ETF comparison
XBIvsXLV
Both Healthcare.
State Street SPDR S&P Biotech ETF · State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
9 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of XBI and XLV would leave roughly6.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLV is 27 bps cheaper than XBI. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/yr more in fees for XBI.
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 XBI vs XLV.
Top shared holdings
9 shared in total| # | Holding | In XBI | In XLV | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc | 1.06% | 2.19% | 1.06% |
| 2 | AbbVie Inc | 1.04% | 7.74% | 1.04% |
| 3 | Amgen Inc | 0.99% | 3.40% | 0.99% |
| 4 | Gilead Sciences Inc | 0.96% | 2.73% | 0.96% |
| 5 | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc | 0.96% | 1.08% | 0.96% |
| 6 | Biogen Inc | 1.03% | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 7 | Moderna Inc | 1.41% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 8 | Incyte Corp | 1.00% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 9 | State Street Global Advisors | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
Only in XBI
148 total- Apogee Therapeutics Inc1.49%
- Twist Bioscience Corp1.41%
- Oruka Therapeutics Inc1.38%
- Kymera Therapeutics Inc1.36%
- Viking Therapeutics Inc1.30%
- Praxis Precision Medicines Inc1.29%
- Erasca Inc1.27%
- Revolution Medicines Inc1.20%
- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc1.20%
- CG oncology Inc1.20%
Only in XLV
52 total- Eli Lilly & Co16.51%
- Johnson & Johnson10.64%
- UnitedHealth Group Inc6.57%
- Merck & Co Inc5.52%
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc3.24%
- Abbott Laboratories2.75%
- Intuitive Surgical Inc2.45%
- Pfizer Inc2.39%
- CVS Health Corp2.30%
- Danaher Corp2.09%
Open XBI or XLV at a brokerage
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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.