ETF comparison
HACK vs XLK
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 roughly 11.4% 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
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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 the cost 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 Corp 4.93%
- Cloudflare Inc 4.84%
- Okta Inc 4.44%
- Northrop Grumman Corp 4.30%
- Tenable Holdings Inc 4.20%
- Qualys Inc 4.14%
- Varonis Systems Inc 4.08%
- Zscaler Inc 4.02%
- Rubrik Inc 3.98%
- A10 Networks Inc 3.83%
Only in XLK
67 total- NVIDIA Corp 14.65%
- Apple Inc 12.85%
- Microsoft Corp 8.38%
- Micron Technology Inc 5.42%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc 5.28%
- Intel Corp 3.68%
- Applied Materials Inc 3.20%
- Lam Research Corp 3.02%
- KLA Corp 2.20%
- Sandisk Corp 1.88%
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- HACK vs KOMP · State Street SPDR S&P Kensho New Economies Composite ETF 3.5%
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- XLK vs ARKK · ARK Innovation ETF 9.1%
- XLK vs ARKF · ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation ETF 8.6%
- XLK vs BOTZ · Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF 8.3%
- XLK vs GRID · First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund 8.2%
- XLK vs KOMP · State Street SPDR S&P Kensho New Economies Composite ETF 7.4%
- XLK vs FDN · First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund 7.1%
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.