Do EFRA and RBLD hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 3% 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 RBLD?

EFRA has 26% of its weight in S&P 500 names and RBLD has 82%, so EFRA differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, EFRA or RBLD?

EFRA charges 0.47% a year and RBLD charges 0.65%, so EFRA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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EFRA vs RBLD: which is really different?

EFRA and RBLD hold 3% of their weight in the same names, and RBLD returned +10.5% over the year. iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF and First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF.

26.4%

EFRA in the S&P 500

81.6%

RBLD in the S&P 500

+3.8%

EFRA total return, 1 year

+10.5%

RBLD total return, 1 year

EFRA · 1 year to Sep 30, 202674% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

26% of EFRA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 74% is outside the index

RBLD · 1 year to Sep 30, 202618% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

82% of RBLD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 18% is outside the index

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

EFRA 78.3

RBLD 25.7

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, EFRA and RBLD hold 3% 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 Sep 29, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

50%

half

3% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding EFRA RBLD

WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIE 6.24% 1.19%

AMERICAN WATER WORKS 5.73% 1.06%

XYLEM INC 5.73% 0.91%

Only in EFRA

VERALTO CORP 6.24%

SMURFIT WESTROCK PLC 6.23%

VEOLIA ENVIRON. SA 5.84%

CLEAN HARBORS INC 4.52%

UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC 3.96%

COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BASICO DE 3.46%

ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC 3.18%

SEVERN TRENT PLC 3.09%

Only in RBLD

Okta, Inc. 1.51%

Twilio Inc. (Class A) 1.44%

Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 1.36%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 1.35%

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. 1.24%

Nordson Corporation 1.23%

Emerson Electric Co. 1.21%

Bloom Energy Corporation (Class A) 1.16%

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

3% 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	EFRA	RBLD	EFRA	RBLD	EFRA	RBLD
3 months	−3.9%	−6.5%	−6.4 pts	−9.0 pts	−6.0 pts	−8.6 pts
6 months	−0.9%	+1.1%	−17.8 pts	−15.8 pts	−27.7 pts	−25.7 pts
1 year	+3.8%	+10.5%	−11.9 pts	−5.2 pts	−20.0 pts	−13.3 pts
3 years	+44.6%	+69.0%	−40.3 pts	−16.0 pts	−65.3 pts	−41.0 pts
Since launch EFRA Nov 2022 · RBLD Jan 2010	+57.3%	+177.9%	−59.2 pts	−626.7 pts	−133.5 pts	−1559.6 pts

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

On the same fields

EFRA

iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF · Holds 100 stocks in infrastructure, 26% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

RBLD

First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF · Holds 104 stocks in infrastructure, 82% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer iShares First Trust

Theme Infrastructure Infrastructure

In the S&P 500 26.4% 81.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.8% 91.8%

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 7.9%

Holdings 100 104

Top ten, share of the fund 51.1% 12.8%

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.65%

Fee for the differing part 0.47% 0.71%

Total return, 1 year +3.8% +10.5%

vs the S&P 500 −11.9 pts −5.2 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −20.0 pts −13.3 pts

Below its high −7.9% −8.7%

Net assets $5m $41m

EFRA and RBLD on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 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 100 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 29, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +3.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 11.9 pts. It sits 7.9% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

RBLD in plain words

By weight, 82% of RBLD's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 92%. The top ten holdings are 13% of the fund across 104 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +10.5% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 5.2 pts. It sits 8.7% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do EFRA and RBLD hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 3% 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 RBLD?: EFRA has 26% of its weight in S&P 500 names and RBLD has 82%, so EFRA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, EFRA or RBLD?: EFRA charges 0.47% a year and RBLD charges 0.65%, 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 ↗RBLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗RBLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for RBLD ↗

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ETFIQ, EFRA against RBLD, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/efra-vs-rbld

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