ETF comparison
KBE vs KRE
Both Financials.
State Street SPDR S&P Bank ETF · State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF
Holdings overlap
79 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of KBE and KRE would leave roughly 65.4% 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 KRE.
Top shared holdings
79 shared in total| # | Holding | In KBE | In KRE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flagstar Bank NA | 1.06% | 1.55% | 1.06% |
| 2 | United Bankshares Inc/WV | 1.04% | 1.18% | 1.04% |
| 3 | Zions Bancorp NA | 1.04% | 1.53% | 1.04% |
| 4 | Banc of California Inc | 1.04% | 1.42% | 1.04% |
| 5 | Bank OZK | 1.04% | 1.52% | 1.04% |
| 6 | Texas Capital Bancshares Inc | 1.04% | 1.52% | 1.04% |
| 7 | Associated Banc-Corp | 1.04% | 1.52% | 1.04% |
| 8 | Popular Inc | 1.03% | 1.52% | 1.03% |
| 9 | Ameris Bancorp | 1.02% | 1.36% | 1.02% |
| 10 | Wintrust Financial Corp | 1.02% | 1.50% | 1.02% |
| 11 | Eastern Bankshares Inc | 1.02% | 1.41% | 1.02% |
| 12 | FNB Corp/PA | 1.02% | 1.50% | 1.02% |
Only in KBE
23 total- Apollo Global Management Inc 1.04%
- Citigroup Inc 1.03%
- Wells Fargo & Co 1.03%
- Fifth Third Bancorp 1.02%
- Voya Financial Inc 1.02%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.02%
- KeyCorp 1.01%
- Corebridge Financial Inc 1.01%
- Essent Group Ltd 1.01%
- MGIC Investment Corp 1.01%
Only in KRE
72 total- National Bank Holdings Corp 0.58%
- Coastal Financial Corp/WA 0.51%
- Towne Bank/Portsmouth VA 0.49%
- First Commonwealth Financial Corp 0.44%
- Northeast Bank 0.43%
- Live Oak Bancshares Inc 0.43%
- Northwest Bancshares Inc 0.41%
- Hope Bancorp Inc 0.41%
- OceanFirst Financial Corp 0.40%
- City Holding Co 0.40%
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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.