ETF comparison

IHFvsXLV

Both Healthcare.

iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF · State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
15.5%

12 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IHF and XLV would leave roughly15.5%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IHF only 84.4%Shared 15.5%XLV only 84.2%
In IHF only
49 positions
Shared
12 positions
In XLV only
49 positions

Side by side

IHF

iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF

iShares · Healthcare

59composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.37%
Net assets
$1.23B
TTM yield
0.92%
Top-10 conc.
72.1%
XLV

State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF

State Street · Healthcare

82composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$43.91B
TTM yield
1.53%
Top-10 conc.
61.5%

Sub-score comparison

63
Cost
92
84
Tax efficiency
82
60
Liquidity
100
11
Concentration
26
Tracking quality
IHFsub-scoreXLV

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

XLV is 29 bps cheaper than IHF. On a $100,000 position that's about $290/yr more in fees for IHF.

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 IHF vs XLV.

Top shared holdings

12 shared in total
#HoldingIn IHFIn XLVOverlap
1UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED21.91%6.57%6.57%
2CVS HEALTH CORPORATION14.79%2.30%2.30%
3ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC.7.13%1.46%1.46%
4THE CIGNA GROUP4.00%1.27%1.27%
5HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.4.49%1.05%1.05%
6HUMANA INC.4.68%0.83%0.83%
7CENTENE CORPORATION4.22%0.52%0.52%
8VEEVA SYSTEMS INC.3.98%0.46%0.46%
9QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED3.51%0.41%0.41%
10LABCORP HOLDINGS INC.3.43%0.40%0.40%
11UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.1.18%0.14%0.14%
12DAVITA INC.1.07%0.12%0.12%

Only in IHF

49 total
  • GUARDANT HEALTH, INC.2.97%
  • TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION2.41%
  • MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC.1.78%
  • BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC.1.65%
  • ENCOMPASS HEALTH CORPORATION1.50%
  • THE ENSIGN GROUP, INC.1.39%
  • HEALTHEQUITY, INC.1.14%
  • HIMS & HERS HEALTH, INC.1.10%
  • CHEMED CORPORATION0.92%
  • RADNET, INC.0.65%

Only in XLV

49 total
  • Eli Lilly & Co16.51%
  • Johnson & Johnson10.64%
  • AbbVie Inc7.74%
  • Merck & Co Inc5.52%
  • Amgen Inc3.40%
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc3.24%
  • Abbott Laboratories2.75%
  • Gilead Sciences Inc2.73%
  • Intuitive Surgical Inc2.45%
  • Pfizer Inc2.39%

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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.