ETF comparison
IXC vs MLPX
Both Energy.
iShares Global Energy ETF · Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF
Holdings overlap
7 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXC and MLPX would leave roughly 14.9% 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
IXC is 8 bps cheaper than MLPX. On a $100,000 position that's about $80/yr more in fees for MLPX.
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 IXC vs MLPX.
Top shared holdings
7 shared in total| # | Holding | In IXC | In MLPX | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enbridge Inc. | 3.67% | 8.03% | 3.67% |
| 2 | THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. | 2.82% | 8.63% | 2.82% |
| 3 | TC Energy Corporation | 2.14% | 8.20% | 2.14% |
| 4 | KINDER MORGAN, INC. | 1.94% | 7.66% | 1.94% |
| 5 | TARGA RESOURCES CORP. | 1.79% | 7.08% | 1.79% |
| 6 | ONEOK, INC. | 1.70% | 7.33% | 1.70% |
| 7 | PEMBINA PIPELINE CORPORATION | 0.84% | 4.48% | 0.84% |
Only in IXC
43 total- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 17.58%
- CHEVRON CORPORATION 9.63%
- SHELL PLC 6.75%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 5.03%
- CONOCOPHILLIPS 3.93%
- BP P.L.C. 3.00%
- CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED 2.56%
- VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION 2.40%
- MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION 2.32%
- SLB N.V. 2.16%
Only in MLPX
22 total- CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. 5.41%
- MPLX LP 4.76%
- ENERGY TRANSFER LP 4.72%
- ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P. 4.42%
- PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P. 3.99%
- WESTERN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP 3.87%
- DT MIDSTREAM, INC. 3.82%
- South Bow Corporation 2.26%
- ANTERO MIDSTREAM CORPORATION 2.11%
- VENTURE GLOBAL, INC. 2.10%
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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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