ETF comparison
IXG vs XLF
Both Financials.
iShares Global Financials ETF · State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
76 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXG and XLF would leave roughly 51.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLF is 33 bps cheaper than IXG. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/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 XLF.
Top shared holdings
76 shared in total| # | Holding | In IXG | In XLF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. | 6.40% | 12.46% | 6.40% |
| 2 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 5.78% | 11.24% | 5.78% |
| 3 | VISA INC. | 3.70% | 7.20% | 3.70% |
| 4 | MASTERCARD INCORPORATED | 2.97% | 5.77% | 2.97% |
| 5 | BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | 2.36% | 4.59% | 2.36% |
| 6 | THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. | 1.85% | 3.60% | 1.85% |
| 7 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 1.79% | 3.49% | 1.79% |
| 8 | CITIGROUP INC. | 1.44% | 2.81% | 1.44% |
| 9 | MORGAN STANLEY | 1.44% | 2.81% | 1.44% |
| 10 | AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY | 1.18% | 2.30% | 1.18% |
| 11 | THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION | 1.14% | 2.23% | 1.14% |
| 12 | BLACKROCK, INC. | 1.01% | 1.97% | 1.01% |
Only in IXG
143 total- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 2.05%
- BANQUE ROYALE DU CANADA 1.65%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 1.48%
- COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA 1.43%
- Banco Santander, S.A. 1.20%
- Allianz SE 1.17%
- THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK 1.14%
- Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. 0.92%
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. 0.90%
- UBS Group AG 0.86%
Only in XLF
1 total- State Street Global Advisors 0.02%
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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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