ETF comparison
HACKvsXLK
Thematic vs Technology.
Amplify Cybersecurity ETF · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
7 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HACK and XLK would leave roughly11.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLK is 52 bps cheaper than HACK. On a $100,000 position that's about $520/yr more in fees for HACK.
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 HACK vs XLK.
Top shared holdings
7 shared in total| # | Holding | In HACK | In XLK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Broadcom Inc | 6.01% | 5.41% | 5.41% |
| 2 | Cisco Systems Inc | 5.79% | 2.58% | 2.58% |
| 3 | Palo Alto Networks Inc | 6.58% | 1.54% | 1.54% |
| 4 | Crowdstrike Holdings Inc | 5.54% | 1.08% | 1.08% |
| 5 | Fortinet Inc | 5.36% | 0.53% | 0.53% |
| 6 | F5 Inc | 4.34% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 7 | Gen Digital Inc | 3.69% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
Only in HACK
17 total- General Dynamics Corp4.93%
- Cloudflare Inc4.84%
- Okta Inc4.44%
- Northrop Grumman Corp4.30%
- Tenable Holdings Inc4.20%
- Qualys Inc4.14%
- Varonis Systems Inc4.08%
- Zscaler Inc4.02%
- Rubrik Inc3.98%
- A10 Networks Inc3.83%
Only in XLK
68 total- NVIDIA Corp14.65%
- Apple Inc12.85%
- Microsoft Corp8.38%
- Micron Technology Inc5.42%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc5.28%
- Intel Corp3.68%
- Applied Materials Inc3.20%
- Lam Research Corp3.02%
- KLA Corp2.20%
- Sandisk Corp1.88%
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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.