ETF comparison
IDU vs VPU
Both Utilities.
iShares U.S. Utilities ETF · Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
40 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IDU and VPU would leave roughly 90.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VPU is 29 bps cheaper than IDU. On a $100,000 position that's about $290/yr more in fees for IDU.
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 IDU vs VPU.
Top shared holdings
40 shared in total| # | Holding | In IDU | In VPU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. | 12.22% | 11.92% | 11.92% |
| 2 | THE SOUTHERN COMPANY | 6.38% | 6.36% | 6.36% |
| 3 | DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION | 6.03% | 6.28% | 6.03% |
| 4 | CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION. | 5.84% | 6.36% | 5.84% |
| 5 | AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. | 4.39% | 4.42% | 4.39% |
| 6 | SEMPRA | 3.71% | 3.88% | 3.71% |
| 7 | Dominion Energy, Inc. | 3.29% | 3.32% | 3.29% |
| 8 | VISTRA CORP. | 3.20% | 3.64% | 3.20% |
| 9 | ENTERGY CORPORATION | 3.15% | 2.95% | 2.95% |
| 10 | Xcel Energy Inc. | 2.94% | 3.04% | 2.94% |
| 11 | EXELON CORPORATION | 2.78% | 2.81% | 2.78% |
| 12 | PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED | 2.44% | 2.65% | 2.44% |
Only in IDU
4 total- WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. 5.15%
- REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. 2.54%
- CLEAN HARBORS, INC. 0.95%
- BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE CORPORATION 0.29%
Only in VPU
27 total- Oklo Inc 0.43%
- Ormat Technologies Inc 0.37%
- Portland General Electric Co 0.36%
- TXNM Energy Inc 0.35%
- New Jersey Resources Corp 0.34%
- Spire Inc 0.33%
- Southwest Gas Holdings Inc 0.33%
- Black Hills Corp 0.33%
- ONE Gas Inc 0.32%
- Northwestern Energy Group Inc 0.27%
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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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