ETF comparison
VPUvsXLU
Both Utilities.
Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
31 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VPU and XLU would leave roughly89.4%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLU is 1 bps cheaper than VPU. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VPU.
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 VPU vs XLU.
Top shared holdings
31 shared in total| # | Holding | In VPU | In XLU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NextEra Energy Inc | 11.79% | 12.89% | 11.79% |
| 2 | Southern Co/The | 6.67% | 7.60% | 6.67% |
| 3 | Duke Energy Corp | 6.28% | 6.95% | 6.28% |
| 4 | Constellation Energy Corp | 5.83% | 5.59% | 5.59% |
| 5 | American Electric Power Co Inc | 4.45% | 5.24% | 4.45% |
| 6 | Sempra | 3.83% | 4.27% | 3.83% |
| 7 | Dominion Energy Inc | 3.76% | 4.23% | 3.76% |
| 8 | Vistra Corp | 3.57% | 3.54% | 3.54% |
| 9 | Entergy Corp | 3.21% | 3.70% | 3.21% |
| 10 | Xcel Energy Inc | 3.09% | 3.53% | 3.09% |
| 11 | Exelon Corp | 3.03% | 3.36% | 3.03% |
| 12 | Public Service Enterprise Group Inc | 2.58% | 2.85% | 2.58% |
Only in VPU
35 total- Talen Energy Corp0.99%
- Essential Utilities Inc0.69%
- OGE Energy Corp0.64%
- IDACORP Inc0.50%
- UGI Corp0.49%
- National Fuel Gas Co0.46%
- Ormat Technologies Inc0.44%
- Oklo Inc0.39%
- TXNM Energy Inc0.38%
- Portland General Electric Co0.37%
Only in XLU
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/.
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