ETF comparison
ITB vs VCR
Both Consumer Discretionary.
iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF · Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
24 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ITB and VCR would leave roughly 9.8% 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
VCR is 28 bps cheaper than ITB. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for ITB.
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 ITB vs VCR.
Top shared holdings
24 shared in total| # | Holding | In ITB | In VCR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE HOME DEPOT, INC. | 4.42% | 4.88% | 4.42% |
| 2 | LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. | 4.08% | 1.74% | 1.74% |
| 3 | D.R. HORTON, INC. | 15.70% | 0.62% | 0.62% |
| 4 | PULTEGROUP, INC. | 9.55% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 5 | LENNAR CORPORATION | 7.12% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 6 | NVR, Inc. | 6.72% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 7 | TOLL BROTHERS, INC. | 5.02% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 8 | MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC. | 1.14% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 9 | INSTALLED BUILDING PRODUCTS, INC. | 1.92% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 10 | CHAMPION HOMES, INC | 1.81% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 11 | FLOOR & DECOR HOLDINGS, INC. | 1.18% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 12 | MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION | 2.08% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Only in ITB
21 total- THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY 4.53%
- TOPBUILD CORP. 3.60%
- LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC. 3.34%
- MASCO CORPORATION 3.02%
- TAYLOR MORRISON HOME CORPORATION 2.49%
- OWENS CORNING 2.35%
- BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE, INC. 1.77%
- SIMPSON MANUFACTURING CO., INC. 1.58%
- EAGLE MATERIALS INC. 1.30%
- FORTUNE BRANDS INNOVATIONS, INC. 1.20%
Only in VCR
253 total- Amazon.com Inc 21.98%
- Tesla Inc 15.43%
- McDonald's Corp 2.82%
- Booking Holdings Inc 2.43%
- TJX Cos Inc/The 2.25%
- Starbucks Corp 1.84%
- DoorDash Inc 1.39%
- MercadoLibre Inc 1.37%
- General Motors Co 1.25%
- Airbnb Inc 1.23%
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- ITB vs XHB · State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF 51.7%
- ITB vs XLY · State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF 10.2%
- ITB vs FDIS · Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary Index ETF 9.9%
More comparisons with VCR
- VCR vs XHB · State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF 9.0%
- VCR vs VGT · Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VCR vs XLK · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF 0.0%
- VCR vs FDIS · Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary Index ETF 95.3%
- VCR vs XLY · State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF 76.8%
- VCR vs IYC · iShares US Consumer Discretionary ETF 65.4%
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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