ETF comparison

VGTvsXLK

Both Technology.

Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
81.0%

74 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VGT and XLK would leave roughly81.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VGT only 18.8%Shared 81.0%XLK only 18.9%
In VGT only
243 positions
Shared
74 positions
In XLK only
1 positions

Side by side

VGT

Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Technology

83composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$170.65B
TTM yield
0.36%
Top-10 conc.
59.4%
XLK

State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

State Street · Technology

82composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$121.44B
TTM yield
0.43%
Top-10 conc.
64.5%

Sub-score comparison

91
Cost
92
85
Tax efficiency
85
100
Liquidity
100
29
Concentration
22
Tracking quality
VGTsub-scoreXLK

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

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

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 VGT vs XLK.

Top shared holdings

74 shared in total
#HoldingIn VGTIn XLKOverlap
1NVIDIA Corp16.82%14.65%14.65%
2Apple Inc14.57%12.85%12.85%
3Microsoft Corp9.46%8.38%8.38%
4Broadcom Inc4.21%5.41%4.21%
5Micron Technology Inc4.20%5.42%4.20%
6Advanced Micro Devices Inc3.21%5.28%3.21%
7Intel Corp2.03%3.68%2.03%
8Cisco Systems Inc1.85%2.58%1.85%
9Lam Research Corp1.56%3.02%1.56%
10Applied Materials Inc1.40%3.20%1.40%
11Oracle Corp1.45%1.39%1.39%
12Palantir Technologies Inc1.35%1.49%1.35%

Only in VGT

243 total
  • Snowflake Inc0.36%
  • Cloudflare Inc0.34%
  • Astera Labs Inc0.28%
  • Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd0.22%
  • Twilio Inc0.18%
  • Strategy Inc0.18%
  • Okta Inc0.16%
  • MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc0.16%
  • Zoom Video Communications Inc0.16%
  • MongoDB Inc0.16%

Only in XLK

1 total
  • State Street Global Advisors0.00%

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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.