Which is more different from the S&P 500, RIFR or UPGR?

RIFR has 57% of its weight in S&P 500 names and UPGR has 23%, so RIFR differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, RIFR or UPGR?

RIFR charges 0.59% a year and UPGR charges 0.35%, so UPGR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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RIFR vs UPGR: which is really different?

RIFR holds 57.3% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and UPGR 22.9%. Russell Investments Global Infrastructure ETF and Xtrackers US Green Infrastructure Select Equity ETF.

UPGR costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.3 points; RIFR is far larger, $43m against $539,786.

	RIFR	UPGR
Expense ratio	0.59%	0.35%
Net assets, RIFR as of Jun 30, 2026 and UPGR as of Oct 8, 2026	$43m	$539,786
Total return, 1 year	+6.1%	−11.2%
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 11.1 pts	behind by 28.5 pts
Below its all-time high	6.3%, high on Feb 27, 2026	26.8%, high on Jun 2, 2026

57.3%

RIFR in the S&P 500

22.9%

UPGR in the S&P 500

+6.1%

RIFR total return, 1 year

−11.2%

UPGR total return, 1 year

RIFR · 1 year to Oct 9, 202643% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

57% of RIFR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 43% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.

UPGR · 1 year to Oct 9, 202677% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

23% of UPGR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 77% is outside the index. Holdings as of May 29, 2026.

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

RIFR 42.6

UPGR 41.6

0.1, the lowest in this set92.3, the highest

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Performance, window by window

	Total return		vs the S&P 500		vs the Nasdaq-100
Window	RIFR	UPGR	RIFR	UPGR	RIFR	UPGR
3 months	−5.3%	−14.2%	−8.7 pts	−17.6 pts	−9.0 pts	−17.9 pts
6 months	−5.3%	−9.7%	−20.5 pts	−24.8 pts	−28.5 pts	−32.9 pts
1 year	+6.1%	−11.2%	−11.1 pts	−28.5 pts	−17.5 pts	−34.8 pts
3 years	not published	+13.7%	not published	−72.1 pts	not published	−93.6 pts
Since launch RIFR May 2025 · UPGR Jul 2023	+13.9%	−10.4%	−20.8 pts	−90.6 pts	−32.0 pts	−112.2 pts

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On the same fields

RIFR

Russell Investments Global Infrastructure ETF · Holds 61 stocks in infrastructure, 57% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

UPGR

Xtrackers US Green Infrastructure Select Equity ETF · Holds 45 stocks in infrastructure, 23% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Russell Investments Xtrackers

Theme Infrastructure Infrastructure

In the S&P 500 57.3% 22.9%

Active share vs the S&P 500 97.5% 97.4%

In the Nasdaq-100 9.1% 2.4%

Holdings 61 45

Top ten, share of the fund 37.6% 33.8%

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.35%

Fee for the differing part 0.61% 0.36%

Total return, 1 year +6.1% −11.2%

vs the S&P 500 −11.1 pts −28.5 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −17.5 pts −34.8 pts

Below its high −6.3% −26.8%

Net assets, RIFR as of Jun 30, 2026 and UPGR as of Oct 8, 2026 $43m $539,786

As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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.

UPGR in plain words

By weight, 23% of UPGR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 34% of the fund across 45 positions, as filed for May 29, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned −11.2% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 28.5 pts. It sits 26.8% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, RIFR or UPGR?: RIFR has 57% of its weight in S&P 500 names and UPGR has 23%, so RIFR differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, RIFR or UPGR?: RIFR charges 0.59% a year and UPGR charges 0.35%, so UPGR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

RIFR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗RIFR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗UPGR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗UPGR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Xtrackers website ↗

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Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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