ETF comparison

FHLCvsIXJ

Both Healthcare.

Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF · iShares Global Healthcare ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
70.7%

60 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FHLC and IXJ would leave roughly70.7%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FHLC only 29.2%Shared 70.7%IXJ only 28.9%
In FHLC only
278 positions
Shared
60 positions
In IXJ only
50 positions

Side by side

FHLC

Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF

Fidelity · Healthcare

80composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.084%
Net assets
$3.48B
TTM yield
1.27%
Top-10 conc.
50.6%
IXJ

iShares Global Healthcare ETF

iShares · Healthcare

69composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.38%
Net assets
$4.28B
TTM yield
1.43%
Top-10 conc.
47.8%

Sub-score comparison

92
Cost
62
83
Tax efficiency
83
80
Liquidity
84
42
Concentration
46
Tracking quality
FHLCsub-scoreIXJ

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

Cost difference

FHLC is 30 bps cheaper than IXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $296/yr more in fees for IXJ.

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 IXJ.

Top shared holdings

60 shared in total
#HoldingIn FHLCIn IXJOverlap
1Eli Lilly & Co12.13%10.93%10.93%
2Johnson & Johnson8.94%7.04%7.04%
3AbbVie Inc6.03%5.12%5.12%
4UnitedHealth Group Inc5.42%4.40%4.40%
5Merck & Co Inc4.38%4.12%4.12%
6Amgen Inc3.01%2.54%2.54%
7Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc2.91%2.42%2.42%
8Abbott Laboratories2.55%2.05%2.05%
9Gilead Sciences Inc2.62%2.04%2.04%
10Intuitive Surgical Inc2.62%1.83%1.83%
11Pfizer Inc2.45%1.78%1.78%
12CVS Health Corp1.71%1.71%1.71%

Only in FHLC

278 total
  • Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc0.66%
  • Insmed Inc0.47%
  • Natera Inc0.44%
  • United Therapeutics Corp0.38%
  • Revolution Medicines Inc0.38%
  • Royalty Pharma PLC0.33%
  • Illumina Inc0.31%
  • Tenet Healthcare Corp0.25%
  • State Street Global Advisors0.23%
  • Neurocrine Biosciences Inc0.21%

Only in IXJ

50 total
  • ASTRAZENECA PLC3.76%
  • Roche Holding AG3.75%
  • Novartis AG3.71%
  • NOVO NORDISK A/S1.99%
  • GSK PLC1.38%
  • SANOFI SA1.18%
  • argenx SE0.74%
  • ESSILORLUXOTTICA SA0.71%
  • Bayer Aktiengesellschaft0.71%
  • HOYA CORPORATION0.70%

Open FHLC or IXJ at a brokerage

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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.