ETF comparison
XLBvsXME
Both Materials.
State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF · State Street SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF
Holdings overlap
5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of XLB and XME would leave roughly15.8%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLB is 27 bps cheaper than XME. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/yr more in fees for XME.
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 XLB vs XME.
Top shared holdings
5 shared in total| # | Holding | In XLB | In XME | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freeport-McMoRan Inc | 5.30% | 4.26% | 4.26% |
| 2 | Newmont Corp | 5.84% | 4.24% | 4.24% |
| 3 | Nucor Corp | 3.88% | 3.74% | 3.74% |
| 4 | Steel Dynamics Inc | 3.73% | 3.60% | 3.60% |
| 5 | State Street Global Advisors | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Only in XLB
22 total- Linde PLC14.06%
- Corteva Inc4.96%
- Sherwin-Williams Co/The4.94%
- Ecolab Inc4.73%
- Vulcan Materials Co4.72%
- CRH PLC4.67%
- Air Products and Chemicals Inc4.62%
- Martin Marietta Materials Inc4.55%
- PPG Industries Inc3.62%
- Smurfit Westrock PLC3.25%
Only in XME
35 total- Uranium Energy Corp4.76%
- Hecla Mining Co4.62%
- Centrus Energy Corp4.60%
- USA Rare Earth Inc4.47%
- Coeur Mining Inc4.46%
- MP Materials Corp4.41%
- Royal Gold Inc4.26%
- Materion Corp4.22%
- Reliance Inc3.99%
- Core Natural Resources Inc3.69%
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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.