ETF comparison
SHLD vs XAR
Both Industrials.
Global X Defense Tech ETF · State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF
Holdings overlap
15 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SHLD and XAR would leave roughly 25.1% 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
XAR is 15 bps cheaper than SHLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/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 XAR.
Top shared holdings
15 shared in total| # | Holding | In SHLD | In XAR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RTX CORPORATION | 7.76% | 2.75% | 2.75% |
| 2 | BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 3.05% | 2.74% | 2.74% |
| 3 | GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION | 7.67% | 2.67% | 2.67% |
| 4 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 8.42% | 2.50% | 2.50% |
| 5 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 4.69% | 2.47% | 2.47% |
| 6 | Northrop Grumman Corporation | 4.23% | 2.42% | 2.42% |
| 7 | HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. | 2.04% | 2.49% | 2.04% |
| 8 | KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC. | 1.81% | 2.34% | 1.81% |
| 9 | MOOG INC. | 1.70% | 2.86% | 1.70% |
| 10 | AEROVIRONMENT, INC. | 1.32% | 2.46% | 1.32% |
| 11 | MERCURY SYSTEMS, INC. | 1.13% | 2.25% | 1.13% |
| 12 | KARMAN HOLDINGS INC. | 0.83% | 2.80% | 0.83% |
Only in SHLD
33 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%
- LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC. 2.77%
- KOREA AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES, LTD. 1.34%
Only in XAR
33 total- VSE Corp 3.40%
- Axon Enterprise Inc 3.22%
- StandardAero Inc 3.11%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd 3.08%
- Carpenter Technology Corp 3.04%
- General Electric Co 3.02%
- Woodward Inc 2.98%
- HEICO Corp 2.86%
- TransDigm Group Inc 2.83%
- Hexcel Corp 2.81%
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- SHLD vs AIRR · First Trust RBA American Industrial RenaissanceTM ETF 8.8%
- SHLD vs IYJ · iShares U.S. Industrials ETF 8.1%
- SHLD vs JETS · U.S. Global Jets ETF 1.7%
More comparisons with XAR
- XAR vs VIS · Vanguard Industrials Index Fund ETF Shares 20.3%
- XAR vs FIDU · Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF 20.2%
- XAR vs XLI · State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF 18.3%
- XAR vs IYJ · iShares U.S. Industrials ETF 17.1%
- XAR vs AIRR · First Trust RBA American Industrial RenaissanceTM ETF 11.4%
- XAR vs PAVE · Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF 6.5%
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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