ETF comparison
XLCvsXLK
Communications vs Technology.
State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of XLC and XLK would leave roughly0.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.080% vs 0.080%).
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 XLC vs XLK.
Top shared holdings
1 shared in total| # | Holding | In XLC | In XLK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State Street Global Advisors | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Only in XLC
23 total- Meta Platforms Inc19.90%
- Alphabet Inc13.08%
- Alphabet Inc10.42%
- Take-Two Interactive Software Inc5.25%
- Netflix Inc4.84%
- Comcast Corp4.70%
- Warner Bros Discovery Inc4.67%
- Electronic Arts Inc4.63%
- Walt Disney Co/The4.48%
- T-Mobile US Inc4.15%
Only in XLK
74 total- NVIDIA Corp14.65%
- Apple Inc12.85%
- Microsoft Corp8.38%
- Micron Technology Inc5.42%
- Broadcom Inc5.41%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc5.28%
- Intel Corp3.68%
- Applied Materials Inc3.20%
- Lam Research Corp3.02%
- Cisco Systems Inc2.58%
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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.