ETF comparison
REET vs VNQ
International Real Estate vs Real Estate.
iShares Global REIT ETF · Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
93 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of REET and VNQ would leave roughly 70.0% 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
VNQ is 1 bps cheaper than REET. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for REET.
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 REET vs VNQ.
Top shared holdings
93 shared in total| # | Holding | In REET | In VNQ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WELLTOWER INC. | 8.85% | 8.51% | 8.51% |
| 2 | PROLOGIS, INC. | 7.20% | 7.01% | 7.01% |
| 3 | EQUINIX, INC. | 5.36% | 5.23% | 5.23% |
| 4 | SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC. | 3.91% | 3.88% | 3.88% |
| 5 | DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. | 3.64% | 3.37% | 3.37% |
| 6 | REALTY INCOME CORPORATION | 3.18% | 3.08% | 3.08% |
| 7 | PUBLIC STORAGE. | 2.91% | 2.83% | 2.83% |
| 8 | VENTAS, INC. | 2.42% | 2.31% | 2.31% |
| 9 | IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED | 1.93% | 1.89% | 1.89% |
| 10 | EXTRA SPACE STORAGE INC. | 1.66% | 1.63% | 1.63% |
| 11 | VICI PROPERTIES INC. | 1.53% | 1.37% | 1.37% |
| 12 | AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC. | 1.38% | 1.34% | 1.34% |
Only in REET
231 total- GOODMAN GROUP 2.22%
- SEGRO PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.94%
- UNIBAIL-RODAMCO-WESTFIELD SE 0.79%
- SCENTRE GROUP 0.76%
- Link Real Estate Investment Trust 0.69%
- CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust 0.66%
- KLEPIERRE SA 0.54%
- CapitaLand Ascendas REIT 0.44%
- CHARTER HALL GROUP 0.41%
- MERLIN Properties SOCIMI, S.A. 0.40%
Only in VNQ
48 total- Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund 14.50%
- American Tower Corp 4.20%
- CBRE Group Inc 2.25%
- Crown Castle Inc 1.73%
- SBA Communications Corp 1.00%
- Weyerhaeuser Co 0.94%
- Jones Lang LaSalle Inc 0.87%
- Lamar Advertising Co 0.72%
- CoStar Group Inc 0.63%
- Compass Inc 0.40%
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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/.
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