ETF comparison
IXJ vs VHT
Both Healthcare.
iShares Global Healthcare ETF · Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
59 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXJ and VHT would leave roughly 69.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VHT is 31 bps cheaper than IXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $310/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 the cost calculator pre-filled with IXJ vs VHT.
Top shared holdings
59 shared in total| # | Holding | In IXJ | In VHT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY | 9.44% | 12.54% | 9.44% |
| 2 | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 7.63% | 8.74% | 7.63% |
| 3 | ABBVIE INC. | 4.98% | 6.08% | 4.98% |
| 4 | MERCK & CO., INC. | 3.96% | 4.58% | 3.96% |
| 5 | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED | 3.25% | 3.94% | 3.25% |
| 6 | AMGEN INC. | 2.51% | 3.10% | 2.51% |
| 7 | THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCORPORATED | 2.45% | 2.92% | 2.45% |
| 8 | ABBOTT LABORATORIES | 2.37% | 3.00% | 2.37% |
| 9 | GILEAD SCIENCES, INC. | 2.29% | 2.74% | 2.29% |
| 10 | INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. | 2.17% | 2.68% | 2.17% |
| 11 | PFIZER INC. | 2.12% | 2.33% | 2.12% |
| 12 | BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY | 1.64% | 1.88% | 1.64% |
Only in IXJ
54 total- ASTRAZENECA PLC 4.02%
- Novartis AG 3.87%
- Roche Holding AG 3.72%
- NOVO NORDISK A/S 1.55%
- GSK PLC 1.49%
- SANOFI SA 1.37%
- ESSILORLUXOTTICA SA 0.90%
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited 0.78%
- HOYA CORPORATION 0.78%
- CSL LIMITED 0.63%
Only in VHT
349 total- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.65%
- Insmed Inc 0.47%
- Veeva Systems Inc 0.42%
- Natera Inc 0.40%
- United Therapeutics Corp 0.32%
- Tenet Healthcare Corp 0.31%
- Illumina Inc 0.31%
- Exact Sciences Corp 0.29%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.21%
- Elanco Animal Health Inc 0.19%
Open IXJ or VHT at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.
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.