ETF comparison
IXC vs VDE
Both Energy.
iShares Global Energy ETF · Vanguard Energy Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
20 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXC and VDE would leave roughly 41.9% 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
VDE is 28 bps cheaper than IXC. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/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
20 shared in total| # | Holding | In IXC | In VDE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHEVRON CORPORATION | 9.63% | 14.11% | 9.63% |
| 2 | CONOCOPHILLIPS | 3.93% | 6.01% | 3.93% |
| 3 | THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. | 2.82% | 3.37% | 2.82% |
| 4 | VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION | 2.40% | 4.05% | 2.40% |
| 5 | MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION | 2.32% | 4.15% | 2.32% |
| 6 | SLB N.V. | 2.16% | 3.37% | 2.16% |
| 7 | EOG RESOURCES, INC. | 2.14% | 2.92% | 2.14% |
| 8 | PHILLIPS 66 | 2.10% | 3.67% | 2.10% |
| 9 | KINDER MORGAN, INC. | 1.94% | 2.31% | 1.94% |
| 10 | TARGA RESOURCES CORP. | 1.79% | 2.33% | 1.79% |
| 11 | BAKER HUGHES COMPANY | 1.71% | 2.31% | 1.71% |
| 12 | ONEOK, INC. | 1.70% | 2.23% | 1.70% |
Only in IXC
30 total- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 17.58%
- SHELL PLC 6.75%
- TOTALENERGIES SE 5.03%
- Enbridge Inc. 3.67%
- BP P.L.C. 3.00%
- CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED 2.56%
- TC Energy Corporation 2.14%
- Suncor Energy Inc. 1.97%
- ENI S.P.A. 1.45%
- CAMECO CORPORATION 1.38%
Only in VDE
91 total- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 21.40%
- Cheniere Energy Inc 2.28%
- TechnipFMC PLC 1.22%
- Ovintiv Inc 0.72%
- HF Sinclair Corp 0.64%
- Prc Newco Inc 0.64%
- DT Midstream Inc 0.51%
- Antero Resources Corp 0.44%
- Range Resources Corp 0.39%
- SM Energy Co 0.35%
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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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