ETF comparison
PAVE vs XAR
Both Industrials.
Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF · State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF
Holdings overlap
4 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PAVE and XAR would leave roughly 6.5% 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
XAR is 12 bps cheaper than PAVE. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for PAVE.
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 PAVE vs XAR.
Top shared holdings
4 shared in total| # | Holding | In PAVE | In XAR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. | 3.27% | 2.77% | 2.77% |
| 2 | ATI INC | 1.29% | 2.77% | 1.29% |
| 3 | CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 1.27% | 3.04% | 1.27% |
| 4 | WOODWARD, INC. | 1.14% | 2.98% | 1.14% |
Only in PAVE
97 total- QUANTA SERVICES, INC. 4.18%
- CSX Corporation 3.48%
- EATON CORPORATION PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 3.30%
- TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC 3.19%
- UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION 3.12%
- NUCOR CORPORATION 3.10%
- ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC. 2.92%
- NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION 2.90%
- UNITED RENTALS, INC. 2.87%
- DEERE & COMPANY 2.86%
Only in XAR
44 total- VSE Corp 3.40%
- Axon Enterprise Inc 3.22%
- StandardAero Inc 3.11%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd 3.08%
- General Electric Co 3.02%
- HEICO Corp 2.86%
- Moog Inc 2.86%
- TransDigm Group Inc 2.83%
- Hexcel Corp 2.81%
- Karman Holdings Inc 2.80%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with PAVE
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- PAVE vs VGT · Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares 0.2%
- PAVE vs XLK · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF 0.1%
- PAVE vs JETS · U.S. Global Jets ETF 0.0%
- PAVE vs SHLD · Global X Defense Tech ETF 0.0%
- PAVE vs IFRA · iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF 38.2%
More comparisons with XAR
- XAR vs JETS · U.S. Global Jets ETF 5.1%
- XAR vs IFRA · iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF 2.0%
- XAR vs IGF · iShares Global Infrastructure ETF 0.0%
- XAR vs VGT · Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- XAR vs XLK · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF 0.0%
- XAR vs ITA · iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF 49.9%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open PAVE or XAR at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
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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.