ETF comparison
FHLCvsIBB
Both Healthcare.
Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF · iShares Biotechnology ETF
Holdings overlap
149 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FHLC and IBB would leave roughly17.7%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
FHLC is 36 bps cheaper than IBB. On a $100,000 position that's about $356/yr more in fees for IBB.
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 FHLC vs IBB.
Top shared holdings
149 shared in total| # | Holding | In FHLC | In IBB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amgen Inc | 3.01% | 7.83% | 3.01% |
| 2 | Gilead Sciences Inc | 2.62% | 6.84% | 2.62% |
| 3 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1.75% | 8.08% | 1.75% |
| 4 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1.18% | 4.91% | 1.18% |
| 5 | Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc | 0.66% | 3.12% | 0.66% |
| 6 | Insmed Inc | 0.47% | 1.78% | 0.47% |
| 7 | Biogen Inc | 0.45% | 2.47% | 0.45% |
| 8 | Natera Inc | 0.44% | 2.89% | 0.44% |
| 9 | United Therapeutics Corp | 0.38% | 1.73% | 0.38% |
| 10 | Revolution Medicines Inc | 0.38% | 2.78% | 0.38% |
| 11 | Illumina Inc | 0.31% | 2.07% | 0.31% |
| 12 | Moderna Inc | 0.26% | 1.98% | 0.26% |
Only in FHLC
189 total- Eli Lilly & Co12.13%
- Johnson & Johnson8.94%
- AbbVie Inc6.03%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc5.42%
- Merck & Co Inc4.38%
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc2.91%
- Intuitive Surgical Inc2.62%
- Abbott Laboratories2.55%
- Pfizer Inc2.45%
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co1.99%
Only in IBB
101 total- BlackRock Funds III11.66%
- Argenx SE3.76%
- BeOne Medicines Ltd.1.77%
- Ascendis Pharma A/S1.29%
- Genmab A/S1.12%
- Abivax SA0.67%
- BioNTech SE0.66%
- BlackRock Funds III0.38%
- Legend Biotech Corp.0.33%
- Structure Therapeutics, Inc.0.24%
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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.