Do BLDX and IFRA 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.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, BLDX or IFRA?

BLDX has 36% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IFRA has 71%, so BLDX differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, BLDX or IFRA?

BLDX charges 0.60% a year and IFRA charges 0.30%, so IFRA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BLDX vs IFRA: which is really different?

BLDX and IFRA hold 11% of their weight in the same names. Impax Global Sustainable Infrastructure ETF and iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF.

36.0%

BLDX in the S&P 500

71.3%

IFRA in the S&P 500

−1.4%

BLDX total return, since launch

+6.1%

IFRA total return, 1 year

BLDX · 6 months to Sep 30, 202664% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

36% of BLDX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index

IFRA · 1 year to Sep 30, 202629% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

71% of IFRA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 29% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · BLDX scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

BLDX 38.3

IFRA 35.6

0.1, the lowest in this set92.0, the highest

A percentile among the 375 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All thematic ETFs ranked by it → How it is computed →

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BLDX and IFRA 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 Sep 29, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding BLDX IFRA

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. 2.16% 0.37%

AECOM 1.54% 0.31%

Only in BLDX

Union Pacific Corp. 5.41%

American Water Works Co., Inc. 5.06%

Iberdrola SA 4.57%

Keppel DC REIT 4.03%

National Grid plc 3.95%

NextEra Energy, Inc. 3.61%

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 3.30%

Deutsche Telekom AG 3.26%

Only in IFRA

CATERPILLAR INC 4.32%

UNION PACIFIC 4.02%

QUANTA SERVICES INC 3.96%

NEXTERA ENERGY 3.87%

CSX 3.55%

SOUTHERN 2.89%

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP 2.87%

CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP 2.71%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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	IFRA	BLDX	IFRA	BLDX	IFRA
3 months	−4.8%	−10.7%	−7.3 pts	−13.2 pts	−6.9 pts	−12.8 pts
6 months	−4.5%	−3.9%	−21.4 pts	−20.9 pts	−31.3 pts	−30.8 pts
1 year	not published	+6.1%	not published	−9.7 pts	not published	−17.7 pts
3 years	not published	+59.0%	not published	−26.0 pts	not published	−51.0 pts
Since launch BLDX Feb 2026 · IFRA Apr 2018	−1.4%	+155.0%	−11.9 pts	−71.8 pts	−19.9 pts	−231.8 pts

BLDX and IFRA over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

BLDX

Impax Global Sustainable Infrastructure ETF · Holds 38 stocks in infrastructure, 36% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

IFRA

iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF · Holds 168 stocks in infrastructure, 71% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Impax iShares

Theme Infrastructure Infrastructure

In the S&P 500 36.0% 71.3%

Active share vs the S&P 500 96.6% 95.7%

In the Nasdaq-100 3.3% 10.8%

Holdings 38 168

Top ten, share of the fund 39.6% 33.4%

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.30%

Fee for the differing part 0.62% 0.31%

Total return, 1 year −1.4% (since launch on Feb 2, 2026) +6.1%

vs the S&P 500 −11.9 pts −9.7 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −19.9 pts −17.7 pts

Below its high −10.4% −13.7%

Net assets $118m $3.9bn

BLDX and IFRA on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 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 launched on Feb 2, 2026 the fund returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested against +10.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 11.9 pts. It sits 10.4% below its all-time high of Apr 8, 2026.

IFRA in plain words

By weight, 71% of IFRA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 96%. The top ten holdings are 33% of the fund across 168 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 29, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +6.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 9.7 pts. It sits 13.7% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do BLDX and IFRA 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.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, BLDX or IFRA?: BLDX has 36% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IFRA has 71%, so BLDX differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BLDX or IFRA?: BLDX charges 0.60% a year and IFRA charges 0.30%, so IFRA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

BLDX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BLDX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Impax website ↗IFRA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IFRA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IFRA ↗

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ETFIQ, BLDX against IFRA, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/bldx-vs-ifra

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