ETF comparison
IBB vs IXJ
Both Healthcare.
Holdings overlap
9 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IBB and IXJ would leave roughly 8.3% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IXJ is 6 bps cheaper than IBB. On a $100,000 position that's about $60/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 IXJ.
Top shared holdings
9 shared in total| # | Holding | In IBB | In IXJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amgen, Inc. | 7.83% | 2.54% | 2.54% |
| 2 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 6.84% | 2.04% | 2.04% |
| 3 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 8.08% | 1.64% | 1.64% |
| 4 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 4.91% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 5 | Biogen, Inc. | 2.47% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 6 | Moderna, Inc. | 1.98% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 7 | Incyte Corp. | 1.75% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 8 | Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | 0.84% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 9 | Bio-Techne Corp. | 0.86% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Only in IBB
239 total- Argenx SE 3.76%
- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 3.12%
- Natera, Inc. 2.89%
- Revolution Medicines, Inc. 2.78%
- Illumina, Inc. 2.07%
- Insmed, Inc. 1.78%
- BeOne Medicines Ltd. 1.77%
- United Therapeutics Corp. 1.73%
- Roivant Sciences Ltd. 1.43%
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. 1.30%
Only in IXJ
101 total- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 10.93%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 7.04%
- ABBVIE INC. 5.12%
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 4.40%
- MERCK & CO., INC. 4.12%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 3.76%
- Roche Holding AG 3.75%
- Novartis AG 3.71%
- THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCORPORATED 2.42%
- ABBOTT LABORATORIES 2.05%
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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/.
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