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EFRA vs NGIF: which is really different?

NGIF holds 50.1% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and EFRA 25.8%. iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF and Nuveen Global Infrastructure Fund: ETF Class Shares.

EFRA costs 0.41 points a year less.

EFRANGIF
Expense ratio0.47%0.88%
Net assets$5mnot read by ETFIQ
Total return, 1 year+5.6%not published
What it tracksInfrastructureInfrastructure
Holdings in commonnot published
S&P 500, total return, 1 year+17.3%
S&P 500, total return, since Jun 3, 2026+3.8%
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearbehind by 11.6 pts
Against the S&P 500, since Jun 3, 2026behind by 8.3 pts
Below its all-time high6.6%, high on Feb 27, 20268.6%, high on Jun 26, 2026
25.8%
EFRA in the S&P 500
50.1%
NGIF in the S&P 500
+5.6%
EFRA total return, 1 year
−4.5%
NGIF total return, since launch
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.

NGIF · 3 months to Oct 9, 202650% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
50% of its weight is outside the S&P 50050% of NGIF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 50% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.50%50%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 39% of the fund · 66 holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 12% in50% of its weight is outside the S&P 50050% of NGIF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 50% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.50%50%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 98% · Nasdaq-100: 12% in

50% of NGIF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 50% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 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 →

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowEFRANGIFEFRANGIFEFRANGIF
3 months−3.1%−7.8%−6.5 pts−11.2 pts−6.8 pts−11.5 pts
6 months−3.5%not published−18.6 ptsnot published−26.6 ptsnot published
1 year+5.6%not published−11.6 ptsnot published−18.0 ptsnot published
3 years+46.4%not published−39.4 ptsnot published−60.9 ptsnot published
Since launch
EFRA Nov 2022 · NGIF Jun 2026
+59.5%−4.5%−61.6 pts−8.3 pts−135.8 pts−5.7 pts

Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

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
NGIF
Nuveen Global Infrastructure Fund: ETF Class Shares · Holds 66 stocks in infrastructure, 50% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer iShares Nuveen
Theme Infrastructure Infrastructure
In the S&P 500 25.8% 50.1%
Active share vs the S&P 500 99.8% 97.7%
In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 11.7%
Holdings 79 66
Top ten, share of the fund 51.3% 39.1%
Expense ratio 0.47% 0.88%
Fee for the differing part 0.47% 0.90%
Total return, 1 year +5.6% −4.5% (since it first traded on Jun 3, 2026)
vs the S&P 500 −11.6 pts −8.3 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −18.0 pts −5.7 pts
Below its high −6.6% −8.6%
Net assets $5m not read by ETFIQ

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.

NGIF in plain words

By weight, 50% of NGIF'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 39% of the fund across 66 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Jun 3, 2026 the fund returned −4.5% with distributions reinvested against +3.8% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 8.3 pts. It sits 8.6% below its all-time high of Jun 26, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, EFRA or NGIF?
EFRA has 26% of its weight in S&P 500 names and NGIF has 50%, so EFRA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, EFRA or NGIF?
EFRA charges 0.47% a year and NGIF charges 0.88%, so EFRA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
EFRA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EFRA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EFRA ↗NGIF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗NGIF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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

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