ETF comparison
FIDUvsSHLD
Both Industrials.
Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF · Global X Defense Tech ETF
Holdings overlap
19 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FIDU and SHLD would leave roughly9.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
FIDU is 42 bps cheaper than SHLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $416/yr more in fees for SHLD.
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 FIDU vs SHLD.
Top shared holdings
19 shared in total| # | Holding | In FIDU | In SHLD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RTX Corp | 3.38% | 7.76% | 3.38% |
| 2 | Lockheed Martin Corp | 1.54% | 8.42% | 1.54% |
| 3 | General Dynamics Corp | 1.13% | 7.67% | 1.13% |
| 4 | Northrop Grumman Corp | 1.12% | 4.23% | 1.12% |
| 5 | L3Harris Technologies Inc | 0.86% | 4.69% | 0.86% |
| 6 | BWX Technologies Inc | 0.28% | 3.05% | 0.28% |
| 7 | Leidos Holdings Inc | 0.26% | 2.77% | 0.26% |
| 8 | Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc | 0.20% | 2.04% | 0.20% |
| 9 | Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc | 0.15% | 1.81% | 0.15% |
| 10 | Moog Inc | 0.12% | 1.70% | 0.12% |
| 11 | AeroVironment Inc | 0.09% | 1.32% | 0.09% |
| 12 | Mercury Systems Inc | 0.06% | 1.13% | 0.06% |
Only in FIDU
341 total- Caterpillar Inc5.96%
- General Electric Co4.37%
- GE Vernova Inc4.20%
- Boeing Co/The2.56%
- Eaton Corp PLC2.40%
- Union Pacific Corp2.29%
- Deere & Co2.17%
- Uber Technologies Inc2.11%
- Honeywell International Inc1.95%
- Vertiv Holdings Co1.71%
Only in SHLD
29 total- PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.7.07%
- Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft5.76%
- BAE SYSTEMS PLC4.88%
- HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.4.40%
- LEONARDO - SOCIETA PER AZIONI4.35%
- THALES SA4.27%
- ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD4.13%
- SAAB Aktiebolag3.82%
- KOREA AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, LTD.1.34%
- BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC1.19%
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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/.
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