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GLIX vs NFRA: which is really different?

GLIX holds 49.3% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and NFRA 35.8%. Lazard Listed Infrastructure ETF and Northern Trust STOXX Global Broad Infrastructure ETF.

NFRA costs 0.49 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.9 points; NFRA is far larger, $3.0bn against $30m.

GLIXNFRA
Expense ratio0.96%0.47%
Net assets, GLIX as of Jun 30, 2026 and NFRA as of Jul 31, 2026$30m$3.0bn
Total return, 1 year+6.4%+5.5%
What it tracksInfrastructureInfrastructure
Holdings in commonnot published
S&P 500, total return, 1 year+17.3%
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearbehind by 10.8 ptsbehind by 11.7 pts
Active share vs the S&P 50098%
Below its all-time high7.1%, high on Jun 26, 20265.5%, high on Feb 27, 2026
49.3%
GLIX in the S&P 500
35.8%
NFRA in the S&P 500
+6.4%
GLIX total return, 1 year
+5.5%
NFRA total return, 1 year
GLIX · 1 year to Oct 9, 202651% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
51% of its weight is outside the S&P 50049% of GLIX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 51% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.49%51%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 55% of the fund · 27 holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 13% in51% of its weight is outside the S&P 50049% of GLIX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 51% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.49%51%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 99% · Nasdaq-100: 13% in

49% of GLIX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 51% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.

NFRA · 1 year to Oct 9, 202664% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
64% of its weight is outside the S&P 50036% of NFRA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.36%64%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 96% · top ten 29% of the fund · 179 holdings as filed for Jul 31, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 7% in64% of its weight is outside the S&P 50036% of NFRA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.36%64%inoutside the S&P 500active share 96% · Nasdaq-100: 7% in

36% of NFRA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · GLIX 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
WindowGLIXNFRAGLIXNFRAGLIXNFRA
3 months−5.9%−3.7%−9.3 pts−7.1 pts−9.6 pts−7.4 pts
6 months−5.3%−2.5%−20.4 pts−17.7 pts−28.5 pts−25.7 pts
1 year+6.4%+5.5%−10.8 pts−11.7 pts−17.2 pts−18.1 pts
3 yearsnot published+45.2%not published−40.6 ptsnot published−62.1 pts
Since launch
GLIX Oct 2025 · NFRA Oct 2013
+6.4%+127.4%−10.8 pts−358.0 pts−17.8 pts−857.4 pts

Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

GLIX
Lazard Listed Infrastructure ETF · Holds 27 stocks in infrastructure, 49% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
NFRA
Northern Trust STOXX Global Broad Infrastructure ETF · Holds 179 stocks in infrastructure, 36% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Lazard Northern Trust
Theme Infrastructure Infrastructure
In the S&P 500 49.3% 35.8%
Active share vs the S&P 500 98.5% 96.1%
In the Nasdaq-100 13.3% 7.4%
Holdings 27 179
Top ten, share of the fund 55.4% 28.6%
Expense ratio 0.96% 0.47%
Fee for the differing part 0.97% 0.49%
Total return, 1 year +6.4% +5.5%
vs the S&P 500 −10.8 pts −11.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −17.2 pts −18.1 pts
Below its high −7.1% −5.5%
Net assets, GLIX as of Jun 30, 2026 and NFRA as of Jul 31, 2026 $30m $3.0bn

As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

GLIX in plain words

By weight, 49% of GLIX'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 55% of the fund across 27 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +6.4% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 10.8 pts. It sits 7.1% below its all-time high of Jun 26, 2026.

NFRA in plain words

By weight, 36% of NFRA'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 29% of the fund across 179 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +5.5% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 11.7 pts. It sits 5.5% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, GLIX or NFRA?
GLIX has 49% of its weight in S&P 500 names and NFRA has 36%, so GLIX differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, GLIX or NFRA?
GLIX charges 0.96% a year and NFRA charges 0.47%, so NFRA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
GLIX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GLIX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Lazard website ↗NFRA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗NFRA 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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