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BKGI vs BLDX: which is really different?

BLDX holds 36.0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and BKGI 23.7%. BNY Mellon Global Infrastructure Income ETF and Impax Global Sustainable Infrastructure ETF.

BKGI costs 0.05 points a year less; BKGI is 11.0 times larger.

BKGIBLDX
Expense ratio0.55%0.60%
Net assets, BKGI as of Jul 31, 2026 and BLDX as of Jun 30, 2026$1.3bn$118m
Total return, 1 year+10.1%not published
What it tracksInfrastructureInfrastructure
Holdings in commonnot published
S&P 500, total return, 1 year+17.3%
S&P 500, total return, since Feb 2, 2026+12.8%
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearbehind by 7.2 pts
Against the S&P 500, since Feb 2, 2026behind by 13.4 pts
Below its all-time high10.0%, high on Jul 24, 20269.7%, high on Apr 8, 2026
23.7%
BKGI in the S&P 500
36.0%
BLDX in the S&P 500
+10.1%
BKGI total return, 1 year
−0.6%
BLDX total return, since launch
BKGI · 1 year to Oct 9, 202676% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
76% of its weight is outside the S&P 50024% of BKGI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 76% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.24%76%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 57% of the fund · 29 holdings as filed for Jul 31, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 2% in76% of its weight is outside the S&P 50024% of BKGI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 76% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.24%76%inoutside the S&P 500active share 99% · Nasdaq-100: 2% in

24% of BKGI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 76% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.

BLDX · 6 months to Oct 9, 202664% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
64% of its weight is outside the S&P 50036% of BLDX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.36%64%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 40% of the fund · 38 holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 3% in64% of its weight is outside the S&P 50036% of BLDX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.36%64%inoutside the S&P 500active share 97% · Nasdaq-100: 3% in

36% of BLDX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · BKGI 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

A percentile among the 391 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing. All thematic ETFs ranked by it → How it is computed →

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowBKGIBLDXBKGIBLDXBKGIBLDX
3 months−6.9%−5.3%−10.3 pts−8.6 pts−10.5 pts−8.9 pts
6 months−8.0%−6.8%−23.1 pts−22.0 pts−31.2 pts−30.0 pts
1 year+10.1%not published−7.2 ptsnot published−13.5 ptsnot published
3 years+77.7%not published−8.1 ptsnot published−29.6 ptsnot published
Since launch
BKGI Nov 2022 · BLDX Feb 2026
+92.6%−0.6%−28.4 pts−13.4 pts−102.7 pts−21.0 pts

Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

BKGI
BNY Mellon Global Infrastructure Income ETF · Holds 29 stocks in infrastructure, 24% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
BLDX
Impax Global Sustainable Infrastructure ETF · Holds 38 stocks in infrastructure, 36% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer BNY Mellon Impax
Theme Infrastructure Infrastructure
In the S&P 500 23.7% 36.0%
Active share vs the S&P 500 99.4% 96.6%
In the Nasdaq-100 1.7% 3.3%
Holdings 29 38
Top ten, share of the fund 57.2% 39.6%
Expense ratio 0.55% 0.60%
Fee for the differing part 0.55% 0.62%
Total return, 1 year +10.1% −0.6% (since it first traded on Feb 2, 2026)
vs the S&P 500 −7.2 pts −13.4 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −13.5 pts −21.0 pts
Below its high −10.0% −9.7%
Net assets, BKGI as of Jul 31, 2026 and BLDX as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.3bn $118m

As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

BKGI in plain words

By weight, 24% of BKGI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 57% of the fund across 29 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +10.1% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 7.2 pts. It sits 10.0% below its all-time high of Jul 24, 2026.

BLDX in plain words

By weight, 36% of BLDX'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 40% of the fund across 38 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Feb 2, 2026 the fund returned −0.6% with distributions reinvested against +12.8% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 13.4 pts. It sits 9.7% below its all-time high of Apr 8, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, BKGI or BLDX?
BKGI has 24% of its weight in S&P 500 names and BLDX has 36%, so BKGI differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BKGI or BLDX?
BKGI charges 0.55% a year and BLDX charges 0.60%, so BKGI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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BKGI on its own →BLDX on its own →How every figure is computed →Standards and sources →
Where these figures came from
BKGI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BKGI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗BNY Mellon website ↗BLDX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BLDX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Impax website ↗

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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.

Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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ETFIQ, BKGI against BLDX, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/bkgi-vs-bldx

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