ETF comparison
VGTvsXSD
Technology vs Semiconductors.
Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF
Holdings overlap
44 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VGT and XSD would leave roughly19.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VGT is 26 bps cheaper than XSD. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/yr more in fees for XSD.
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 XSD.
Top shared holdings
44 shared in total| # | Holding | In VGT | In XSD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Micron Technology Inc | 4.20% | 2.73% | 2.73% |
| 2 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 3.21% | 2.71% | 2.71% |
| 3 | Broadcom Inc | 4.21% | 2.13% | 2.13% |
| 4 | NVIDIA Corp | 16.82% | 2.10% | 2.10% |
| 5 | Intel Corp | 2.03% | 2.75% | 2.03% |
| 6 | Texas Instruments Inc | 1.11% | 2.22% | 1.11% |
| 7 | QUALCOMM Inc | 1.09% | 2.04% | 1.09% |
| 8 | Analog Devices Inc | 0.82% | 2.12% | 0.82% |
| 9 | Marvell Technology Inc | 0.72% | 2.49% | 0.72% |
| 10 | NXP Semiconductors NV | 0.38% | 2.07% | 0.38% |
| 11 | Monolithic Power Systems Inc | 0.34% | 1.97% | 0.34% |
| 12 | Astera Labs Inc | 0.28% | 3.08% | 0.28% |
Only in VGT
273 total- Apple Inc14.57%
- Microsoft Corp9.46%
- Cisco Systems Inc1.85%
- Lam Research Corp1.56%
- Oracle Corp1.45%
- Applied Materials Inc1.40%
- Palantir Technologies Inc1.35%
- International Business Machines Corp1.08%
- KLA Corp1.00%
- Sandisk Corp/DE0.98%
Only in XSD
4 total- Wolfspeed Inc2.34%
- Ambiq Micro Inc0.89%
- Everspin Technologies Inc0.62%
- State Street Global Advisors0.01%
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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.