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XLC vs XLK

Communications vs Technology.

State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of XLC and XLK would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

XLC only 99.8% Shared 0.0% XLK only 99.9%
In XLC only
23 positions
Shared
1 positions
In XLK only
73 positions

Side by side

XLC

State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF

State Street · Communications

80 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$22.26B
TTM yield
1.26%
Top-10 conc.
71.7%
XLK

State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

State Street · Technology

83 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$123.91B
TTM yield
0.44%
Top-10 conc.
61.4%

Sub-score comparison

92
Cost
92
83
Tax efficiency
85
100
Liquidity
100
12
Concentration
27
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Tracking quality
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XLC sub-score XLK

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for 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 the cost 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% 0.03% 0.01%

Only in XLC

23 total
  • Meta Platforms Inc 18.20%
  • Alphabet Inc 10.65%
  • Alphabet Inc 8.54%
  • Netflix Inc 5.91%
  • AT&T Inc 5.05%
  • Electronic Arts Inc 4.82%
  • Verizon Communications Inc 4.68%
  • Warner Bros Discovery Inc 4.67%
  • T-Mobile US Inc 4.65%
  • Walt Disney Co/The 4.52%

Only in XLK

73 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 15.50%
  • Apple Inc 13.63%
  • Microsoft Corp 10.05%
  • Broadcom Inc 5.37%
  • Micron Technology Inc 3.39%
  • Palantir Technologies Inc 2.98%
  • Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.95%
  • Cisco Systems Inc 2.73%
  • Applied Materials Inc 2.42%
  • Lam Research Corp 2.38%

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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.