IFRA vs RIFR: which is really different?
IFRA holds 71.7% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and RIFR 57.3%. iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF and Russell Investments Global Infrastructure ETF.
IFRA costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.4 points; IFRA is far larger, $4.0bn against $43m.
| IFRA | RIFR | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.30% | 0.59% |
| Net assets, IFRA as of Oct 8, 2026 and RIFR as of Jun 30, 2026 | $4.0bn | $43m |
| Total return, 1 year | +9.5% | +6.1% |
| What it tracks | Infrastructure | Infrastructure |
| Holdings in common | not published | |
| S&P 500, total return, 1 year | +17.3% | |
| Against the S&P 500, 1 year | behind by 7.8 pts | behind by 11.1 pts |
| Below its all-time high | 10.6%, high on Jun 25, 2026 | 6.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026 |
72% of IFRA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 28% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.
57% of RIFR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 43% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.
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Performance, window by window
| Total return | vs the S&P 500 | vs the Nasdaq-100 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | IFRA | RIFR | IFRA | RIFR | IFRA | RIFR |
| 3 months | −7.3% | −5.3% | −10.6 pts | −8.7 pts | −10.9 pts | −9.0 pts |
| 6 months | −3.9% | −5.3% | −19.1 pts | −20.5 pts | −27.1 pts | −28.5 pts |
| 1 year | +9.5% | +6.1% | −7.8 pts | −11.1 pts | −14.1 pts | −17.5 pts |
| 3 years | +64.5% | not published | −21.3 pts | not published | −42.8 pts | not published |
| Since launch IFRA Apr 2018 · RIFR May 2025 | +164.1% | +13.9% | −69.5 pts | −20.8 pts | −230.2 pts | −32.0 pts |
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On the same fields
As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IFRA in plain words
By weight, 72% 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 164 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +9.5% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 7.8 pts. It sits 10.6% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 2026.
RIFR in plain words
By weight, 57% of RIFR'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 38% of the fund across 61 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +6.1% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 11.1 pts. It sits 6.3% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.
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ETFIQ, IFRA against RIFR, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/ifra-vs-rifr
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