ETF comparison
IBB vs IHF
Both Healthcare.
iShares Biotechnology ETF · iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF
Holdings overlap
3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IBB and IHF would leave roughly 0.1% 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
IHF is 7 bps cheaper than IBB. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for IBB.
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 IBB vs IHF.
Top shared holdings
3 shared in total| # | Holding | In IBB | In IHF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Castle Biosciences, Inc. | 0.05% | 0.11% | 0.05% |
| 2 | OPKO Health, Inc. | 0.04% | 0.10% | 0.04% |
| 3 | Fulgent Genetics, Inc. | 0.03% | 0.06% | 0.03% |
Only in IBB
245 total- Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 8.08%
- Amgen, Inc. 7.83%
- Gilead Sciences, Inc. 6.84%
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 4.91%
- Argenx SE 3.76%
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 3.12%
- Natera, Inc. 2.89%
- Revolution Medicines, Inc. 2.78%
- Biogen, Inc. 2.47%
- Illumina, Inc. 2.07%
Only in IHF
58 total- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 21.91%
- CVS HEALTH CORPORATION 14.79%
- ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. 7.13%
- HUMANA INC. 4.68%
- HCA HEALTHCARE, INC. 4.49%
- CENTENE CORPORATION 4.22%
- THE CIGNA GROUP 4.00%
- VEEVA SYSTEMS INC. 3.98%
- QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED 3.51%
- LABCORP HOLDINGS INC. 3.43%
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- IHF vs XBI · State Street SPDR S&P Biotech ETF 0.0%
- IHF vs XLK · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF 0.0%
- IHF vs XLV · State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF 15.5%
- IHF vs VHT · Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares 15.5%
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.