ETF comparison
IHF vs IXJ
Both Healthcare.
iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF · iShares Global Healthcare ETF
Holdings overlap
11 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IHF and IXJ would leave roughly 8.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IHF is 2 bps cheaper than IXJ. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for IXJ.
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 IHF vs IXJ.
Top shared holdings
11 shared in total| # | Holding | In IHF | In IXJ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED | 22.48% | 3.25% | 3.25% |
| 2 | CVS HEALTH CORPORATION | 12.81% | 1.21% | 1.21% |
| 3 | HCA HEALTHCARE, INC. | 8.98% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 4 | THE CIGNA GROUP | 4.85% | 0.93% | 0.93% |
| 5 | ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. | 4.79% | 0.85% | 0.85% |
| 6 | LABCORP HOLDINGS INC. | 4.01% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 7 | QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED | 3.91% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 8 | HUMANA INC. | 3.79% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 9 | CENTENE CORPORATION | 2.77% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 10 | UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC. | 1.79% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 11 | DAVITA INC. | 0.93% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
Only in IHF
49 total- VEEVA SYSTEMS INC. 4.45%
- TENET HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 3.01%
- GUARDANT HEALTH, INC. 2.16%
- THE ENSIGN GROUP, INC. 2.11%
- ENCOMPASS HEALTH CORPORATION 1.77%
- HEALTHEQUITY, INC. 1.29%
- MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. 1.24%
- BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES, INC. 1.02%
- CHEMED CORPORATION 0.97%
- HIMS & HERS HEALTH, INC. 0.78%
Only in IXJ
102 total- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 9.44%
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON 7.63%
- ABBVIE INC. 4.98%
- ASTRAZENECA PLC 4.02%
- MERCK & CO., INC. 3.96%
- Novartis AG 3.87%
- Roche Holding AG 3.72%
- AMGEN INC. 2.51%
- THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCORPORATED 2.45%
- ABBOTT LABORATORIES 2.37%
Open IHF or IXJ at a brokerage
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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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