ETF comparison
IXC vs XLE
Both Energy.
iShares Global Energy ETF · State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
21 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXC and XLE would leave roughly 59.6% 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
XLE is 29 bps cheaper than IXC. On a $100,000 position that's about $290/yr more in fees for IXC.
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 IXC vs XLE.
Top shared holdings
21 shared in total| # | Holding | In IXC | In XLE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION | 17.58% | 22.67% | 17.58% |
| 2 | CHEVRON CORPORATION | 9.63% | 16.09% | 9.63% |
| 3 | CONOCOPHILLIPS | 3.93% | 6.57% | 3.93% |
| 4 | THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. | 2.82% | 5.03% | 2.82% |
| 5 | VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION | 2.40% | 4.64% | 2.40% |
| 6 | MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION | 2.32% | 4.48% | 2.32% |
| 7 | SLB N.V. | 2.16% | 4.09% | 2.16% |
| 8 | EOG RESOURCES, INC. | 2.14% | 4.15% | 2.14% |
| 9 | PHILLIPS 66 | 2.10% | 4.07% | 2.10% |
| 10 | KINDER MORGAN, INC. | 1.94% | 3.76% | 1.94% |
| 11 | TARGA RESOURCES CORP. | 1.79% | 3.45% | 1.79% |
| 12 | BAKER HUGHES COMPANY | 1.71% | 3.30% | 1.71% |
Only in IXC
29 total- SHELL PLC 6.75%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 5.03%
- Enbridge Inc. 3.67%
- BP P.L.C. 3.00%
- CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED 2.56%
- TC Energy Corporation 2.14%
- Suncor Energy Inc. 1.97%
- ENI S.P.A. 1.45%
- CAMECO CORPORATION 1.38%
- WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD 1.14%
Only in XLE
0 totalEvery XLE position is also held by IXC.
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- IXC vs MLPX · Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF 14.9%
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- XLE vs MLPX · Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF 15.5%
- XLE vs OIH · VanEck Oil Services ETF 9.1%
- XLE vs VGT · Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
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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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