Do IFRA and RBLD hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 40% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, IFRA or RBLD?

IFRA has 71% of its weight in S&P 500 names and RBLD has 82%, so IFRA differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, IFRA or RBLD?

IFRA charges 0.30% a year and RBLD charges 0.65%, so IFRA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IFRA vs RBLD: which is really different?

IFRA and RBLD hold 40% of their weight in the same names, and RBLD returned +10.5% over the year. iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF and First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF.

71.3%

IFRA in the S&P 500

81.6%

RBLD in the S&P 500

+6.1%

IFRA total return, 1 year

+10.5%

RBLD total return, 1 year

IFRA · 1 year to Sep 30, 202629% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

71% of IFRA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 29% 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 · IFRA scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

IFRA 35.6

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, IFRA and RBLD hold 40% 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.

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40% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IFRA RBLD

NUCOR 2.18% 1.13%

CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP 2.71% 1.09%

STEEL DYNAMICS INC 1.21% 1.07%

EMCOR GROUP 1.36% 1.03%

QUANTA SERVICES INC 3.96% 1.03%

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP 2.87% 1.02%

ONEOK 1.65% 1.02%

UNION PACIFIC 4.02% 1.02%

CSX 3.55% 1.01%

COMFORT SYSTEMS USA 2.37% 1.00%

KINDER MORGAN 1.78% 1.00%

CONSOLIDATED EDISON 1.15% 0.99%

Only in IFRA

UNITED RENTALS 2.57%

CRH PUBLIC LIMITED PLC 2.29%

TC ENERGY 1.76%

ATI 1.04%

FORTIS 0.81%

CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY 0.77%

AMRIZE AG 0.76%

JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC 0.65%

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%

Wabtec Corporation 1.19%

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

40% 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	IFRA	RBLD	IFRA	RBLD	IFRA	RBLD
3 months	−10.7%	−6.5%	−13.2 pts	−9.0 pts	−12.8 pts	−8.6 pts
6 months	−3.9%	+1.1%	−20.9 pts	−15.8 pts	−30.8 pts	−25.7 pts
1 year	+6.1%	+10.5%	−9.7 pts	−5.2 pts	−17.7 pts	−13.3 pts
3 years	+59.0%	+69.0%	−26.0 pts	−16.0 pts	−51.0 pts	−41.0 pts
Since launch IFRA Apr 2018 · RBLD Jan 2010	+155.0%	+177.9%	−71.8 pts	−626.7 pts	−231.8 pts	−1559.6 pts

IFRA 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

IFRA

iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF · Holds 168 stocks in infrastructure, 71% 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 71.3% 81.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 95.7% 91.8%

In the Nasdaq-100 10.8% 7.9%

Holdings 168 104

Top ten, share of the fund 33.4% 12.8%

Expense ratio 0.30% 0.65%

Fee for the differing part 0.31% 0.71%

Total return, 1 year +6.1% +10.5%

vs the S&P 500 −9.7 pts −5.2 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −17.7 pts −13.3 pts

Below its high −13.7% −8.7%

Net assets $3.9bn $41m

IFRA and RBLD on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

IFRA in plain words

By weight, 71% of IFRA'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 33% of the fund across 168 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 29, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +6.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 9.7 pts. It sits 13.7% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 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 IFRA and RBLD hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 40% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, IFRA or RBLD?: IFRA has 71% of its weight in S&P 500 names and RBLD has 82%, so IFRA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, IFRA or RBLD?: IFRA charges 0.30% a year and RBLD charges 0.65%, so IFRA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

IFRA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IFRA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IFRA ↗RBLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗RBLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for RBLD ↗

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

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