ETF comparison
IYK vs XLP
Both Consumer Staples.
iShares US Consumer Staples ETF · State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
29 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IYK and XLP would leave roughly 58.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLP is 30 bps cheaper than IYK. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for IYK.
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 IYK vs XLP.
Top shared holdings
29 shared in total| # | Holding | In IYK | In XLP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY | 13.58% | 7.31% | 7.31% |
| 2 | THE COCA-COLA COMPANY | 12.12% | 6.41% | 6.41% |
| 3 | Philip Morris International Inc. | 10.25% | 5.60% | 5.60% |
| 4 | Pepsico, Inc. | 8.73% | 4.62% | 4.62% |
| 5 | Altria Group, Inc. | 4.84% | 4.59% | 4.59% |
| 6 | Mondelez International, Inc. | 3.54% | 4.80% | 3.54% |
| 7 | COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY | 3.05% | 4.38% | 3.05% |
| 8 | MONSTER BEVERAGE CORPORATION | 2.60% | 3.49% | 2.60% |
| 9 | THE KROGER CO. | 1.91% | 2.85% | 1.91% |
| 10 | KEURIG DR PEPPER INC. | 1.84% | 2.42% | 1.84% |
| 11 | SYSCO CORPORATION | 1.73% | 2.31% | 1.73% |
| 12 | ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY. | 1.72% | 2.36% | 1.72% |
Only in IYK
25 total- CVS HEALTH CORPORATION 4.29%
- MCKESSON CORPORATION 3.95%
- CORTEVA, INC. 2.65%
- CENCORA, INC. 2.60%
- CASEY'S GENERAL STORES, INC. 1.47%
- US FOODS HOLDING CORP. 1.01%
- PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP COMPANY 0.67%
- COCA-COLA CONSOLIDATED, INC. 0.56%
- DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. 0.49%
- SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET, INC. 0.39%
Only in XLP
7 total- Walmart Inc 11.86%
- Costco Wholesale Corp 9.63%
- Target Corp 3.71%
- Dollar General Corp 1.77%
- Dollar Tree Inc 1.37%
- Estee Lauder Cos Inc/The 1.20%
- State Street Global Advisors 0.05%
Open IYK or XLP at a brokerage
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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.