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 10.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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 | 7.92% | 3.82% | 3.82% |
| 2 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 9.46% | 1.95% | 1.95% |
| 3 | Northrop Grumman Corporation | 4.92% | 1.39% | 1.39% |
| 4 | GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION | 7.15% | 1.15% | 1.15% |
| 5 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 4.91% | 0.96% | 0.96% |
| 6 | LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC. | 3.44% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 7 | BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 2.90% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 8 | HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. | 2.67% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 9 | KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC. | 2.20% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 10 | MOOG INC. | 1.45% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 11 | AEROVIRONMENT, INC. | 1.45% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 12 | MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC. | 0.81% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
Only in SHLD
31 total- Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft 6.78%
- PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 5.60%
- BAE SYSTEMS PLC 4.60%
- HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. 4.24%
- THALES SA 4.17%
- LEONARDO - SOCIETA PER AZIONI 4.15%
- SAAB Aktiebolag 4.06%
- ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD 3.17%
- KOREA AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1.45%
- BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC 1.33%
Only in VIS
368 total- General Electric Co 5.11%
- Caterpillar Inc 4.90%
- GE Vernova Inc 3.35%
- Boeing Co/The 2.50%
- Deere & Co 2.28%
- Honeywell International Inc 2.18%
- Uber Technologies Inc 2.10%
- Eaton Corp PLC 2.06%
- Union Pacific Corp 1.89%
- Parker-Hannifin Corp 1.80%
Open SHLD or VIS 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/.
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