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GLIX vs RBLD: which is really different?

RBLD holds 81.8% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and GLIX 49.3%. Lazard Listed Infrastructure ETF and First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF.

RBLD costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.3 points; RBLD is 1.4 times larger.

GLIXRBLD
Expense ratio0.96%0.65%
Net assets, GLIX as of Jun 30, 2026 and RBLD as of Oct 8, 2026$30m$42m
Total return, 1 year+6.4%+13.7%
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 3.5 pts
Active share vs the S&P 50098%
Below its all-time high7.1%, high on Jun 26, 20265.2%, high on Jun 25, 2026
49.3%
GLIX in the S&P 500
81.8%
RBLD in the S&P 500
+6.4%
GLIX total return, 1 year
+13.7%
RBLD 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.

RBLD · 1 year to Oct 9, 202618% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
18% of its weight is outside the S&P 50082% of RBLD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 18% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.82%18%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 92% · top ten 13% of the fund · 101 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 8% in18% of its weight is outside the S&P 50082% of RBLD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 18% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.82%18%in the S&P 50018% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 92% · Nasdaq-100: 8% in

82% of RBLD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 18% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 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
WindowGLIXRBLDGLIXRBLDGLIXRBLD
3 months−5.9%−3.6%−9.3 pts−6.9 pts−9.6 pts−7.2 pts
6 months−5.3%+0.8%−20.4 pts−14.3 pts−28.5 pts−22.4 pts
1 year+6.4%+13.7%−10.8 pts−3.5 pts−17.2 pts−9.9 pts
3 yearsnot published+74.0%not published−11.8 ptsnot published−33.3 pts
Since launch
GLIX Oct 2025 · RBLD Oct 2008
+6.4%+323.0%−10.8 pts−735.4 pts−17.8 pts−2,277.8 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
RBLD
First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF · Holds 101 stocks in infrastructure, 82% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Lazard First Trust
Theme Infrastructure Infrastructure
In the S&P 500 49.3% 81.8%
Active share vs the S&P 500 98.5% 91.8%
In the Nasdaq-100 13.3% 8.0%
Holdings 27 101
Top ten, share of the fund 55.4% 12.6%
Expense ratio 0.96% 0.65%
Fee for the differing part 0.97% 0.71%
Total return, 1 year +6.4% +13.7%
vs the S&P 500 −10.8 pts −3.5 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −17.2 pts −9.9 pts
Below its high −7.1% −5.2%
Net assets, GLIX as of Jun 30, 2026 and RBLD as of Oct 8, 2026 $30m $42m

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.

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 101 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 3.5 pts. It sits 5.2% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, GLIX or RBLD?
GLIX has 49% of its weight in S&P 500 names and RBLD has 82%, so GLIX differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, GLIX or RBLD?
GLIX charges 0.96% a year and RBLD charges 0.65%, so RBLD 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 ↗RBLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗RBLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for RBLD ↗

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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, GLIX against RBLD, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/glix-vs-rbld

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