ETF comparison
IYE vs XLE
Both Energy.
iShares U.S. Energy ETF · State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
22 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IYE and XLE would leave roughly 88.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLE is 30 bps cheaper than IYE. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for IYE.
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 IYE vs XLE.
Top shared holdings
22 shared in total| # | Holding | In IYE | In XLE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION | 21.72% | 23.77% | 21.72% |
| 2 | CHEVRON CORPORATION | 15.40% | 17.32% | 15.40% |
| 3 | CONOCOPHILLIPS | 6.51% | 7.22% | 6.51% |
| 4 | THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. | 4.38% | 4.06% | 4.06% |
| 5 | SLB N.V. | 3.94% | 4.07% | 3.94% |
| 6 | EOG RESOURCES, INC. | 3.55% | 4.15% | 3.55% |
| 7 | VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION | 3.54% | 3.99% | 3.54% |
| 8 | MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION | 3.43% | 3.81% | 3.43% |
| 9 | PHILLIPS 66 | 3.32% | 3.89% | 3.32% |
| 10 | BAKER HUGHES COMPANY | 3.12% | 3.19% | 3.12% |
| 11 | KINDER MORGAN, INC. | 2.92% | 3.48% | 2.92% |
| 12 | ONEOK, INC. | 2.59% | 3.01% | 2.59% |
Only in IYE
16 total- CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. 2.62%
- TECHNIPFMC PLC 1.35%
- FIRST SOLAR, INC. 0.91%
- OVINTIV INC. 0.79%
- DT MIDSTREAM, INC. 0.67%
- PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION 0.66%
- ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION 0.51%
- HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION 0.47%
- RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION 0.46%
- VIPER ENERGY, INC. 0.41%
Only in XLE
1 total- State Street Global Advisors 0.00%
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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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