ETF comparison
IYE vs VDE
Both Energy.
iShares U.S. Energy ETF · Vanguard Energy Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
35 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IYE and VDE would leave roughly 90.2% 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 IYE. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for IYE.
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 IYE vs VDE.
Top shared holdings
35 shared in total| # | Holding | In IYE | In VDE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION | 22.73% | 21.40% | 21.40% |
| 2 | CHEVRON CORPORATION | 16.01% | 14.11% | 14.11% |
| 3 | CONOCOPHILLIPS | 6.44% | 6.01% | 6.01% |
| 4 | MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION | 4.08% | 4.15% | 4.08% |
| 5 | VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION | 4.06% | 4.05% | 4.05% |
| 6 | PHILLIPS 66 | 3.72% | 3.67% | 3.67% |
| 7 | THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. | 3.83% | 3.37% | 3.37% |
| 8 | SLB N.V. | 3.25% | 3.37% | 3.25% |
| 9 | EOG RESOURCES, INC. | 3.49% | 2.92% | 2.92% |
| 10 | TARGA RESOURCES CORP. | 2.52% | 2.33% | 2.33% |
| 11 | BAKER HUGHES COMPANY | 2.63% | 2.31% | 2.31% |
| 12 | KINDER MORGAN, INC. | 2.74% | 2.31% | 2.31% |
Only in IYE
5 total- FIRST SOLAR, INC. 0.94%
- NEXTPOWER INC. 0.58%
- ENPHASE ENERGY, INC. 0.21%
- Solv Energy Inc 0.05%
- X-Energy Inc 0.03%
Only in VDE
76 total- SM Energy Co 0.35%
- PBF Energy Inc 0.30%
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp 0.26%
- Kodiak Gas Services Inc 0.25%
- Plains GP Holdings LP 0.24%
- Delek US Holdings Inc 0.24%
- Uranium Energy Corp 0.24%
- Transocean Ltd 0.24%
- Oceaneering International Inc 0.24%
- CONSOL Energy Inc 0.23%
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- IYE vs IGE · iShares North American Natural Resources ETF 43.8%
- IYE vs IXC · iShares Global Energy ETF 42.0%
- IYE vs XOP · State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF 28.8%
- IYE vs MLPX · Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF 14.9%
- IYE vs OIH · VanEck Oil Services ETF 8.9%
More comparisons with VDE
- VDE vs XLE · State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF 60.3%
- VDE vs IGE · iShares North American Natural Resources ETF 47.4%
- VDE vs IXC · iShares Global Energy ETF 41.9%
- VDE vs XOP · State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF 30.9%
- VDE vs MLPX · Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF 14.6%
- VDE vs OIH · VanEck Oil Services ETF 11.2%
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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