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ETF comparison

VCR vs XLY

Both Consumer Discretionary.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
77.2 %

47 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VCR and XLY would leave roughly 77.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VCR unmatched 22.7% Shared 77.2% XLY unmatched 22.7%

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.

In VCR only
236 positions
Shared
47 positions
In XLY only
0 positions

Side by side

VCR

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Consumer Discretionary

80 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$6.15B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
0.78%
Top-10 conc.
60.0%
XLY

State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF

State Street · Consumer Discretionary

81 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$21.27B
TTM yield
0.82%
Top-10 conc.
69.2%

Sub-score comparison

91
Cost
92
84
Tax efficiency
84
91
Liquidity
100
29
Concentration
15
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Tracking quality
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VCR sub-score XLY

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

XLY is 1 bps cheaper than VCR. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VCR.

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 VCR vs XLY.

Top shared holdings

47 shared in total
# Holding In VCR In XLY Overlap
1 Amazon.com Inc 24.41% 22.22% 22.22%
2 Tesla Inc 17.72% 19.64% 17.72%
3 Home Depot Inc/The 4.57% 5.83% 4.57%
4 McDonald's Corp 2.90% 4.15% 2.90%
5 TJX Cos Inc/The 2.52% 3.92% 2.52%
6 Booking Holdings Inc 1.98% 3.44% 1.98%
7 Lowe's Cos Inc 1.77% 3.07% 1.77%
8 Starbucks Corp 1.67% 2.90% 1.67%
9 Marriott International Inc/MD 1.28% 2.02% 1.28%
10 General Motors Co 1.17% 1.73% 1.17%
11 Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc 1.14% 1.87% 1.14%
12 Ross Stores Inc 1.13% 1.71% 1.13%

Only in VCR

236 total
  • MercadoLibre Inc 1.16%
  • Burlington Stores Inc 0.34%
  • BorgWarner Inc 0.29%
  • Flutter Entertainment PLC 0.28%
  • Dick's Sporting Goods Inc 0.27%
  • Aramark 0.26%
  • Tempur Sealy International Inc 0.25%
  • Toll Brothers Inc 0.24%
  • Rivian Automotive Inc 0.24%
  • Texas Roadhouse Inc 0.23%

Only in XLY

0 total

Every XLY position is also held by VCR.

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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.