ETF comparison
CIBR vs VGT
Thematic vs Technology.
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Holdings overlap
29 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of CIBR and VGT would leave roughly 14.4% 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
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Cost difference
VGT is 49 bps cheaper than CIBR. On a $100,000 position that's about $490/yr more in fees for CIBR.
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 CIBR vs VGT.
Top shared holdings
29 shared in total| # | Holding | In CIBR | In VGT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BROADCOM INC | 6.72% | 4.21% | 4.21% |
| 2 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 7.75% | 1.85% | 1.85% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORP | 1.65% | 9.46% | 1.65% |
| 4 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP | 1.88% | 1.08% | 1.08% |
| 5 | PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC | 9.62% | 0.92% | 0.92% |
| 6 | CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC | 8.29% | 0.75% | 0.75% |
| 7 | ARISTA NETWORKS INC | 2.12% | 0.69% | 0.69% |
| 8 | ACCENTURE PLC | 1.32% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 9 | FORTINET INC | 8.85% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 10 | DATADOG INC | 2.09% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 11 | CLOUDFLARE INC | 4.03% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 12 | NETAPP INC | 1.76% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
Only in CIBR
14 total- CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD 2.14%
- ALPHABET INC 1.87%
- THALES SA 1.83%
- INFOSYS LTD 1.65%
- LEIDOS HOLDINGS INC 1.60%
- BLACKBERRY LTD 1.55%
- BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON HOLDING CORP 1.12%
- TREND MICRO INC 0.97%
- SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP 0.83%
- OPEN TEXT CORP 0.76%
Only in VGT
288 total- NVIDIA Corp 16.82%
- Apple Inc 14.57%
- Micron Technology Inc 4.20%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.21%
- Intel Corp 2.03%
- Lam Research Corp 1.56%
- Oracle Corp 1.45%
- Applied Materials Inc 1.40%
- Palantir Technologies Inc 1.35%
- Texas Instruments Inc 1.11%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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