ETF comparison
VDEvsXOP
Both Energy.
Vanguard Energy Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF
Holdings overlap
48 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VDE and XOP would leave roughly33.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VDE is 26 bps cheaper than XOP. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/yr more in fees for XOP.
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 XOP.
Top shared holdings
48 shared in total| # | Holding | In VDE | In XOP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valero Energy Corp | 3.17% | 2.74% | 2.74% |
| 2 | Marathon Petroleum Corp | 3.27% | 2.64% | 2.64% |
| 3 | Phillips 66 | 2.97% | 2.53% | 2.53% |
| 4 | EOG Resources Inc | 3.05% | 2.51% | 2.51% |
| 5 | Exxon Mobil Corp | 21.26% | 2.47% | 2.47% |
| 6 | Chevron Corp | 14.46% | 2.37% | 2.37% |
| 7 | ConocoPhillips | 5.76% | 2.36% | 2.36% |
| 8 | Devon Energy Corp | 2.11% | 2.41% | 2.11% |
| 9 | Occidental Petroleum Corp | 1.57% | 2.31% | 1.57% |
| 10 | Diamondback Energy Inc | 1.51% | 2.43% | 1.51% |
| 11 | EQT Corp | 1.45% | 2.75% | 1.45% |
| 12 | Expand Energy Corp | 0.94% | 2.80% | 0.94% |
Only in VDE
57 total- Williams Cos Inc/The3.63%
- SLB Ltd3.47%
- Baker Hughes Co2.64%
- Kinder Morgan Inc2.60%
- Targa Resources Corp2.30%
- ONEOK Inc2.21%
- Cheniere Energy Inc2.06%
- Halliburton Co1.40%
- TechnipFMC PLC1.22%
- DT Midstream Inc0.62%
Only in XOP
4 total- Venture Global Inc2.28%
- Diversified Energy Co0.76%
- New Era Energy & Digital Inc0.59%
- State Street Global Advisors0.05%
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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.