ETF comparison
PICKvsXLB
Both Materials.
iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF · State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PICK and XLB would leave roughly10.7%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLB is 31 bps cheaper than PICK. On a $100,000 position that's about $310/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with PICK vs XLB.
Top shared holdings
3 shared in total| # | Holding | In PICK | In XLB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. | 5.44% | 5.30% | 5.30% |
| 2 | NUCOR CORPORATION | 3.30% | 3.88% | 3.30% |
| 3 | STEEL DYNAMICS, INC. | 2.08% | 3.73% | 2.08% |
Only in PICK
246 total- BHP GROUP LIMITED13.03%
- RIO TINTO PLC6.91%
- GLENCORE PLC4.37%
- ANGLO AMERICAN PLC3.45%
- VALE S.A.3.43%
- RIO TINTO LIMITED2.86%
- Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V.2.23%
- Teck Resources Limited1.75%
- ArcelorMittal SA1.69%
- FORTESCUE LTD1.57%
Only in XLB
24 total- Linde PLC14.06%
- Newmont Corp5.84%
- Corteva Inc4.96%
- Sherwin-Williams Co/The4.94%
- Ecolab Inc4.73%
- Vulcan Materials Co4.72%
- CRH PLC4.67%
- Air Products and Chemicals Inc4.62%
- Martin Marietta Materials Inc4.55%
- PPG Industries Inc3.62%
Open PICK or XLB 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/.
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.