ETF comparison
FREL vs XLRE
Both Real Estate.
Fidelity MSCI Real Estate Index ETF · State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
31 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FREL and XLRE would leave roughly 72.7% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.084% vs 0.080%).
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 FREL vs XLRE.
Top shared holdings
31 shared in total| # | Holding | In FREL | In XLRE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welltower Inc | 9.08% | 11.01% | 9.08% |
| 2 | Prologis Inc | 7.94% | 8.68% | 7.94% |
| 3 | Equinix Inc | 5.24% | 7.06% | 5.24% |
| 4 | Simon Property Group Inc | 4.69% | 4.98% | 4.69% |
| 5 | American Tower Corp | 4.10% | 5.23% | 4.10% |
| 6 | Digital Realty Trust Inc | 3.95% | 4.53% | 3.95% |
| 7 | Realty Income Corp | 3.63% | 4.55% | 3.63% |
| 8 | Public Storage | 3.43% | 4.48% | 3.43% |
| 9 | CBRE Group Inc | 2.75% | 4.08% | 2.75% |
| 10 | Ventas Inc | 2.71% | 4.47% | 2.71% |
| 11 | Iron Mountain Inc | 2.29% | 3.89% | 2.29% |
| 12 | Crown Castle Inc | 2.09% | 3.42% | 2.09% |
Only in FREL
91 total- Jones Lang LaSalle Inc 1.07%
- WP Carey Inc 1.03%
- Sun Communities Inc 0.99%
- Omega Healthcare Investors Inc 0.91%
- Lamar Advertising Co 0.89%
- Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc 0.78%
- Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc 0.74%
- American Homes 4 Rent 0.70%
- EastGroup Properties Inc 0.69%
- American Healthcare REIT Inc 0.65%
Only in XLRE
0 totalEvery XLRE position is also held by FREL.
Related comparisons
More comparisons with FREL
- FREL vs REZ · iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF 33.8%
- FREL vs SCHH · Schwab U.S. REIT ETF 91.8%
- FREL vs IYR · iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF 86.4%
- FREL vs VNQ · Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares 84.6%
- FREL vs USRT · iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF 83.5%
- FREL vs RWR · State Street SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF 75.9%
More comparisons with XLRE
- XLRE vs USRT · iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF 69.1%
- XLRE vs RWR · State Street SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF 68.4%
- XLRE vs VNQ · Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares 62.8%
- XLRE vs REZ · iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF 38.4%
- XLRE vs IYR · iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF 80.0%
- XLRE vs SCHH · Schwab U.S. REIT ETF 73.6%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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.