Do IGF and XT 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, IGF or XT?

IGF has 32% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 65%, so IGF differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, IGF or XT?

IGF charges 0.37% a year and XT charges 0.46%, so IGF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IGF vs XT: which is really different?

IGF and XT hold 4% of their weight in the same names, and XT returned +24.3% over the year. iShares Global Infrastructure ETF and iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF.

IGF costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.0 points; IGF is 2.6 times larger.

	IGF	XT
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.46%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$10.3bn	$4.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+5.3%	+24.3%
What it tracks	Infrastructure	Broad innovation and megatrends
Holdings in common	4%
S&P 500, total return, 1 year	+17.3%
Against the S&P 500, 1 year	behind by 11.9 pts	ahead by 7.1 pts
Below its all-time high	8.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

31.9%

IGF in the S&P 500

65.1%

XT in the S&P 500

+5.3%

IGF total return, 1 year

+24.3%

XT total return, 1 year

IGF · 1 year to Oct 9, 202668% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

32% of IGF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 68% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

XT · 1 year to Oct 9, 202635% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

65% of XT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 35% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · IGF scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

IGF 54.1

XT 3.3

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 →

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IGF and XT 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 IGF XT

IBERDROLA 4.14% 1.45%

ENEL 2.15% 0.77%

ENGIE SA 1.39% 0.48%

RWE AG 1.28% 0.43%

SSE PLC 1.14% 0.38%

CHINA RESOURCES POWER LTD 0.16% 0.05%

CHINA LONGYUAN POWER GROUP H 0.05% 0.02%

Only in IGF

TRANSURBAN GROUP STAPLED UNITS 4.83%

AENA SME SA 4.73%

NEXTERA ENERGY 4.70%

GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL PACIFICO A 3.63%

ENBRIDGE 3.60%

AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 3.55%

WILLIAMS 3.08%

GETLINK 2.88%

Only in XT

TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 4.30%

TESLA INC 4.14%

MICROSOFT 4.09%

ELI LILLY 3.98%

NVIDIA 3.91%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 3.68%

ANALOG DEVICES 3.21%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.92%

4% 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	IGF	XT	IGF	XT	IGF	XT
3 months	−6.2%	+3.2%	−9.6 pts	−0.2 pts	−9.9 pts	−0.5 pts
6 months	−7.3%	+20.4%	−22.4 pts	+5.2 pts	−30.5 pts	−2.8 pts
1 year	+5.3%	+24.3%	−11.9 pts	+7.1 pts	−18.2 pts	+0.7 pts
3 years	+62.1%	+76.1%	−23.6 pts	−9.6 pts	−45.1 pts	−31.1 pts
Since launch IGF Dec 2007 · XT Mar 2015	+129.4%	+297.6%	−508.6 pts	−53.3 pts	−1,460.7 pts	−360.4 pts

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On the same fields

IGF

iShares Global Infrastructure ETF · Holds 78 stocks in infrastructure, 32% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF · Holds 196 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 65% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer iShares iShares

Theme Infrastructure Broad innovation and megatrends

In the S&P 500 31.9% 65.1%

Active share vs the S&P 500 98.3% 68.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 7.2% 41.1%

Holdings 78 196

Top ten, share of the fund 38.0% 35.7%

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.46%

Fee for the differing part 0.38% 0.68%

Total return, 1 year +5.3% +24.3%

vs the S&P 500 −11.9 pts +7.1 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −18.2 pts +0.7 pts

Below its high −8.3% −0.5%

Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $10.3bn $4.0bn

As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

IGF in plain words

By weight, 32% of IGF'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 78 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +5.3% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 11.9 pts. It sits 8.3% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

XT in plain words

By weight, 65% of XT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 68%. The top ten holdings are 36% of the fund across 196 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +24.3% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 7.1 pts.

Questions people ask

Do IGF and XT 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, IGF or XT?: IGF has 32% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 65%, so IGF differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, IGF or XT?: IGF charges 0.37% a year and XT charges 0.46%, so IGF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

IGF and XT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗iShares page for IGF ↗XT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for XT ↗

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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.

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

Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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ETFIQ, IGF against XT, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/igf-vs-xt

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