ETF comparison
SHLDvsXLI
Both Industrials.
Global X Defense Tech ETF · State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
7 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SHLD and XLI would leave roughly10.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLI is 42 bps cheaper than SHLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $420/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with SHLD vs XLI.
Top shared holdings
7 shared in total| # | Holding | In SHLD | In XLI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RTX CORPORATION | 7.76% | 4.43% | 4.43% |
| 2 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 8.42% | 1.79% | 1.79% |
| 3 | GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION | 7.67% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 4 | Northrop Grumman Corporation | 4.23% | 1.18% | 1.18% |
| 5 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 4.69% | 0.94% | 0.94% |
| 6 | LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC. | 2.77% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 7 | HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. | 2.04% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
Only in SHLD
41 total- PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.7.07%
- Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft5.76%
- BAE SYSTEMS PLC4.88%
- HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.4.40%
- LEONARDO - SOCIETA PER AZIONI4.35%
- THALES SA4.27%
- ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD4.13%
- SAAB Aktiebolag3.82%
- BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.3.05%
- KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC.1.81%
Only in XLI
75 total- Caterpillar Inc8.51%
- General Electric Co6.77%
- GE Vernova Inc5.48%
- Boeing Co/The2.96%
- Eaton Corp PLC2.87%
- Union Pacific Corp2.80%
- Deere & Co2.77%
- Uber Technologies Inc2.55%
- Vertiv Holdings Co2.23%
- Parker-Hannifin Corp2.14%
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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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