ETF comparison
IXN vs XLK
Both Technology.
iShares Global Tech ETF · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
73 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IXN and XLK would leave roughly 76.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLK is 31 bps cheaper than IXN. On a $100,000 position that's about $310/yr more in fees for IXN.
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 IXN vs XLK.
Top shared holdings
73 shared in total| # | Holding | In IXN | In XLK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 13.97% | 15.50% | 13.97% |
| 2 | APPLE INC. | 12.28% | 13.63% | 12.28% |
| 3 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 9.06% | 10.05% | 9.06% |
| 4 | BROADCOM INC. | 4.84% | 5.37% | 4.84% |
| 5 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 2.21% | 3.39% | 2.21% |
| 6 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 1.95% | 2.98% | 1.95% |
| 7 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 1.93% | 2.95% | 1.93% |
| 8 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 1.79% | 2.73% | 1.79% |
| 9 | APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. | 1.58% | 2.42% | 1.58% |
| 10 | LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION | 1.55% | 2.38% | 1.55% |
| 11 | ORACLE CORPORATION | 1.45% | 2.22% | 1.45% |
| 12 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 1.32% | 2.02% | 1.32% |
Only in IXN
54 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.60%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 3.39%
- ASML Holding N.V. 3.01%
- SK hynix Inc. 1.80%
- SAP SE 1.01%
- SHOPIFY INC. 0.85%
- Tokyo Electron Limited 0.68%
- ADVANTEST CORPORATION 0.59%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.51%
- MediaTek Inc. 0.45%
Only in XLK
1 total- State Street Global Advisors 0.03%
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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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