ETF comparison
IFRA vs XAR
Both Industrials.
iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF · State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF
Holdings overlap
2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IFRA and XAR would leave roughly 2.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
IFRA is 5 bps cheaper than XAR. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for XAR.
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 IFRA vs XAR.
Top shared holdings
2 shared in total| # | Holding | In IFRA | In XAR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 1.05% | 3.04% | 1.05% |
| 2 | ATI INC | 0.94% | 2.77% | 0.94% |
Only in IFRA
159 total- CATERPILLAR INC. 4.57%
- NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. 3.97%
- UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION 3.87%
- QUANTA SERVICES, INC. 3.77%
- CSX Corporation 3.10%
- THE SOUTHERN COMPANY 2.92%
- DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION 2.67%
- CRH PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 2.51%
- UNITED RENTALS, INC. 2.48%
- NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION 2.48%
Only in XAR
46 total- VSE Corp 3.40%
- Axon Enterprise Inc 3.22%
- StandardAero Inc 3.11%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd 3.08%
- General Electric Co 3.02%
- Woodward Inc 2.98%
- HEICO Corp 2.86%
- Moog Inc 2.86%
- TransDigm Group Inc 2.83%
- Hexcel Corp 2.81%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open IFRA or XAR at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
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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.