ETF comparison

VGTvsXLP

Technology vs Consumer Staples.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0%

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VGT and XLP would leave roughly0.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VGT only 99.8%Shared 0.0%XLP only 99.6%
In VGT only
317 positions
Shared
0 positions
In XLP only
36 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%
XLP

State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF

State Street · Consumer Staples

82composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$14.52B
TTM yield
2.64%
Top-10 conc.
62.4%

Sub-score comparison

91
Cost
92
85
Tax efficiency
80
100
Liquidity
100
29
Concentration
25
Tracking quality
VGTsub-scoreXLP

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

Cost difference

XLP 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 XLP.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in VGT

317 total
  • NVIDIA Corp16.82%
  • Apple Inc14.57%
  • Microsoft Corp9.46%
  • Broadcom Inc4.21%
  • Micron Technology Inc4.20%
  • Advanced Micro Devices Inc3.21%
  • Intel Corp2.03%
  • Cisco Systems Inc1.85%
  • Lam Research Corp1.56%
  • Oracle Corp1.45%

Only in XLP

36 total
  • Walmart Inc10.80%
  • Costco Wholesale Corp9.03%
  • Procter & Gamble Co/The7.43%
  • Coca-Cola Co/The6.85%
  • Philip Morris International Inc6.13%
  • Colgate-Palmolive Co4.70%
  • Altria Group Inc4.53%
  • Monster Beverage Corp4.45%
  • PepsiCo Inc4.32%
  • Mondelez International Inc4.15%

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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.