ETF comparison
KBE vs KBWB
Both Financials.
Holdings overlap
19 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of KBE and KBWB would leave roughly 19.2% 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
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.35% vs 0.35%).
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 KBE vs KBWB.
Top shared holdings
19 shared in total| # | Holding | In KBE | In KBWB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zions Bancorp NA | 1.04% | 1.15% | 1.04% |
| 2 | Citigroup Inc | 1.03% | 4.08% | 1.03% |
| 3 | Wells Fargo & Co | 1.03% | 7.28% | 1.03% |
| 4 | Fifth Third Bancorp | 1.02% | 5.97% | 1.02% |
| 5 | Citizens Financial Group Inc | 1.02% | 3.52% | 1.02% |
| 6 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1.02% | 7.36% | 1.02% |
| 7 | KeyCorp | 1.01% | 3.08% | 1.01% |
| 8 | Western Alliance Bancorp | 1.01% | 1.20% | 1.01% |
| 9 | M&T Bank Corp | 1.01% | 4.38% | 1.01% |
| 10 | Bank of New York Mellon Corp/The | 1.01% | 4.08% | 1.01% |
| 11 | PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The | 1.01% | 4.27% | 1.01% |
| 12 | East West Bancorp Inc | 1.00% | 2.05% | 1.00% |
Only in KBE
83 total- Flagstar Bank NA 1.06%
- First BanCorp/Puerto Rico 1.05%
- United Bankshares Inc/WV 1.04%
- Apollo Global Management Inc 1.04%
- Beacon Financial Corp 1.04%
- Banc of California Inc 1.04%
- WSFS Financial Corp 1.04%
- Triumph Financial Inc 1.04%
- Cathay General Bancorp 1.04%
- Bank OZK 1.04%
Only in KBWB
5 total- Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 7.98%
- Morgan Stanley 7.53%
- State Street Corp. 4.15%
- Capital One Financial Corp. 3.43%
- Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 0.13%
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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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