ETF comparison
FUTY vs VPU
Both Utilities.
Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF · Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
63 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FUTY and VPU would leave roughly 97.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
FUTY is 1 bps cheaper than VPU. On a $100,000 position that's about $6/yr more in fees for VPU.
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 FUTY vs VPU.
Top shared holdings
63 shared in total| # | Holding | In FUTY | In VPU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NextEra Energy Inc | 12.57% | 11.92% | 11.92% |
| 2 | Southern Co/The | 6.64% | 6.36% | 6.36% |
| 3 | Duke Energy Corp | 6.29% | 6.28% | 6.28% |
| 4 | Constellation Energy Corp | 6.01% | 6.36% | 6.01% |
| 5 | American Electric Power Co Inc | 4.57% | 4.42% | 4.42% |
| 6 | Sempra | 3.87% | 3.88% | 3.87% |
| 7 | Vistra Corp | 3.34% | 3.64% | 3.34% |
| 8 | Dominion Energy Inc | 3.44% | 3.32% | 3.32% |
| 9 | Xcel Energy Inc | 3.06% | 3.04% | 3.04% |
| 10 | Entergy Corp | 3.29% | 2.95% | 2.95% |
| 11 | Exelon Corp | 2.90% | 2.81% | 2.81% |
| 12 | Public Service Enterprise Group Inc | 2.54% | 2.65% | 2.54% |
Only in FUTY
1 total- State Street Global Advisors 0.16%
Only in VPU
4 total- Consolidated Water Co Ltd 0.04%
- York Water Co/The 0.03%
- Artesian Resources Corp 0.02%
- Genie Energy Ltd 0.01%
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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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