ETF comparison
USRT vs VNQ
Both Real Estate.
iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF · Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
115 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of USRT and VNQ would leave roughly 71.6% 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
USRT is 5 bps cheaper than VNQ. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for VNQ.
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 USRT vs VNQ.
Top shared holdings
115 shared in total| # | Holding | In USRT | In VNQ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WELLTOWER INC | 9.03% | 8.51% | 8.51% |
| 2 | PROLOGIS INC | 7.49% | 7.01% | 7.01% |
| 3 | EQUINIX INC | 6.01% | 5.23% | 5.23% |
| 4 | SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC | 4.65% | 3.88% | 3.88% |
| 5 | DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC | 4.56% | 3.37% | 3.37% |
| 6 | REALTY INCOME CORP | 4.23% | 3.08% | 3.08% |
| 7 | PUBLIC STORAGE | 4.21% | 2.83% | 2.83% |
| 8 | VENTAS INC | 3.64% | 2.31% | 2.31% |
| 9 | IRON MOUNTAIN INC (REIT) | 2.91% | 1.89% | 1.89% |
| 10 | EXTRA SPACE STORAGE INC | 2.50% | 1.63% | 1.63% |
| 11 | VICI PROPERTIES INC | 2.30% | 1.37% | 1.37% |
| 12 | AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES INC | 2.07% | 1.34% | 1.34% |
Only in USRT
9 total- JANUS LIVING INC 0.11%
- NATIONAL HEALTHCARE PROPERTIES INC 0.06%
- POSTAL REALTY TRUST INC 0.05%
- FRONTVIEW REIT INC 0.03%
- ALPINE INCOME PROPERTY TRUST INC 0.03%
- NET LEASE OFFICE PROPERTIES 0.01%
- NEXPOINT DIVERSIFIED REAL ESTATE TRUST 0.01%
- BRT APARTMENT CORP 0.01%
- BRAEMAR HOTELS & RESORTS INC 0.01%
Only in VNQ
26 total- Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund 14.50%
- American Tower Corp 4.20%
- CBRE Group Inc 2.25%
- Crown Castle Inc 1.73%
- SBA Communications Corp 1.00%
- Weyerhaeuser Co 0.94%
- Jones Lang LaSalle Inc 0.87%
- CoStar Group Inc 0.63%
- Compass Inc 0.40%
- Rayonier Inc 0.31%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with USRT
- USRT vs XLRE · State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF 69.1%
- USRT vs REZ · iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF 40.8%
- USRT vs RWR · State Street SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF 88.2%
- USRT vs SCHH · Schwab U.S. REIT ETF 87.0%
- USRT vs FREL · Fidelity MSCI Real Estate Index ETF 83.5%
- USRT vs IYR · iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF 79.1%
More comparisons with VNQ
- VNQ vs REET · iShares Global REIT ETF 70.0%
- VNQ vs RWR · State Street SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF 64.7%
- VNQ vs XLRE · State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF 62.8%
- VNQ vs REZ · iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF 28.6%
- VNQ vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 2.2%
- VNQ vs VOO · Vanguard S&P 500 ETF 1.8%
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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