ETF comparison
FREL vs IYR
Both Real Estate.
Fidelity MSCI Real Estate Index ETF · iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF
Holdings overlap
56 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FREL and IYR would leave roughly 86.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
FREL is 30 bps cheaper than IYR. On a $100,000 position that's about $296/yr more in fees for IYR.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with FREL vs IYR.
Top shared holdings
56 shared in total| # | Holding | In FREL | In IYR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welltower Inc | 8.60% | 9.96% | 8.60% |
| 2 | Prologis Inc | 8.19% | 9.18% | 8.19% |
| 3 | Equinix Inc | 4.72% | 4.69% | 4.69% |
| 4 | American Tower Corp | 5.29% | 4.39% | 4.39% |
| 5 | Digital Realty Trust Inc | 4.32% | 4.63% | 4.32% |
| 6 | Simon Property Group Inc | 4.28% | 4.58% | 4.28% |
| 7 | Realty Income Corp | 3.70% | 4.40% | 3.70% |
| 8 | Public Storage | 3.09% | 3.41% | 3.09% |
| 9 | CBRE Group Inc | 2.75% | 3.13% | 2.75% |
| 10 | Ventas Inc | 2.58% | 3.09% | 2.58% |
| 11 | Crown Castle Inc | 2.50% | 2.82% | 2.50% |
| 12 | Iron Mountain Inc | 2.42% | 2.40% | 2.40% |
Only in FREL
72 total- CareTrust REIT Inc 0.57%
- American Healthcare REIT Inc 0.57%
- Terreno Realty Corp 0.43%
- Rayonier Inc 0.42%
- Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc 0.39%
- Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc 0.39%
- Kite Realty Group Trust 0.38%
- Macerich Co/The 0.36%
- Phillips Edison & Co Inc 0.33%
- Opendoor Technologies Inc 0.31%
Only in IYR
5 total- ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 1.21%
- AGNC INVESTMENT CORP. 0.88%
- STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST, INC. 0.48%
- RITHM CAPITAL CORP. 0.42%
- ZILLOW GROUP, INC. 0.15%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.