ETF comparison
GUNRvsXLB
Both Materials.
Northern Trust Morningstar Global Upstream Natural Resources ETF · State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GUNR and XLB would leave roughly10.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLB is 38 bps cheaper than GUNR. On a $100,000 position that's about $380/yr more in fees for GUNR.
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 GUNR vs XLB.
Top shared holdings
5 shared in total| # | Holding | In GUNR | In XLB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corteva, Inc. | 5.00% | 4.96% | 4.96% |
| 2 | Newmont Corp. | 2.05% | 5.84% | 2.05% |
| 3 | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | 1.65% | 2.23% | 1.65% |
| 4 | Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | 1.42% | 5.30% | 1.42% |
| 5 | Mosaic Co. (The) | 0.70% | 0.90% | 0.70% |
Only in GUNR
135 total- Exxon Mobil Corp.4.96%
- Nutrien Ltd.4.83%
- BHP Group Ltd.4.16%
- Shell plc3.89%
- Chevron Corp.3.78%
- Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.3.25%
- TotalEnergies SE2.87%
- Rio Tinto plc2.24%
- Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.1.99%
- BP plc1.81%
Only in XLB
22 total- Linde PLC14.06%
- Sherwin-Williams Co/The4.94%
- Ecolab Inc4.73%
- Vulcan Materials Co4.72%
- CRH PLC4.67%
- Air Products and Chemicals Inc4.62%
- Martin Marietta Materials Inc4.55%
- Nucor Corp3.88%
- Steel Dynamics Inc3.73%
- PPG Industries Inc3.62%
Open GUNR or XLB 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.