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IXG vs VGT

Financials vs Technology.

iShares Global Financials ETF · Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXG and VGT would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IXG unmatched 99.4% Shared 0.0% VGT unmatched 99.8%

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.

In IXG only
221 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VGT only
317 positions

Side by side

IXG

iShares Global Financials ETF

iShares · Financials

64 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.38%
Net assets
$692.8M
TTM yield
2.20%
Top-10 conc.
30.5%
VGT

Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Technology

83 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$177.93B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
0.40%
Top-10 conc.
59.4%

Sub-score comparison

62
Cost
91
81
Tax efficiency
85
50
Liquidity
100
71
Concentration
29
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Tracking quality
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IXG sub-score VGT

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

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

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 IXG vs VGT.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in IXG

221 total
  • BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 6.12%
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 5.85%
  • VISA INC. 3.80%
  • MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 2.76%
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 2.48%
  • HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 2.17%
  • THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. 1.99%
  • ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.93%
  • WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 1.69%
  • MORGAN STANLEY 1.67%

Only in VGT

317 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 16.82%
  • Apple Inc 14.57%
  • Microsoft Corp 9.46%
  • Broadcom Inc 4.21%
  • Micron Technology Inc 4.20%
  • Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.21%
  • Intel Corp 2.03%
  • Cisco Systems Inc 1.85%
  • Lam Research Corp 1.56%
  • Oracle Corp 1.45%

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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/.

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.