ETF comparison
RWRvsXLRE
Both Real Estate.
State Street SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF · State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
24 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of RWR and XLRE would leave roughly68.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLRE is 17 bps cheaper than RWR. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/yr more in fees for RWR.
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 RWR vs XLRE.
Top shared holdings
24 shared in total| # | Holding | In RWR | In XLRE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welltower Inc | 10.57% | 11.01% | 10.57% |
| 2 | Prologis Inc | 9.15% | 8.68% | 8.68% |
| 3 | Simon Property Group Inc | 4.66% | 4.98% | 4.66% |
| 4 | Equinix Inc | 4.45% | 7.06% | 4.45% |
| 5 | Realty Income Corp | 4.42% | 4.55% | 4.42% |
| 6 | Digital Realty Trust Inc | 4.40% | 4.53% | 4.40% |
| 7 | Public Storage | 4.36% | 4.48% | 4.36% |
| 8 | Ventas Inc | 4.06% | 4.47% | 4.06% |
| 9 | Extra Space Storage Inc | 2.88% | 3.18% | 2.88% |
| 10 | AvalonBay Communities Inc | 2.46% | 2.71% | 2.46% |
| 11 | Equity Residential | 2.18% | 2.40% | 2.18% |
| 12 | Essex Property Trust Inc | 1.76% | 1.94% | 1.76% |
Only in RWR
76 total- WP Carey Inc1.50%
- Omega Healthcare Investors Inc1.33%
- Sun Communities Inc1.31%
- Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc1.17%
- EastGroup Properties Inc1.02%
- American Homes 4 Rent1.00%
- American Healthcare REIT Inc0.94%
- Brixmor Property Group Inc0.91%
- CareTrust REIT Inc0.90%
- Agree Realty Corp0.85%
Only in XLRE
8 total- American Tower Corp5.23%
- CBRE Group Inc4.08%
- Iron Mountain Inc3.89%
- Crown Castle Inc3.42%
- VICI Properties Inc3.01%
- SBA Communications Corp1.94%
- Weyerhaeuser Co1.79%
- CoStar Group Inc1.20%
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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.