NFRA vs TOLZ: which is really different?

NFRA and TOLZ hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and TOLZ returned +8.1% over the year. Northern Trust STOXX Global Broad Infrastructure ETF and ProShares DJ Brookfield Global Infrastructure ETF.

TOLZ costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points; NFRA is 18.5 times larger.

NFRATOLZ
Expense ratio0.47%0.46%
Net assets, NFRA as of Jul 31, 2026 and TOLZ as of Oct 9, 2026$3.0bn$162m
Total return, 1 year+5.5%+8.1%
What it tracksInfrastructureInfrastructure
Holdings in common18%
S&P 500, total return, 1 year+17.3%
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearbehind by 11.7 ptsbehind by 9.2 pts
Below its all-time high5.5%, high on Feb 27, 20267.5%, high on Mar 2, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

35.8%
NFRA in the S&P 500
33.9%
TOLZ in the S&P 500
+5.5%
NFRA total return, 1 year
+8.1%
TOLZ total return, 1 year
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.

TOLZ · 1 year to Oct 9, 202666% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
66% of its weight is outside the S&P 50034% of TOLZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.34%66%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 39% of the fund · 115 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 2% in66% of its weight is outside the S&P 50034% of TOLZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.34%66%inoutside the S&P 500active share 99% · Nasdaq-100: 2% in

34% of TOLZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · TOLZ 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

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, NFRA and TOLZ hold 18% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding NFRA TOLZ
Enbridge, Inc. 1.83% 5.80%
Transurban Group 1.53% 1.98%
National Grid plc 1.29% 5.40%
American Tower Corp. 1.11% 3.85%
TC Energy Corp. 1.08% 3.51%
Aena SME SA 1.07% 1.43%
Kinder Morgan, Inc. 0.87% 3.13%
Sempra 0.80% 2.59%
Targa Resources Corp. 0.80% 3.06%
ONEOK, Inc. 0.79% 2.82%
Cheniere Energy, Inc. 0.76% 2.84%
E.ON SE 0.75% 2.97%
Only in NFRA
Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. 3.74%
SoftBank Group Corp. 3.51%
Canadian National Railway Co. 3.34%
Deutsche Post AG 2.97%
Deutsche Telekom AG 2.83%
Verizon Communications, Inc. 2.70%
NextEra Energy, Inc. 2.51%
Union Pacific Corp. 2.40%
Only in TOLZ
WILLIAMS COS INC 4.38%
VINCI SA 4.16%
ENERGY TRANSFER LP 3.16%
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS 2.63%
CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC 1.94%
FORTIS INC 1.92%
FERROVIAL NV 1.66%
P G & E CORP 1.38%

18% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowNFRATOLZNFRATOLZNFRATOLZ
3 months−3.7%−5.5%−7.1 pts−8.8 pts−7.4 pts−9.1 pts
6 months−2.5%−6.9%−17.7 pts−22.1 pts−25.7 pts−30.1 pts
1 year+5.5%+8.1%−11.7 pts−9.2 pts−18.1 pts−15.5 pts
3 years+45.2%+51.4%−40.6 pts−34.4 pts−62.1 pts−55.9 pts
Since launch
NFRA Oct 2013 · TOLZ Mar 2014
+127.4%+111.3%−358.0 pts−308.8 pts−857.4 pts−740.8 pts

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On the same fields

NFRA
Northern Trust STOXX Global Broad Infrastructure ETF · Holds 179 stocks in infrastructure, 36% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
TOLZ
ProShares DJ Brookfield Global Infrastructure ETF · Holds 115 stocks in infrastructure, 34% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Theme Infrastructure Infrastructure
In the S&P 500 35.8% 33.9%
Active share vs the S&P 500 96.1% 98.9%
In the Nasdaq-100 7.4% 2.1%
Holdings 179 115
Top ten, share of the fund 28.6% 39.4%
Expense ratio 0.47% 0.46%
Fee for the differing part 0.49% 0.47%
Total return, 1 year +5.5% +8.1%
vs the S&P 500 −11.7 pts −9.2 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −18.1 pts −15.5 pts
Below its high −5.5% −7.5%
Net assets, NFRA as of Jul 31, 2026 and TOLZ as of Oct 9, 2026 $3.0bn $162m

As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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.

TOLZ in plain words

By weight, 34% of TOLZ's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 39% of the fund across 115 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +8.1% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 9.2 pts. It sits 7.5% below its all-time high of Mar 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do NFRA and TOLZ hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 18% 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, NFRA or TOLZ?
NFRA has 36% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TOLZ has 34%, so TOLZ differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, NFRA or TOLZ?
NFRA charges 0.47% a year and TOLZ charges 0.46%, so TOLZ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, NFRA against TOLZ, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/nfra-vs-tolz

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