ETF comparison
PICK vs VAW
Both Materials.
iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF · Vanguard Materials Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
24 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PICK and VAW would leave roughly 14.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VAW is 30 bps cheaper than PICK. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for PICK.
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 PICK vs VAW.
Top shared holdings
24 shared in total| # | Holding | In PICK | In VAW | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. | 5.76% | 5.96% | 5.76% |
| 2 | NUCOR CORPORATION | 2.39% | 2.48% | 2.39% |
| 3 | STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. | 1.59% | 1.65% | 1.59% |
| 4 | RELIANCE, INC. | 0.98% | 1.01% | 0.98% |
| 5 | ALCOA CORPORATION | 0.95% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 6 | MP MATERIALS CORP | 0.49% | 0.51% | 0.49% |
| 7 | COMMERCIAL METALS COMPANY | 0.48% | 0.50% | 0.48% |
| 8 | CLEVELAND-CLIFFS INC. | 0.36% | 0.37% | 0.36% |
| 9 | WARRIOR MET COAL, INC. | 0.26% | 0.27% | 0.26% |
| 10 | MATERION CORPORATION | 0.20% | 0.21% | 0.20% |
| 11 | CONSTELLIUM SE | 0.18% | 0.19% | 0.18% |
| 12 | CENTURY ALUMINUM COMPANY | 0.17% | 0.18% | 0.17% |
Only in PICK
211 total- BHP GROUP LIMITED 12.15%
- RIO TINTO PLC 6.59%
- GLENCORE PLC 4.28%
- VALE S.A. 3.69%
- ANGLO AMERICAN PLC 3.29%
- RIO TINTO LIMITED 2.60%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 2.33%
- VALTERRA PLATINUM LIMITED 1.84%
- ArcelorMittal SA 1.81%
- Teck Resources Limited 1.58%
Only in VAW
88 total- Linde PLC 14.53%
- Newmont Corp 8.71%
- Sherwin-Williams Co/The 5.24%
- CRH PLC 4.92%
- Ecolab Inc 4.80%
- Air Products and Chemicals Inc 3.58%
- Corteva Inc 3.32%
- Vulcan Materials Co 2.50%
- Martin Marietta Materials Inc 2.49%
- Amrize Ltd 1.97%
Open PICK or VAW 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/.
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