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NGIF vs RBLD: which is really different?

RBLD holds 81.8% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and NGIF 50.1%. Nuveen Global Infrastructure Fund: ETF Class Shares and First Trust Alerian U.S. NextGen Infrastructure ETF.

RBLD costs 0.23 points a year less.

NGIFRBLD
Expense ratio0.88%0.65%
Net assetsnot read by ETFIQ$42m
Total return, 1 yearnot published+13.7%
What it tracksInfrastructureInfrastructure
Holdings in commonnot published
S&P 500, total return, since Jun 3, 2026+3.8%
S&P 500, total return, 1 year+17.3%
Against the S&P 500, since Jun 3, 2026behind by 8.3 pts
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearbehind by 3.5 pts
Below its all-time high8.6%, high on Jun 26, 20265.2%, high on Jun 25, 2026
50.1%
NGIF in the S&P 500
81.8%
RBLD in the S&P 500
−4.5%
NGIF total return, since launch
+13.7%
RBLD total return, 1 year
NGIF · 3 months to Oct 9, 202650% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
50% of its weight is outside the S&P 50050% of NGIF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 50% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.50%50%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 39% of the fund · 66 holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 12% in50% of its weight is outside the S&P 50050% of NGIF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 50% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.50%50%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 98% · Nasdaq-100: 12% in

50% of NGIF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 50% 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 · NGIF 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
WindowNGIFRBLDNGIFRBLDNGIFRBLD
3 months−7.8%−3.6%−11.2 pts−6.9 pts−11.5 pts−7.2 pts
6 monthsnot published+0.8%not published−14.3 ptsnot published−22.4 pts
1 yearnot published+13.7%not published−3.5 ptsnot published−9.9 pts
3 yearsnot published+74.0%not published−11.8 ptsnot published−33.3 pts
Since launch
NGIF Jun 2026 · RBLD Oct 2008
−4.5%+323.0%−8.3 pts−735.4 pts−5.7 pts−2,277.8 pts

Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

NGIF
Nuveen Global Infrastructure Fund: ETF Class Shares · Holds 66 stocks in infrastructure, 50% 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 Nuveen First Trust
Theme Infrastructure Infrastructure
In the S&P 500 50.1% 81.8%
Active share vs the S&P 500 97.7% 91.8%
In the Nasdaq-100 11.7% 8.0%
Holdings 66 101
Top ten, share of the fund 39.1% 12.6%
Expense ratio 0.88% 0.65%
Fee for the differing part 0.90% 0.71%
Total return, 1 year −4.5% (since it first traded on Jun 3, 2026) +13.7%
vs the S&P 500 −8.3 pts −3.5 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −5.7 pts −9.9 pts
Below its high −8.6% −5.2%
Net assets not read by ETFIQ $42m

As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

NGIF in plain words

By weight, 50% of NGIF'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 39% of the fund across 66 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Jun 3, 2026 the fund returned −4.5% with distributions reinvested against +3.8% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 8.3 pts. It sits 8.6% 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, NGIF or RBLD?
NGIF has 50% of its weight in S&P 500 names and RBLD has 82%, so NGIF differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, NGIF or RBLD?
NGIF charges 0.88% a year and RBLD charges 0.65%, so RBLD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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NGIF on its own →RBLD on its own →How every figure is computed →Standards and sources →
Where these figures came from
NGIF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗NGIF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗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, NGIF against RBLD, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/ngif-vs-rbld

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