ETF comparison
IYE vs XLE
Both Energy.
iShares U.S. Energy ETF · State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
20 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IYE and XLE would leave roughly 66.2% 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 IYE. On a $100,000 position that's about $290/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
20 shared in total| # | Holding | In IYE | In XLE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHEVRON CORPORATION | 16.01% | 16.09% | 16.01% |
| 2 | CONOCOPHILLIPS | 6.44% | 6.57% | 6.44% |
| 3 | MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION | 4.08% | 4.48% | 4.08% |
| 4 | VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION | 4.06% | 4.64% | 4.06% |
| 5 | THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. | 3.83% | 5.03% | 3.83% |
| 6 | PHILLIPS 66 | 3.72% | 4.07% | 3.72% |
| 7 | EOG RESOURCES, INC. | 3.49% | 4.15% | 3.49% |
| 8 | SLB N.V. | 3.25% | 4.09% | 3.25% |
| 9 | KINDER MORGAN, INC. | 2.74% | 3.76% | 2.74% |
| 10 | BAKER HUGHES COMPANY | 2.63% | 3.30% | 2.63% |
| 11 | TARGA RESOURCES CORP. | 2.52% | 3.45% | 2.52% |
| 12 | ONEOK, INC. | 2.51% | 3.29% | 2.51% |
Only in IYE
20 total- EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 22.73%
- CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. 2.42%
- TECHNIPFMC PLC 1.24%
- FIRST SOLAR, INC. 0.94%
- OVINTIV INC. 0.77%
- PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION 0.74%
- HF SINCLAIR CORPORATION 0.62%
- DT MIDSTREAM, INC. 0.62%
- NEXTPOWER INC. 0.58%
- ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION 0.47%
Only in XLE
1 total- Exxon Mobil Corp 22.67%
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- IYE vs XOP · State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF 28.8%
- IYE vs MLPX · Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF 14.9%
- IYE vs OIH · VanEck Oil Services ETF 8.9%
- IYE vs VGT · Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares 0.3%
More comparisons with XLE
- XLE vs FENY · Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF 60.0%
- XLE vs IXC · iShares Global Energy ETF 59.6%
- XLE vs IGE · iShares North American Natural Resources ETF 47.9%
- XLE vs XOP · State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF 29.7%
- XLE vs MLPX · Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF 15.5%
- XLE vs OIH · VanEck Oil Services ETF 9.1%
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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