ETF comparison
IXC vs VDE
Both Energy.
iShares Global Energy ETF · Vanguard Energy Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
22 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXC and VDE would leave roughly 59.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VDE is 31 bps cheaper than IXC. On a $100,000 position that's about $310/yr more in fees for IXC.
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 VDE.
Top shared holdings
22 shared in total| # | Holding | In IXC | In VDE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION | 18.87% | 23.51% | 18.87% |
| 2 | CHEVRON CORPORATION | 10.32% | 14.93% | 10.32% |
| 3 | CONOCOPHILLIPS | 4.30% | 5.78% | 4.30% |
| 4 | THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. | 2.37% | 3.80% | 2.37% |
| 5 | EOG RESOURCES, INC. | 2.09% | 2.86% | 2.09% |
| 6 | SLB N.V. | 2.04% | 2.86% | 2.04% |
| 7 | VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION | 2.01% | 2.68% | 2.01% |
| 8 | PHILLIPS 66 | 1.95% | 2.63% | 1.95% |
| 9 | MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION | 1.92% | 2.63% | 1.92% |
| 10 | KINDER MORGAN, INC. | 1.75% | 2.78% | 1.75% |
| 11 | BAKER HUGHES COMPANY | 1.61% | 2.69% | 1.61% |
| 12 | ONEOK, INC. | 1.51% | 2.18% | 1.51% |
Only in IXC
29 total- SHELL PLC 7.00%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 4.96%
- BP P.L.C. 3.27%
- Enbridge Inc. 3.15%
- CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED 2.70%
- Suncor Energy Inc. 2.09%
- TC Energy Corporation 1.73%
- ENI S.P.A. 1.57%
- CORPORATION CAMECO 1.26%
- WOODSIDE ENERGY GROUP LTD 1.20%
Only in VDE
84 total- Cheniere Energy Inc 2.18%
- TechnipFMC PLC 1.20%
- Ovintiv Inc 0.62%
- DT Midstream Inc 0.61%
- Prc Newco Inc 0.56%
- Antero Resources Corp 0.47%
- Range Resources Corp 0.43%
- Antero Midstream Corp 0.36%
- Viper Energy Inc 0.36%
- HF Sinclair Corp 0.35%
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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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