ETF comparison
USRT vs XLRE
Both Real Estate.
iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF · State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
25 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of USRT and XLRE would leave roughly 69.1% 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
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.080% vs 0.080%).
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 XLRE.
Top shared holdings
25 shared in total| # | Holding | In USRT | In XLRE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WELLTOWER INC | 9.03% | 11.01% | 9.03% |
| 2 | PROLOGIS INC | 7.49% | 8.68% | 7.49% |
| 3 | EQUINIX INC | 6.01% | 7.06% | 6.01% |
| 4 | SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC | 4.65% | 4.98% | 4.65% |
| 5 | DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC | 4.56% | 4.53% | 4.53% |
| 6 | REALTY INCOME CORP | 4.23% | 4.55% | 4.23% |
| 7 | PUBLIC STORAGE | 4.21% | 4.48% | 4.21% |
| 8 | VENTAS INC | 3.64% | 4.47% | 3.64% |
| 9 | IRON MOUNTAIN INC (REIT) | 2.91% | 3.89% | 2.91% |
| 10 | EXTRA SPACE STORAGE INC | 2.50% | 3.18% | 2.50% |
| 11 | VICI PROPERTIES INC | 2.30% | 3.01% | 2.30% |
| 12 | AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES INC | 2.07% | 2.71% | 2.07% |
Only in USRT
99 total- W.P. CAREY INC 1.31%
- OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS INC 1.21%
- SUN COMMUNITIES INC 1.21%
- LAMAR ADVERTISING COMPANY 1.10%
- EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC 1.01%
- GAMING AND LEISURE PROPERTIES INC 0.98%
- AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT 0.90%
- EASTGROUP PROPERTIES INC 0.90%
- AMERICAN HEALTHCARE REIT INC 0.85%
- BRIXMOR PROPERTY GROUP INC 0.77%
Only in XLRE
6 total- American Tower Corp 5.23%
- CBRE Group Inc 4.08%
- Crown Castle Inc 3.42%
- SBA Communications Corp 1.94%
- Weyerhaeuser Co 1.79%
- CoStar Group Inc 1.20%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with USRT
- 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%
- USRT vs VNQ · Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares 71.6%
More comparisons with XLRE
- XLRE vs RWR · State Street SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF 68.4%
- XLRE vs VNQ · Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares 62.8%
- XLRE vs REZ · iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF 38.4%
- XLRE vs IYR · iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF 80.0%
- XLRE vs SCHH · Schwab U.S. REIT ETF 73.6%
- XLRE vs FREL · Fidelity MSCI Real Estate Index ETF 72.7%
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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