ETF comparison

IYWvsXLK

Both Technology.

iShares U.S. Technology ETF · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
72.6%

59 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IYW and XLK would leave roughly72.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IYW only 27.3%Shared 72.6%XLK only 27.3%
In IYW only
80 positions
Shared
59 positions
In XLK only
16 positions

Side by side

IYW

iShares U.S. Technology ETF

iShares · Technology

71composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.37%
Net assets
$25.22B
TTM yield
0.10%
Top-10 conc.
63.6%
XLK

State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

State Street · Technology

82composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$121.44B
TTM yield
0.43%
Top-10 conc.
64.5%

Sub-score comparison

63
Cost
92
85
Tax efficiency
85
100
Liquidity
100
23
Concentration
22
Tracking quality
IYWsub-scoreXLK

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

XLK is 29 bps cheaper than IYW. On a $100,000 position that's about $290/yr more in fees for IYW.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with IYW vs XLK.

Top shared holdings

59 shared in total
#HoldingIn IYWIn XLKOverlap
1NVIDIA CORPORATION16.23%14.65%14.65%
2APPLE INC.13.63%12.85%12.85%
3MICROSOFT CORPORATION3.99%8.38%3.99%
4BROADCOM INC.3.78%5.41%3.78%
5ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.3.50%5.28%3.50%
6MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.2.98%5.42%2.98%
7INTEL CORPORATION2.56%3.68%2.56%
8LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION1.98%3.02%1.98%
9APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.1.92%3.20%1.92%
10TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED1.57%1.51%1.51%
11PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.1.86%1.49%1.49%
12KLA CORPORATION1.41%2.20%1.41%

Only in IYW

80 total
  • ALPHABET INC.7.84%
  • ALPHABET INC.6.33%
  • META PLATFORMS, INC.2.80%
  • VERTIV HOLDINGS CO0.77%
  • CLOUDFLARE, INC.0.39%
  • DOORDASH, INC.0.38%
  • STRATEGY INC0.32%
  • SNOWFLAKE INC.0.28%
  • ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.0.16%
  • Astera Labs, Inc0.15%

Only in XLK

16 total
  • Cisco Systems Inc2.58%
  • Seagate Technology Holdings PLC1.21%
  • Arista Networks Inc0.98%
  • Accenture PLC0.43%
  • NXP Semiconductors NV0.40%
  • Ciena Corp0.39%
  • Motorola Solutions Inc0.38%
  • Lumentum Holdings Inc0.37%
  • Keysight Technologies Inc0.33%
  • TE Connectivity PLC0.33%

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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.