ETF comparison
IHIvsIXJ
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 roughly11.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IHI is 1 bps cheaper than IXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with IHI vs IXJ.
Top shared holdings
16 shared in total| # | Holding | In IHI | In IXJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES | 16.93% | 2.05% | 2.05% |
| 2 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | 15.09% | 1.83% | 1.83% |
| 3 | STRYKER CORPORATION | 11.64% | 1.41% | 1.41% |
| 4 | MEDTRONIC PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 4.40% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
| 5 | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION | 3.99% | 0.82% | 0.82% |
| 6 | EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION | 4.75% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 7 | IDEXX LABORATORIES, INC. | 4.27% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 8 | BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY | 4.63% | 0.54% | 0.54% |
| 9 | GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 4.51% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 10 | RESMED INC. | 4.38% | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| 11 | DEXCOM, INC. | 4.02% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 12 | STERIS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 3.20% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
Only in IHI
30 total- PENUMBRA, INC.1.92%
- GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.1.39%
- GLAUKOS CORPORATION1.27%
- TELEFLEX INCORPORATED0.87%
- LIVANOVA PLC0.70%
- ENVISTA HOLDINGS CORPORATION0.66%
- IRHYTHM HOLDINGS, INC.0.61%
- INTEGER HOLDINGS CORPORATION0.49%
- AxoGen, Inc.0.38%
- TRANSMEDICS GROUP, INC.0.36%
Only in IXJ
94 total- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY10.93%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON7.04%
- ABBVIE INC.5.12%
- UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED4.40%
- MERCK & CO., INC.4.12%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC3.76%
- Roche Holding AG3.75%
- Novartis AG3.71%
- AMGEN INC.2.54%
- THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCORPORATED2.42%
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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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