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TECB vs VRAI

iShares U.S. Tech Breakthrough Multisector ETF

TECBANYSE Arca

Virtus Real Asset Income ETF

VRAICNYSE Arca

Overlap

0.0%by weight

Expense ratio

TECB −0.25pt a year

TECB0.30%VRAI0.55%

Avg volume · 30D

TECB 5.2×the volume

TECB9.36KVRAI1.79K

5Y return · a year

TECB +5.7pt

TECB+11.8%VRAI+6.1%

TECB vs VRAI Performance

Nov 2, 2021 – Nov 2, 2026

+74.9%TECB+34.5%VRAI

Nov 2, 2021 to Nov 2, 2026. TECB +74.9%. VRAI +34.5%. Use the arrow keys to read each point.−25%0%50%Nov 2021May 2024Nov 2026
Expense ratio
TECB 0.30%, better
VRAI 0.55%
Fund size
TECB $493M
VRAI $19M
1Y total return
TECB +16.9%
VRAI +26.4%, better
Yield (12M)
TECB 0.29%
VRAI 3.04%, better
Holdings
TECB 173
VRAI 89
Avg volume (30D)
TECB 9.36K sh, better
VRAI 1.79K sh
NAV per share
TECB $75.32
VRAI $28.92
52W range

ETF.net Grade

TECB: Cost 79, Risk 55, Mission 92, Tradability 72, Holdings 61, Durability 91. VRAI: Cost 31, Risk 84, Mission not scored, Tradability 29, Holdings 75, Durability 72.
Pillar letters and Scores for TECB, VRAI, with each pillar’s weight
PillarTECBVRAI
Cost30% weightA79HigherD31
Mission25% weightA92Not scored
Risk15% weightB55A84Higher
Tradability15% weightA72HigherD29
Holdings10% weightB61A75Higher
Durability5% weightA91HigherA72

Rank among US Thematic funds

How we build Categories ›
Same Category. Both funds are graded against the same funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Same Category. TECB and VRAI are both graded against the same 22 US Thematic funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Thematic⁠

Category · 22 funds
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TECB ranks 2nd and VRAI 7th of 22 funds in the US Thematic Category.

  1. Rank 1ALRNDNYLI U.S. Large Cap R&D Leaders ETFScore 76
  2. Rank 2ATECBiShares U.S. Tech Breakthrough Multisector ETFScore 71
  3. Rank 3BLOHARoundhill HALO ETFScore 66
  4. Rank 6CFDNFirst Trust Dow Jones Internet Index FundScore 52
  5. Rank 7CVRAIVirtus Real Asset Income ETFScore 49
  6. Rank 8CPKBInvesco Building & Construction ETFScore 44

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

TECBAiShares U.S. Tech Breakthrough Multisector ETF

VRAICVirtus Real Asset Income ETF

In short

TECB Five breakthroughs (AI and robotics, cloud and data, cybersecurity, genomics, fintech) in one iShares index fund, priced well under the typical US thematic ETF. Multisector by design, so healthcare and finance names sit beside the chip and software crowd.

VRAI Real assets without the futures. VRAI owns the stocks behind the stuff (REITs, pipelines, utilities, resource producers), equal-weights them, and screens for a three-year record of dividend growth. Trading since 2019, paying quarterly.

Stated mandate

TECB TECB seeks to track an index of U.S. companies that may benefit from robotics and artificial intelligence, cloud and data technology, cybersecurity, genomics and immunology, and financial technology.

VRAI The Fund seeks to track the Indxx Real Asset Income Index before fees and expenses, providing passive exposure to high-income-producing real-asset securities.

Why people hold it

  • TECB 0.30% a year, roughly half the median expense ratio in its US thematic peer group. With themes, cost is the one edge you keep no matter which breakthrough actually breaks through.
  • Roughly 170 stocks spread across five themes rather than a concentrated bet on one idea, so no single storyline carries the fund by itself.ishares.com
  • Rules pick the stocks, not a manager's mood: it follows the NYSE FactSet U.S. Tech Breakthrough Index and has tracked it tightly since the 2020 launch, among the cleaner builds in its thematic group.ishares.com
  • VRAI Three real-asset sleeves in one ticker: REITs, listed infrastructure, and natural resource companies, equal-weighted so no single mega-cap sets the tone.virtus.comvirtus.com 2
  • Buys the equities, not the barrels. No commodity futures or direct hard assets, and the index keeps master limited partnerships to 20% of the basket.virtus.comvirtus.com 2
  • Income with a quality filter: the index emphasizes companies that grew dividends over the prior three years, not simply the fattest current yields. Pays quarterly.virtus.com
  • At 0.55%, the fee sits just under the typical thematic peer, and the fund lands in the upper half of that peer group on our overall read.

Worth knowing

  • TECB This is a growth-theme basket with no ballast. Five fast-moving innovation sleeves can swing harder than the broad market in both directions.
  • Volume is light next to the megacap tech giants. For quick in-and-out trades, the bid-ask spread can cost more than the fee does.
  • Cheap, but not the cheapest on the block: LRND charges 0.14% for a broad US R&D-leaders screen that overlaps some of the same territory.
  • VRAI Small and thinly traded, so spreads can run wider than the blue-chip pipelines and REITs inside it would suggest.
  • Equal weighting brings a smaller-company tilt, and real-asset sectors answer to rates and commodity cycles, so it moves on its own schedule.virtus.com
  • Cheaper thematic options exist (LRND at 0.14%, TECB at 0.30%), though neither is doing this real-asset income job.

Full TECB profile⁠

Full VRAI profile⁠

TECB vs VRAI Holdings

How TECB and VRAI differ

Overlap by weight

0.0%

Shared holdings make up 0.0% of TECB and 0.0% of VRAI.

Level by level

  • Asset classEquity, Alternatives0.0%
  • Holdings0 in both0.0%
  • Sector11 Sectors6.1%
  • Countryby domicile87.3%

Sector

Sector weights in TECB and VRAI, widest gap first
SectorMore in TECBMore in VRAI
TechnologyTECB +58.2 points
EnergyVRAI +38.1 points
Real EstateVRAI +29.7 points
UtilitiesVRAI +15.9 points
Health CareTECB +13.5 points
FinancialsTECB +9.5 points
MaterialsVRAI +8.0 points
CommunicationTECB +6.7 points
Consumer DiscretionaryTECB +4.9 points
Consumer StaplesVRAI +2.4 points
IndustrialsTECB +1.3 points

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in TECB and VRAI, widest gap first
CountryMore in TECBMore in VRAI
United StatesTECB +12.7 points
United KingdomVRAI +2.5 points
CanadaVRAI +2.4 points
BrazilVRAI +1.4 points
LuxembourgVRAI +1.2 points
BermudaVRAI +1.1 points
IsraelVRAI +1.1 points
ChileVRAI +1.0 points
Other countries (2)VRAI +1.9 points

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

  • TECB42.3%
  • VRAI14.2%

Securities held

  • TECB171
  • VRAI88

Asset class

TECB
Equity
VRAI
Alternatives

Holdings

  • Only in TECB171
  • In both0
  • Only in VRAI88

Only in TECB

171 securities, 99.9% of TECB by weight

  • Palo Alto Networks4.71%
  • Microsoft4.66%
  • Merck & Co Inc4.60%

Only in VRAI

88 securities, 97.6% of VRAI by weight

  • HighPeak Energy Inc1.39%
  • APA Corp1.33%
  • Summit Hotel Properties Inc1.32%

Weight gaps

TECB and VRAI share no securities.

All 173 TECB holdings⁠All 198 VRAI holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

TECB vs VRAI Cost

Overpaying VRAI vs TECB

$4,755

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • TECB 0.30%

    $6,149

  • VRAI 0.55%

    $10,904

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • TECB 0.30%
  • VRAI 0.55%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2.5K$5K$7.5K$10K$12.5K051015202530VRAI $10,904TECB $6,149

Year by year

YearTECBVRAIOverpaying
10$545$988$443
20$2,113$3,790$1,677
30$6,149$10,904$4,755

Expense ratio

  • 0.30%TECB, cheaper
  • 0.55%VRAI
  • Middle half of US Thematic funds
  • Median 0.35%

TECB 5th cheapest of 22 funds

VRAI 15th cheapest of 22 funds

TECB vs VRAI Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 2, 2026
Yield (12M)
TECB 0.29%
VRAI 3.04%, better
Payout (12M)
TECB $0.22
VRAI $0.87
Last payment
TECB $0.05
VRAI $0.26
Ex-dividend
TECB Sep 15, 2026
VRAI Sep 21, 2026
Paid on
TECB Sep 18, 2026
VRAI Sep 28, 2026
Frequency
TECB Quarterly
VRAI Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2019 to 2026, same scale for both

TECBQuarterly · 27 paymentsAll TECB payments⁠
One bar per payment. 27 payments from 2019 to 2026 YTD. Mar 25, 2020 $0.14; Jun 15, 2020 $0.02; Sep 23, 2020 $0.04; Dec 14, 2020 $0.07; Mar 25, 2021 $0.04; Jun 10, 2021 $0.02; Sep 24, 2021 $0.04; Dec 13, 2021 $0.04; Mar 24, 2022 $0.05; Jun 9, 2022 $0.03; Sep 26, 2022 $0.05; Dec 13, 2022 $0.04; Mar 23, 2023 $0.03; Jun 7, 2023 $0.02; Sep 26, 2023 $0.02; Dec 20, 2023 $0.02; Mar 21, 2024 $0.05; Jun 11, 2024 $0.01; Sep 25, 2024 $0.08; Dec 17, 2024 $0.04; Mar 18, 2025 $0.03; Jun 16, 2025 $0.04; Sep 16, 2025 $0.05; Dec 16, 2025 $0.07; Mar 17, 2026 $0.04; Jun 15, 2026 $0.05; Sep 15, 2026 $0.05. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$0.50202020232026YTD
VRAIQuarterly · 30 paymentsAll VRAI payments⁠
One bar per payment. 30 payments from 2019 to 2026 YTD. Jun 20, 2019 $0.30; Sep 20, 2019 $0.23; Dec 20, 2019 $0.18; Mar 20, 2020 $0.15; Jun 22, 2020 $0.19; Sep 21, 2020 $0.22; Dec 21, 2020 $0.33; Mar 22, 2021 $0.37; Jun 21, 2021 $0.18; Sep 20, 2021 $0.18; Dec 20, 2021 $0.19; Mar 21, 2022 $0.25; Jun 21, 2022 $0.19; Sep 20, 2022 $0.24; Dec 20, 2022 $0.37; Mar 20, 2023 $0.44; Jun 20, 2023 $0.17; Sep 20, 2023 $0.21; Dec 20, 2023 $0.37; Mar 20, 2024 $0.34; Jun 20, 2024 $0.40; Sep 20, 2024 $0.25; Dec 20, 2024 $0.63; Mar 20, 2025 $0.32; Jun 20, 2025 $0.18; Sep 22, 2025 $0.19; Dec 22, 2025 $0.39; Mar 20, 2026 $0.14; Jun 22, 2026 $0.08; Sep 21, 2026 $0.26. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$0.50202020232026YTD

TECB vs VRAI Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

  • TECB
  • VRAI
Nov 2, 2021 to Nov 2, 2026. Worst fall: TECB −41.6% · Oct 2022. Use the arrow keys to read each point.−40%−30%−20%−10%0%Nov 2021May 2024Nov 2026

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years
TECB 19.7%VRAI 13.0%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years
TECB 1.17, betterVRAI 0.86
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years
TECB −41.6%VRAI −26.7%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years
TECB 1.25VRAI 0.54

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