ETF comparison
SHLD vs XLI
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 roughly 13.0% 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with SHLD vs XLI.
Top shared holdings
7 shared in total| # | Holding | In SHLD | In XLI | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RTX CORPORATION | 7.92% | 5.13% | 5.13% |
| 2 | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 9.46% | 2.42% | 2.42% |
| 3 | Northrop Grumman Corporation | 4.92% | 1.80% | 1.80% |
| 4 | GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION | 7.15% | 1.72% | 1.72% |
| 5 | L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 4.91% | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 6 | LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC. | 3.44% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 7 | HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. | 2.67% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
Only in SHLD
42 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%
- BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2.90%
- KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC. 2.20%
Only in XLI
73 total- Caterpillar Inc 6.53%
- General Electric Co 5.89%
- GE Vernova Inc 4.66%
- Boeing Co/The 3.09%
- Uber Technologies Inc 2.93%
- Union Pacific Corp 2.85%
- Honeywell International Inc 2.84%
- Deere & Co 2.81%
- Eaton Corp PLC 2.75%
- Parker-Hannifin Corp 2.24%
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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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