ETF comparison
IDU vs VPU
Both Utilities.
iShares U.S. Utilities ETF · Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
40 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IDU and VPU would leave roughly 89.1% 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
VPU is 28 bps cheaper than IDU. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for IDU.
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 IDU vs VPU.
Top shared holdings
40 shared in total| # | Holding | In IDU | In VPU | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. | 11.20% | 11.75% | 11.20% |
| 2 | THE SOUTHERN COMPANY | 6.59% | 6.79% | 6.59% |
| 3 | DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION | 6.03% | 6.39% | 6.03% |
| 4 | CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION. | 5.20% | 5.79% | 5.20% |
| 5 | AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. | 4.30% | 4.56% | 4.30% |
| 6 | Dominion Energy, Inc. | 3.76% | 3.97% | 3.76% |
| 7 | SEMPRA | 3.57% | 3.65% | 3.57% |
| 8 | VISTRA CORP. | 3.08% | 3.18% | 3.08% |
| 9 | ENTERGY CORPORATION | 3.04% | 3.33% | 3.04% |
| 10 | Xcel Energy Inc. | 3.01% | 3.23% | 3.01% |
| 11 | EXELON CORPORATION | 2.90% | 3.06% | 2.90% |
| 12 | CONSOLIDATED EDISON, INC. | 2.48% | 2.70% | 2.48% |
Only in IDU
5 total- WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. 5.21%
- REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. 2.59%
- CLEAN HARBORS, INC. 0.98%
- GFL ENVIRONMENTAL INC. 0.66%
- BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE CORPORATION 0.28%
Only in VPU
28 total- Portland General Electric Co 0.39%
- TXNM Energy Inc 0.39%
- Black Hills Corp 0.37%
- Southwest Gas Holdings Inc 0.37%
- New Jersey Resources Corp 0.37%
- Ormat Technologies Inc 0.36%
- ONE Gas Inc 0.34%
- Spire Inc 0.33%
- Northwestern Energy Group Inc 0.29%
- American States Water Co 0.24%
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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/.
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