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IBB vs IHF

Both Healthcare.

iShares Biotechnology ETF · iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.1 %

3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IBB and IHF would leave roughly 0.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

IBB only 109.5% Shared 0.1% IHF only 99.8%
In IBB only
253 positions
Shared
3 positions
In IHF only
57 positions

Side by side

IBB

iShares Biotechnology ETF

iShares · Healthcare

69 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.44%
Net assets
$9.09B
TTM yield
0.22%
Top-10 conc.
54.7%
IHF

iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF

iShares · Healthcare

58 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.38%
Net assets
$1.18B
TTM yield
0.92%
Top-10 conc.
73.1%

Sub-score comparison

56
Cost
62
85
Tax efficiency
84
98
Liquidity
60
36
Concentration
10
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Tracking quality
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IBB sub-score IHF

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

IHF is 6 bps cheaper than IBB. On a $100,000 position that's about $60/yr more in fees for IBB.

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 IBB vs IHF.

Top shared holdings

3 shared in total
# Holding In IBB In IHF Overlap
1 Castle Biosciences, Inc. 0.07% 0.13% 0.07%
2 OPKO Health, Inc. 0.04% 0.09% 0.04%
3 Fulgent Genetics, Inc. 0.03% 0.06% 0.03%

Only in IBB

253 total
  • BlackRock Funds III 9.66%
  • Gilead Sciences, Inc. 7.75%
  • Amgen, Inc. 7.51%
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 7.44%
  • Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 7.21%
  • Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 3.99%
  • Insmed, Inc. 3.20%
  • Argenx SE 3.07%
  • Biogen, Inc. 2.46%
  • Natera, Inc. 2.41%

Only in IHF

57 total
  • UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 22.48%
  • CVS HEALTH CORPORATION 12.81%
  • HCA HEALTHCARE, INC. 8.98%
  • THE CIGNA GROUP 4.85%
  • ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. 4.79%
  • VEEVA SYSTEMS INC. 4.45%
  • LABCORP HOLDINGS INC. 4.01%
  • QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED 3.91%
  • HUMANA INC. 3.79%
  • TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 3.01%

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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.