BLDX vs GII: which is really different?
BLDX and GII hold 11% of their weight in the same names. Impax Global Sustainable Infrastructure ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Global Infrastructure ETF.
GII costs 0.20 points a year less; GII is 7.7 times larger.
| BLDX | GII | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.60% | 0.40% |
| Net assets, BLDX as of Jun 30, 2026 and GII as of Oct 8, 2026 | $118m | $911m |
| Total return, 1 year | not published | +5.1% |
| What it tracks | Infrastructure | Infrastructure |
| Holdings in common | 11% | |
| S&P 500, total return, since Feb 2, 2026 | +12.8% | |
| S&P 500, total return, 1 year | +17.3% | |
| Against the S&P 500, since Feb 2, 2026 | behind by 13.4 pts | |
| Against the S&P 500, 1 year | behind by 12.2 pts | |
| Below its all-time high | 9.7%, high on Apr 8, 2026 | 8.5%, high on Feb 27, 2026 |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.
36% of BLDX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 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, BLDX and GII hold 11% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.
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11% in common
11% 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 | BLDX | GII | BLDX | GII | BLDX | GII |
| 3 months | −5.3% | −6.2% | −8.6 pts | −9.6 pts | −8.9 pts | −9.9 pts |
| 6 months | −6.8% | −7.6% | −22.0 pts | −22.8 pts | −30.0 pts | −30.8 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +5.1% | not published | −12.2 pts | not published | −18.5 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +61.5% | not published | −24.3 pts | not published | −45.8 pts |
| Since launch BLDX Feb 2026 · GII Jan 2007 | −0.6% | +168.3% | −13.4 pts | −508.6 pts | −21.0 pts | −1,721.3 pts |
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On the same fields
As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
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.
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 BLDX and GII hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 11% 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.
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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, BLDX against GII, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/bldx-vs-gii
ETFIQ. (Oct 9, 2026). BLDX against GII. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/bldx-vs-gii
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