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 11.0% 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.
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.
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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 CORPORATION 1.27%
- TELEFLEX INCORPORATED 0.87%
- LIVANOVA PLC 0.70%
- ENVISTA HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.66%
- IRHYTHM HOLDINGS, INC. 0.61%
- INTEGER HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.49%
- AxoGen, Inc. 0.38%
- TRANSMEDICS GROUP, INC. 0.36%
Only in IXJ
94 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%
- AMGEN INC. 2.54%
- THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCORPORATED 2.42%
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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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