ETF comparison
SHLD vs VIS
Both Industrials.
Global X Defense Tech ETF · Vanguard Industrials Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
18 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SHLD and VIS would leave roughly 9.3% 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
VIS is 41 bps cheaper than SHLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $410/yr more in fees for SHLD.
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 SHLD vs VIS.
Top shared holdings
18 shared in total| # | Holding | In SHLD | In VIS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RTX CORPORATION | 7.76% | 3.41% | 3.41% |
| 2 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 8.42% | 1.57% | 1.57% |
| 3 | GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION | 7.67% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 4 | Northrop Grumman Corporation | 4.23% | 1.08% | 1.08% |
| 5 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 4.69% | 0.84% | 0.84% |
| 6 | BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 3.05% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 7 | LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC. | 2.77% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 8 | HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. | 2.04% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 9 | KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC. | 1.81% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 10 | MOOG INC. | 1.70% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 11 | AEROVIRONMENT, INC. | 1.32% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 12 | MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC. | 1.13% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
Only in SHLD
30 total- PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 7.07%
- Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft 5.76%
- BAE SYSTEMS PLC 4.88%
- HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. 4.40%
- LEONARDO - SOCIETA PER AZIONI 4.35%
- THALES SA 4.27%
- ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD 4.13%
- SAAB Aktiebolag 3.82%
- KOREA AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1.34%
- BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC 1.19%
Only in VIS
363 total- Caterpillar Inc 5.81%
- General Electric Co 4.84%
- GE Vernova Inc 3.72%
- Boeing Co/The 2.57%
- Eaton Corp PLC 2.21%
- Honeywell International Inc 2.14%
- Deere & Co 1.97%
- Uber Technologies Inc 1.97%
- Union Pacific Corp 1.89%
- Vertiv Holdings Co 1.63%
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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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