and PAVE hold 8% of their weight in the same names, and PAVE returned +13.2% over the year. iShares Infrastructure Active ETF and Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF.

PAVE costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.7 points; PAVE is far larger, $13.6bn against $112m.

BILTPAVE
Expense ratio0.60%0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$112m$13.6bn
Total return, 1 year+8.5%+13.2%
What it tracksInfrastructureInfrastructure
Holdings in common8%
S&P 500, total return, 1 year+17.3%
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearbehind by 8.7 ptsbehind by 4.1 pts
Below its all-time high7.6%, high on Jul 24, 202610.8%, high on Jun 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

46.8%
BILT in the S&P 500
63.9%
PAVE in the S&P 500
+8.5%
BILT total return, 1 year
+13.2%
PAVE 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.

PAVE · 1 year to Oct 9, 202636% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
36% of its weight is outside the S&P 50064% of PAVE's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 36% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.64%36%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 33% of the fund · 100 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 7% in36% of its weight is outside the S&P 50064% of PAVE's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 36% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.64%36%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 97% · Nasdaq-100: 7% in

64% of PAVE's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 36% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · BILT scores higherHow 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 PAVE hold 8% 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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8% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BILT PAVE
UNION PACIFIC 5.47% 2.96%
SEMPRA 3.40% 2.77%
CSX 1.33% 2.91%
NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP 0.93% 2.95%
Only in BILT
AENA SME SA 5.33%
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER INC 4.90%
TC ENERGY 4.56%
XCEL ENERGY INC 4.39%
PPL CORP 3.58%
WILLIAMS 3.46%
ENTERGY CORP 3.37%
TRANSURBAN GROUP STAPLED UNITS 3.31%
Only in PAVE
EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 3.56%
FASTENAL CO 3.55%
DEERE & CO 3.47%
QUANTA SERVICES INC 3.40%
EATON CORP PLC 3.31%
NUCOR CORP 3.31%
TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 3.18%
PARKER HANNIFIN CORP 3.11%

8% 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
WindowBILTPAVEBILTPAVEBILTPAVE
3 months−6.4%−5.7%−9.8 pts−9.1 pts−10.1 pts−9.4 pts
6 months−5.7%−2.0%−20.9 pts−17.2 pts−28.9 pts−25.2 pts
1 year+8.5%+13.2%−8.7 pts−4.1 pts−15.1 pts−10.4 pts
3 yearsnot published+78.0%not published−7.8 ptsnot published−29.3 pts
Since launch
BILT Jul 2025 · PAVE Mar 2017
+12.4%+285.0%−12.4 pts+1.6 pts−21.3 pts−228.9 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
PAVE
Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF · Holds 100 stocks in infrastructure, 64% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Theme Infrastructure Infrastructure
In the S&P 500 46.8% 63.9%
Active share vs the S&P 500 98.1% 97.2%
In the Nasdaq-100 10.6% 6.5%
Holdings 237 100
Top ten, share of the fund 41.8% 32.9%
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.47%
Fee for the differing part 0.61% 0.48%
Total return, 1 year +8.5% +13.2%
vs the S&P 500 −8.7 pts −4.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −15.1 pts −10.4 pts
Below its high −7.6% −10.8%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $112m $13.6bn

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.

PAVE in plain words

By weight, 64% of PAVE's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 33% of the fund across 100 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +13.2% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. It sits 10.8% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do BILT and PAVE hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 8% 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, BILT or PAVE?
BILT has 47% of its weight in S&P 500 names and PAVE has 64%, so BILT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BILT or PAVE?
BILT charges 0.60% a year and PAVE charges 0.47%, so PAVE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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