EFRA vs IGF: which is really different?

EFRA and IGF hold 0% of their weight in the same names. iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF and iShares Global Infrastructure ETF.

IGF costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points; IGF is far larger, $10.3bn against $5m.

EFRAIGF
Expense ratio0.47%0.37%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$5m$10.3bn
Total return, 1 year+5.6%+5.3%
What it tracksInfrastructureInfrastructure
Holdings in common0%
S&P 500, total return, 1 year+17.3%
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearbehind by 11.6 ptsbehind by 11.9 pts
Below its all-time high6.6%, high on Feb 27, 20268.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

25.8%
EFRA in the S&P 500
31.9%
IGF in the S&P 500
+5.6%
EFRA total return, 1 year
+5.3%
IGF total return, 1 year
EFRA · 1 year to Oct 9, 202674% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
74% of its weight is outside the S&P 50026% of EFRA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 74% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.26%74%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 51% of the fund · 79 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in74% of its weight is outside the S&P 50026% of EFRA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 74% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.26%74%inoutside the S&P 500active share 100% · Nasdaq-100: 0% in

26% of EFRA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 74% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

IGF · 1 year to Oct 9, 202668% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
68% of its weight is outside the S&P 50032% of IGF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 68% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.32%68%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 38% of the fund · 78 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 7% in68% of its weight is outside the S&P 50032% of IGF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 68% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.32%68%inoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · Nasdaq-100: 7% in

32% of IGF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 68% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · EFRA 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 →

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EFRA and IGF hold 0% 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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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding EFRA IGF
Only in EFRA
VERALTO CORP 6.21%
WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIE 6.00%
SMURFIT WESTROCK PLC 5.81%
XYLEM INC 5.77%
VEOLIA ENVIRON. SA 5.74%
AMERICAN WATER WORKS 5.65%
CLEAN HARBORS INC 4.59%
COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BASICO DE 4.44%
Only in IGF
TRANSURBAN GROUP STAPLED UNITS 4.83%
AENA SME SA 4.73%
NEXTERA ENERGY 4.70%
IBERDROLA 4.14%
GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL PACIFICO A 3.63%
ENBRIDGE 3.60%
AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 3.55%
WILLIAMS 3.08%

0% 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
WindowEFRAIGFEFRAIGFEFRAIGF
3 months−3.1%−6.2%−6.5 pts−9.6 pts−6.8 pts−9.9 pts
6 months−3.5%−7.3%−18.6 pts−22.4 pts−26.6 pts−30.5 pts
1 year+5.6%+5.3%−11.6 pts−11.9 pts−18.0 pts−18.2 pts
3 years+46.4%+62.1%−39.4 pts−23.6 pts−60.9 pts−45.1 pts
Since launch
EFRA Nov 2022 · IGF Dec 2007
+59.5%+129.4%−61.6 pts−508.6 pts−135.8 pts−1,460.7 pts

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On the same fields

EFRA
iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF · Holds 79 stocks in infrastructure, 26% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IGF
iShares Global Infrastructure ETF · Holds 78 stocks in infrastructure, 32% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Theme Infrastructure Infrastructure
In the S&P 500 25.8% 31.9%
Active share vs the S&P 500 99.8% 98.3%
In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 7.2%
Holdings 79 78
Top ten, share of the fund 51.3% 38.0%
Expense ratio 0.47% 0.37%
Fee for the differing part 0.47% 0.38%
Total return, 1 year +5.6% +5.3%
vs the S&P 500 −11.6 pts −11.9 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −18.0 pts −18.2 pts
Below its high −6.6% −8.3%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $5m $10.3bn

As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

EFRA in plain words

By weight, 26% of EFRA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 51% of the fund across 79 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +5.6% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 11.6 pts. It sits 6.6% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

IGF in plain words

By weight, 32% of IGF'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 78 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +5.3% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 11.9 pts. It sits 8.3% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do EFRA and IGF hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 0% 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, EFRA or IGF?
EFRA has 26% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IGF has 32%, so EFRA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, EFRA or IGF?
EFRA charges 0.47% a year and IGF charges 0.37%, so IGF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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ETFIQ, EFRA against IGF, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/efra-vs-igf

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