ETF comparison
IBBvsIHI
Both Healthcare.
iShares Biotechnology ETF · iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF
Holdings overlap
1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IBB and IHI would leave roughly0.1%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IHI 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 thecost calculator pre-filled with IBB vs IHI.
Top shared holdings
1 shared in total| # | Holding | In IBB | In IHI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Novocure Ltd. | 0.12% | 0.25% | 0.12% |
Only in IBB
249 total- BlackRock Funds III11.66%
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.8.08%
- Amgen, Inc.7.83%
- Gilead Sciences, Inc.6.84%
- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.4.91%
- Argenx SE3.76%
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3.12%
- Natera, Inc.2.89%
- Revolution Medicines, Inc.2.78%
- Biogen, Inc.2.47%
Only in IHI
45 total- ABBOTT LABORATORIES16.93%
- INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC.15.09%
- STRYKER CORPORATION11.64%
- EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION4.75%
- BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY4.63%
- GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC.4.51%
- MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY4.40%
- RESMED INC.4.38%
- IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC.4.27%
- DEXCOM, INC.4.02%
Open IBB or IHI 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.