ETF comparison
IHI vs IXJ
Both Healthcare.
iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF · iShares Global Healthcare ETF
Holdings overlap
16 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IHI and IXJ would leave roughly 12.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IHI is 2 bps cheaper than IXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for IXJ.
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 IHI vs IXJ.
Top shared holdings
16 shared in total| # | Holding | In IHI | In IXJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES | 16.98% | 2.37% | 2.37% |
| 2 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | 15.57% | 2.17% | 2.17% |
| 3 | STRYKER CORPORATION | 10.76% | 1.50% | 1.50% |
| 4 | MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 4.62% | 1.47% | 1.47% |
| 5 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION | 4.28% | 1.23% | 1.23% |
| 6 | EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION | 4.47% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 7 | IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC. | 4.44% | 0.60% | 0.60% |
| 8 | BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY | 4.57% | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 9 | RESMED INC. | 4.43% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 10 | GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 4.40% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 11 | DEXCOM, INC. | 3.28% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 12 | STERIS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 2.94% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
Only in IHI
31 total- PENUMBRA, INC. 1.75%
- GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC. 1.30%
- MASIMO CORPORATION 1.10%
- GLAUKOS CORPORATION 0.84%
- TELEFLEX INCORPORATED 0.72%
- ENVISTA HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.56%
- IRHYTHM HOLDINGS, INC. 0.52%
- LIVANOVA PLC 0.47%
- TRANSMEDICS GROUP, INC. 0.46%
- INTEGER HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.42%
Only in IXJ
97 total- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 9.44%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 7.63%
- ABBVIE INC. 4.98%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 4.02%
- MERCK & CO., INC. 3.96%
- Novartis AG 3.87%
- Roche Holding AG 3.72%
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 3.25%
- AMGEN INC. 2.51%
- THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCORPORATED 2.45%
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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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