ETF comparison
FHLC vs VHT
Both Healthcare.
Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF · Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
321 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FHLC and VHT would leave roughly 96.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
FHLC is 1 bps cheaper than VHT. On a $100,000 position that's about $6/yr more in fees for VHT.
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 FHLC vs VHT.
Top shared holdings
321 shared in total| # | Holding | In FHLC | In VHT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eli Lilly & Co | 13.35% | 12.87% | 12.87% |
| 2 | Johnson & Johnson | 8.93% | 8.75% | 8.75% |
| 3 | AbbVie Inc | 6.42% | 6.28% | 6.28% |
| 4 | UnitedHealth Group Inc | 5.44% | 4.90% | 4.90% |
| 5 | Merck & Co Inc | 4.66% | 5.06% | 4.66% |
| 6 | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | 3.09% | 3.18% | 3.09% |
| 7 | Amgen Inc | 3.00% | 3.21% | 3.00% |
| 8 | Abbott Laboratories | 2.66% | 2.66% | 2.66% |
| 9 | Gilead Sciences Inc | 2.34% | 2.52% | 2.34% |
| 10 | Pfizer Inc | 2.06% | 2.24% | 2.06% |
| 11 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co | 1.93% | 1.89% | 1.89% |
| 12 | Intuitive Surgical Inc | 1.82% | 1.85% | 1.82% |
Only in FHLC
13 total- Royalty Pharma PLC 0.35%
- Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.07%
- CRISPR Therapeutics AG 0.06%
- VeraDermics Inc 0.02%
- Damora Therapeutics Inc 0.02%
- Nutex Health Inc 0.01%
- WaVe Life Sciences Ltd 0.01%
- LB Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.01%
- CONTRA AKOUOS INC 0.00%
- CONTRA HOLOGIC INCORPO 0.00%
Only in VHT
92 total- Summit Therapeutics Inc 0.02%
- agilon health Inc 0.01%
- Rigel Pharmaceuticals Inc 0.01%
- Maravai LifeSciences Holdings Inc 0.01%
- Varex Imaging Corp 0.01%
- Replimune Group Inc 0.01%
- CryoPort Inc 0.01%
- Mesa Laboratories Inc 0.01%
- Aura Biosciences Inc 0.01%
- Aclaris Therapeutics Inc 0.01%
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- FHLC vs IBB · iShares Biotechnology ETF 17.6%
- FHLC vs IHF · iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF 15.4%
- FHLC vs IHI · iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF 14.2%
- FHLC vs XBI · State Street SPDR S&P Biotech ETF 12.6%
More comparisons with VHT
- VHT vs XLV · State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF 84.6%
- VHT vs IXJ · iShares Global Healthcare ETF 70.9%
- VHT vs IBB · iShares Biotechnology ETF 18.9%
- VHT vs IHF · iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF 14.6%
- VHT vs IHI · iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF 14.2%
- VHT vs XBI · State Street SPDR S&P Biotech ETF 13.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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.