ETF comparison
REZ vs VNQ
Both Real Estate.
iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF · Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
34 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of REZ and VNQ would leave roughly 28.6% 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
VNQ is 35 bps cheaper than REZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $350/yr more in fees for REZ.
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 REZ vs VNQ.
Top shared holdings
34 shared in total| # | Holding | In REZ | In VNQ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WELLTOWER INC | 23.52% | 8.51% | 8.51% |
| 2 | PUBLIC STORAGE | 9.05% | 2.83% | 2.83% |
| 3 | VENTAS INC | 7.74% | 2.31% | 2.31% |
| 4 | EXTRA SPACE STORAGE INC | 5.48% | 1.63% | 1.63% |
| 5 | AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES INC | 4.26% | 1.34% | 1.34% |
| 6 | EQUITY RESIDENTIAL | 4.27% | 1.17% | 1.17% |
| 7 | ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST INC | 3.83% | 0.95% | 0.95% |
| 8 | INVITATION HOMES INC | 3.67% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 9 | MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC | 3.30% | 0.80% | 0.80% |
| 10 | SUN COMMUNITIES INC | 3.00% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 11 | HEALTHPEAK PROPERTIES INC | 3.04% | 0.79% | 0.79% |
| 12 | OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS INC | 2.91% | 0.78% | 0.78% |
Only in REZ
5 total- NATIONAL STORAGE AFFILIATES TRUST 0.65%
- SILA REALTY TRUST INC 0.34%
- JANUS LIVING INC 0.27%
- NATIONAL HEALTHCARE PROPERTIES INC 0.13%
- BRT APARTMENT CORP 0.03%
Only in VNQ
107 total- Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund 14.50%
- Prologis Inc 7.01%
- Equinix Inc 5.23%
- American Tower Corp 4.20%
- Simon Property Group Inc 3.88%
- Digital Realty Trust Inc 3.37%
- Realty Income Corp 3.08%
- CBRE Group Inc 2.25%
- Iron Mountain Inc 1.89%
- Crown Castle Inc 1.73%
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- REZ vs XLRE · State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF 38.4%
- REZ vs IYR · iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF 36.2%
- REZ vs SCHH · Schwab U.S. REIT ETF 36.0%
- REZ vs FREL · Fidelity MSCI Real Estate Index ETF 33.8%
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- VNQ vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 2.2%
- VNQ vs VOO · Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 1.8%
- VNQ vs VNQI · Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VNQ vs FREL · Fidelity MSCI Real Estate Index ETF 84.6%
- VNQ vs SCHH · Schwab U.S. REIT ETF 79.2%
- VNQ vs IYR · iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF 73.8%
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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