ETF comparison

IYRvsRWR

Both Real Estate.

iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF · State Street SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
74.0%

41 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IYR and RWR would leave roughly74.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IYR only 25.4%Shared 74.0%RWR only 25.1%
In IYR only
20 positions
Shared
41 positions
In RWR only
59 positions

Side by side

IYR

iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF

iShares · Real Estate

64composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.37%
Net assets
$4.39B
TTM yield
2.26%
Top-10 conc.
51.2%
RWR

State Street SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF

State Street · Real Estate

64composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$1.85B
TTM yield
3.45%
Top-10 conc.
51.4%

Sub-score comparison

63
Cost
75
58
Tax efficiency
56
84
Liquidity
68
41
Concentration
41
Tracking quality
IYRsub-scoreRWR

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

RWR is 12 bps cheaper than IYR. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with IYR vs RWR.

Top shared holdings

41 shared in total
#HoldingIn IYRIn RWROverlap
1WELLTOWER INC.10.82%10.57%10.57%
2PROLOGIS, INC.8.72%9.15%8.72%
3SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.4.77%4.66%4.66%
4EQUINIX, INC.4.55%4.45%4.45%
5DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.4.38%4.40%4.38%
6REALTY INCOME CORPORATION4.27%4.42%4.27%
7PUBLIC STORAGE.3.72%4.36%3.72%
8VENTAS, INC.3.19%4.06%3.19%
9EXTRA SPACE STORAGE INC.2.27%2.88%2.27%
10AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.1.94%2.46%1.94%
11EQUITY RESIDENTIAL1.71%2.18%1.71%
12ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC.1.38%1.76%1.38%

Only in IYR

20 total
  • AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION3.85%
  • CBRE GROUP, INC.2.91%
  • IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED2.78%
  • CROWN CASTLE INC.2.44%
  • VICI PROPERTIES INC.2.14%
  • SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION1.38%
  • WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY1.28%
  • ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.1.21%
  • JONES LANG LASALLE INCORPORATED1.06%
  • LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY1.00%

Only in RWR

59 total
  • American Healthcare REIT Inc0.94%
  • CareTrust REIT Inc0.90%
  • Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc0.76%
  • Macerich Co/The0.67%
  • Terreno Realty Corp0.65%
  • Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc0.61%
  • Kite Realty Group Trust0.54%
  • Phillips Edison & Co Inc0.49%
  • Tanger Inc0.43%
  • EPR Properties0.42%

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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.