ETF comparison
PICK vs VGT
Materials vs Technology.
iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF · Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PICK and VGT would leave roughly 0.0% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VGT 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 VGT.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in PICK
249 total- BHP GROUP LIMITED 13.03%
- RIO TINTO PLC 6.91%
- FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. 5.44%
- GLENCORE PLC 4.37%
- ANGLO AMERICAN PLC 3.45%
- VALE S.A. 3.43%
- NUCOR CORPORATION 3.30%
- RIO TINTO LIMITED 2.86%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 2.23%
- STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. 2.08%
Only in VGT
317 total- NVIDIA Corp 16.82%
- Apple Inc 14.57%
- Microsoft Corp 9.46%
- Broadcom Inc 4.21%
- Micron Technology Inc 4.20%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.21%
- Intel Corp 2.03%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.85%
- Lam Research Corp 1.56%
- Oracle Corp 1.45%
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More comparisons with PICK
- PICK vs XLK · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF 0.0%
- PICK vs COPX · Global X Copper Miners ETF 27.8%
- PICK vs GUNR · Northern Trust Morningstar Global Upstream Natural Resources ETF 16.6%
- PICK vs VAW · Vanguard Materials Index Fund ETF Shares 16.6%
- PICK vs FMAT · Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF 16.0%
- PICK vs XME · State Street SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF 15.1%
More comparisons with VGT
- VGT vs URA · Global X Uranium ETF 0.0%
- VGT vs URNM · Sprott Uranium Miners ETF 0.0%
- VGT vs VAW · Vanguard Materials Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VGT vs VCR · Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VGT vs VDC · Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VGT vs VDE · Vanguard Energy Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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.