EFRA vs TOLZ: which is really different?

EFRA and TOLZ hold 4% of their weight in the same names, and TOLZ returned +8.1% over the year. iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF and ProShares DJ Brookfield Global Infrastructure ETF.

TOLZ costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points; TOLZ is far larger, $162m against $5m.

EFRATOLZ
Expense ratio0.47%0.46%
Net assets, EFRA as of Oct 8, 2026 and TOLZ as of Oct 9, 2026$5m$162m
Total return, 1 year+5.6%+8.1%
What it tracksInfrastructureInfrastructure
Holdings in common4%
S&P 500, total return, 1 year+17.3%
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearbehind by 11.6 ptsbehind by 9.2 pts
Below its all-time high6.6%, high on Feb 27, 20267.5%, high on Mar 2, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

25.8%
EFRA in the S&P 500
33.9%
TOLZ in the S&P 500
+5.6%
EFRA total return, 1 year
+8.1%
TOLZ 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.

TOLZ · 1 year to Oct 9, 202666% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
66% of its weight is outside the S&P 50034% of TOLZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.34%66%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 39% of the fund · 115 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 2% in66% of its weight is outside the S&P 50034% of TOLZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.34%66%inoutside the S&P 500active share 99% · Nasdaq-100: 2% in

34% of TOLZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% 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

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EFRA and TOLZ hold 4% 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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4% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding EFRA TOLZ
AMERICAN WATER WORKS 5.65% 1.26%
UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC 3.98% 0.98%
SEVERN TRENT PLC 3.11% 0.77%
ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC 3.13% 0.55%
AMERICAN STATES WATER 0.91% 0.16%
PENNON GROUP PLC 0.66% 0.16%
CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP 0.80% 0.14%
H2O AMERICA 0.57% 0.11%
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%
CLEAN HARBORS INC 4.59%
COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BASICO DE 4.44%
YANGZIJIANG SHIPBUILDING (HOLDINGS 2.79%
Only in TOLZ
ENBRIDGE INC 5.80%
NATIONAL GRID PLC 5.40%
WILLIAMS COS INC 4.38%
VINCI SA 4.16%
AMERICAN TOWER CORP 3.85%
TC ENERGY CORP 3.51%
ENERGY TRANSFER LP 3.16%
KINDER MORGAN INC 3.13%

4% 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
WindowEFRATOLZEFRATOLZEFRATOLZ
3 months−3.1%−5.5%−6.5 pts−8.8 pts−6.8 pts−9.1 pts
6 months−3.5%−6.9%−18.6 pts−22.1 pts−26.6 pts−30.1 pts
1 year+5.6%+8.1%−11.6 pts−9.2 pts−18.0 pts−15.5 pts
3 years+46.4%+51.4%−39.4 pts−34.4 pts−60.9 pts−55.9 pts
Since launch
EFRA Nov 2022 · TOLZ Mar 2014
+59.5%+111.3%−61.6 pts−308.8 pts−135.8 pts−740.8 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
TOLZ
ProShares DJ Brookfield Global Infrastructure ETF · Holds 115 stocks in infrastructure, 34% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Theme Infrastructure Infrastructure
In the S&P 500 25.8% 33.9%
Active share vs the S&P 500 99.8% 98.9%
In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 2.1%
Holdings 79 115
Top ten, share of the fund 51.3% 39.4%
Expense ratio 0.47% 0.46%
Fee for the differing part 0.47% 0.47%
Total return, 1 year +5.6% +8.1%
vs the S&P 500 −11.6 pts −9.2 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −18.0 pts −15.5 pts
Below its high −6.6% −7.5%
Net assets, EFRA as of Oct 8, 2026 and TOLZ as of Oct 9, 2026 $5m $162m

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.

TOLZ in plain words

By weight, 34% of TOLZ's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 39% of the fund across 115 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +8.1% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 9.2 pts. It sits 7.5% below its all-time high of Mar 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do EFRA and TOLZ hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 4% 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 TOLZ?
EFRA has 26% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TOLZ has 34%, so EFRA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, EFRA or TOLZ?
EFRA charges 0.47% a year and TOLZ charges 0.46%, so TOLZ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, EFRA against TOLZ, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/efra-vs-tolz

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