Which is more different from the S&P 500, BKGI or CSIO?

BKGI has 24% of its weight in S&P 500 names and CSIO has 54%, so BKGI differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, BKGI or CSIO?

BKGI charges 0.55% a year and CSIO charges 0.65%, so BKGI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BKGI vs CSIO: which is really different?

CSIO holds 54.2% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and BKGI 23.7%. BNY Mellon Global Infrastructure Income ETF and Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Opportunities Active ETF.

BKGI costs 0.10 points a year less; BKGI is far larger, $1.3bn against $44m.

	BKGI	CSIO
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.65%
Net assets, BKGI as of Jul 31, 2026 and CSIO as of Jun 30, 2026	$1.3bn	$44m
Total return, 1 year	+10.1%	not published
What it tracks	Infrastructure	Infrastructure
Holdings in common	not published
S&P 500, total return, 1 year	+17.3%
S&P 500, total return, since Dec 10, 2025		+14.4%
Against the S&P 500, 1 year	behind by 7.2 pts
Against the S&P 500, since Dec 10, 2025		behind by 2.8 pts
Below its all-time high	10.0%, high on Jul 24, 2026	5.3%, high on Jul 24, 2026

23.7%

BKGI in the S&P 500

54.2%

CSIO in the S&P 500

+10.1%

BKGI total return, 1 year

+11.6%

CSIO total return, since launch

BKGI · 1 year to Oct 9, 202676% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

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

CSIO · 6 months to Oct 9, 202646% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

54% of CSIO's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 46% 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?

BKGI 68.8

CSIO 63

0.1, the lowest in this set92.3, the highest

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Performance, window by window

	Total return		vs the S&P 500		vs the Nasdaq-100
Window	BKGI	CSIO	BKGI	CSIO	BKGI	CSIO
3 months	−6.9%	−4.3%	−10.3 pts	−7.6 pts	−10.5 pts	−7.9 pts
6 months	−8.0%	−2.6%	−23.1 pts	−17.7 pts	−31.2 pts	−25.8 pts
1 year	+10.1%	not published	−7.2 pts	not published	−13.5 pts	not published
3 years	+77.7%	not published	−8.1 pts	not published	−29.6 pts	not published
Since launch BKGI Nov 2022 · CSIO Dec 2025	+92.6%	+11.6%	−28.4 pts	−2.8 pts	−102.7 pts	−8.7 pts

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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

CSIO

Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Opportunities Active ETF · Holds 29 stocks in infrastructure, 54% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer BNY Mellon Cohen & Steers

Theme Infrastructure Infrastructure

In the S&P 500 23.7% 54.2%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.4% 99.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 1.7% 6.8%

Holdings 29 29

Top ten, share of the fund 57.2% 51.9%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.65%

Fee for the differing part 0.55% 0.66%

Total return, 1 year +10.1% +11.6% (since it first traded on Dec 10, 2025)

vs the S&P 500 −7.2 pts −2.8 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −13.5 pts −8.7 pts

Below its high −10.0% −5.3%

Net assets, BKGI as of Jul 31, 2026 and CSIO as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.3bn $44m

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.

CSIO in plain words

By weight, 54% of CSIO'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 52% of the fund across 29 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Dec 10, 2025 the fund returned +11.6% with distributions reinvested against +14.4% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 2.8 pts. It sits 5.3% below its all-time high of Jul 24, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, BKGI or CSIO?: BKGI has 24% of its weight in S&P 500 names and CSIO has 54%, so BKGI differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BKGI or CSIO?: BKGI charges 0.55% a year and CSIO charges 0.65%, so BKGI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

BKGI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BKGI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗BNY Mellon website ↗CSIO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CSIO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Cohen & Steers 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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