Designed to provide broad exposure to the Technology - Broad segment of the equity market, the iShares U.S. Digital Infrastructure and Real Estate ETF (IDGT) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on July 10, 2001.

While an excellent vehicle for long term investors, passively managed ETFs are a popular choice among institutional and retail investors due to their low costs, transparency, flexibility, and tax efficiency.

Sector ETFs are also funds of convenience, offering many ways to gain low risk and diversified exposure to a broad group of companies in particular sectors. Technology - Broad is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 3, placing it in top 19%.

Index Details

The fund is sponsored by Blackrock. It has amassed assets over $521.78 million, making it one of the average sized ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Technology - Broad segment of the equity market. IDGT seeks to match the performance of the S&P DATA CNTR TOWER REIT & COMM EQUIP ID before fees and expenses.

The S&P Data Centre, Tower REIT and Communications Equipment Index comprises of US-listed companies engaged in the owning, operating, developing, or providing of infrastructure for the storage, processing, transmission and access of digital data and services.

Costs

Since cheaper funds tend to produce better results than more expensive funds, assuming all other factors remain equal, it is important for investors to pay attention to an ETF's expense ratio.

Annual operating expenses for this ETF are 0.39%, making it one of the cheaper products in the space.

It has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 0.78%.

Sector Exposure and Top Holdings

Even though ETFs offer diversified exposure which minimizes single stock risk, it is still important to look into a fund's holdings before investing. Luckily, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis.

This ETF has heaviest allocation in the Information Technology sector -- about 56.1% of the portfolio. Real Estate and Telecom round out the top three.

Looking at individual holdings, Equinix Reit Inc (EQIX) accounts for about 8.7% of total assets, followed by Digital Realty Trust Reit Inc (DLR) and American Tower Reit Corp (AMT).

The top 10 holdings account for about 61.22% of total assets under management.

Performance and Risk

The ETF has added about 38.31% and is up roughly 44.19% so far this year and in the past one year (as of 08/24/2026), respectively. IDGT has traded between $81.531 and $132.66 during this last 52-week period.

The ETF has a beta of 1.16 and standard deviation of 21.19% for the trailing three-year period. With about 30 holdings, it has more concentrated exposure than peers.

Alternatives

iShares U.S. Digital Infrastructure and Real Estate ETF holds a Zacks ETF Rank of 2 (Buy), which is based on expected asset class return, expense ratio, and momentum, among other factors. Because of this, IDGT is a great option for investors seeking exposure to the Technology ETFs segment of the market. There are other additional ETFs in the space that investors could consider as well.

State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) tracks Technology Select Sector Index and the Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares (VGT) tracks MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Index. State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF has $119.58 billion in assets, Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares has $145.29 billion. XLK has an expense ratio of 0.08%, and VGT charges 0.09%.

Bottom Line

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