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ETF comparison

FMAT vs VAW

Both Materials.

Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF · Vanguard Materials Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
93.6 %

96 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FMAT and VAW would leave roughly 93.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FMAT unmatched 6.2% Shared 93.6% VAW unmatched 6.2%

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.

In FMAT only
5 positions
Shared
96 positions
In VAW only
14 positions

Side by side

FMAT

Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF

Fidelity · Materials

70 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.084%
Net assets
$574.0M
TTM yield
1.43%
Top-10 conc.
56.3%
VAW

Vanguard Materials Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Materials

79 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$4.49B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
1.42%
Top-10 conc.
55.4%

Sub-score comparison

92
Cost
91
83
Tax efficiency
83
46
Liquidity
85
34
Concentration
35
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Tracking quality
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FMAT sub-score VAW

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

FMAT is 1 bps cheaper than VAW. On a $100,000 position that's about $6/yr more in fees for VAW.

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 FMAT vs VAW.

Top shared holdings

96 shared in total
# Holding In FMAT In VAW Overlap
1 Linde PLC 14.94% 14.92% 14.92%
2 Newmont Corp 6.82% 7.69% 6.82%
3 Freeport-McMoRan Inc 6.07% 6.06% 6.06%
4 Sherwin-Williams Co/The 5.40% 4.59% 4.59%
5 CRH PLC 4.29% 4.68% 4.29%
6 Ecolab Inc 4.76% 4.19% 4.19%
7 Air Products and Chemicals Inc 4.21% 3.81% 3.81%
8 Nucor Corp 3.85% 3.67% 3.67%
9 Corteva Inc 3.56% 3.40% 3.40%
10 Vulcan Materials Co 2.36% 2.40% 2.36%
11 Steel Dynamics Inc 2.33% 2.32% 2.32%
12 Martin Marietta Materials Inc 2.13% 2.25% 2.13%

Only in FMAT

5 total
  • DuPont de Nemours Inc 1.26%
  • Hycroft Mining Holding Corp 0.07%
  • NioCorp Developments Ltd 0.04%
  • Greif Inc 0.03%
  • Trilogy Metals Inc 0.02%

Only in VAW

14 total
  • DuPont de Nemours Inc 1.30%
  • Louisiana-Pacific Corp 0.31%
  • Myers Industries Inc 0.05%
  • AdvanSix Inc 0.04%
  • Mativ Holdings Inc 0.03%
  • Aspen Aerogels Inc 0.03%
  • Intrepid Potash Inc 0.03%
  • Orion SA 0.03%
  • Magnera Corp 0.02%
  • Ranpak Holdings Corp 0.02%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open FMAT or VAW 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.