ETF comparison
VOXvsXLC
Both Communications.
Vanguard Communication Services Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
23 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VOX and XLC would leave roughly79.9%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLC is 1 bps cheaper than VOX. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VOX.
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 VOX vs XLC.
Top shared holdings
23 shared in total| # | Holding | In VOX | In XLC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meta Platforms Inc | 21.05% | 19.90% | 19.90% |
| 2 | Alphabet Inc | 16.08% | 13.08% | 13.08% |
| 3 | Alphabet Inc | 10.58% | 10.42% | 10.42% |
| 4 | Netflix Inc | 4.75% | 4.84% | 4.75% |
| 5 | Verizon Communications Inc | 4.16% | 4.14% | 4.14% |
| 6 | Walt Disney Co/The | 3.95% | 4.48% | 3.95% |
| 7 | AT&T Inc | 3.68% | 4.09% | 3.68% |
| 8 | Warner Bros Discovery Inc | 2.73% | 4.67% | 2.73% |
| 9 | T-Mobile US Inc | 2.49% | 4.15% | 2.49% |
| 10 | Comcast Corp | 2.35% | 4.70% | 2.35% |
| 11 | Take-Two Interactive Software Inc | 2.08% | 5.25% | 2.08% |
| 12 | Electronic Arts Inc | 2.00% | 4.63% | 2.00% |
Only in VOX
91 total- AST SpaceMobile Inc1.42%
- ROBLOX Corp1.36%
- Liberty Media Corp-Liberty Formula One1.16%
- Reddit Inc1.07%
- Roku Inc1.02%
- Pinterest Inc0.72%
- New York Times Co/The0.69%
- Lumen Technologies Inc0.64%
- Match Group Inc0.49%
- Versant Media Group Inc0.37%
Only in XLC
1 total- 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/.
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