ETF comparison
VDE vs XLE
Both Energy.
Vanguard Energy Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
21 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VDE and XLE would leave roughly 81.2% 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
XLE is 1 bps cheaper than VDE. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VDE.
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 VDE vs XLE.
Top shared holdings
21 shared in total| # | Holding | In VDE | In XLE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exxon Mobil Corp | 21.26% | 22.67% | 21.26% |
| 2 | Chevron Corp | 14.46% | 16.09% | 14.46% |
| 3 | ConocoPhillips | 5.76% | 6.57% | 5.76% |
| 4 | Williams Cos Inc/The | 3.63% | 5.03% | 3.63% |
| 5 | SLB Ltd | 3.47% | 4.09% | 3.47% |
| 6 | Marathon Petroleum Corp | 3.27% | 4.48% | 3.27% |
| 7 | Valero Energy Corp | 3.17% | 4.64% | 3.17% |
| 8 | EOG Resources Inc | 3.05% | 4.15% | 3.05% |
| 9 | Phillips 66 | 2.97% | 4.07% | 2.97% |
| 10 | Baker Hughes Co | 2.64% | 3.30% | 2.64% |
| 11 | Kinder Morgan Inc | 2.60% | 3.76% | 2.60% |
| 12 | Targa Resources Corp | 2.30% | 3.45% | 2.30% |
Only in VDE
84 total- Cheniere Energy Inc 2.06%
- TechnipFMC PLC 1.22%
- Ovintiv Inc 0.70%
- DT Midstream Inc 0.62%
- Prc Newco Inc 0.60%
- HF Sinclair Corp 0.50%
- Antero Resources Corp 0.47%
- Range Resources Corp 0.42%
- Viper Energy Inc 0.40%
- Chord Energy Corp 0.36%
Only in XLE
0 totalEvery XLE position is also held by VDE.
Related comparisons
More comparisons with VDE
- VDE vs FENY · Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF 74.5%
- VDE vs IYE · iShares U.S. Energy ETF 67.9%
- VDE vs IXC · iShares Global Energy ETF 59.6%
- VDE vs IGE · iShares North American Natural Resources ETF 56.9%
- VDE vs XOP · State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF 33.8%
- VDE vs MLPX · Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF 15.1%
More comparisons with XLE
- XLE vs IYE · iShares U.S. Energy ETF 66.2%
- XLE vs FENY · Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF 60.0%
- XLE vs IXC · iShares Global Energy ETF 59.6%
- XLE vs IGE · iShares North American Natural Resources ETF 47.9%
- XLE vs XOP · State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF 29.7%
- XLE vs MLPX · Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF 15.5%
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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