ETF comparison
VDEvsXLE
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 roughly81.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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 thecost 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 Inc2.06%
- TechnipFMC PLC1.22%
- Ovintiv Inc0.70%
- DT Midstream Inc0.62%
- Prc Newco Inc0.60%
- HF Sinclair Corp0.50%
- Antero Resources Corp0.47%
- Range Resources Corp0.42%
- Viper Energy Inc0.40%
- Chord Energy Corp0.36%
Only in XLE
1 total- State Street Global Advisors0.02%
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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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