ETF comparison
IYE vs VDE
Both Energy.
iShares U.S. Energy ETF · Vanguard Energy Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
36 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IYE and VDE would leave roughly 88.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VDE is 29 bps cheaper than IYE. On a $100,000 position that's about $290/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
36 shared in total| # | Holding | In IYE | In VDE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION | 21.72% | 23.51% | 21.72% |
| 2 | CHEVRON CORPORATION | 15.40% | 14.93% | 14.93% |
| 3 | CONOCOPHILLIPS | 6.51% | 5.78% | 5.78% |
| 4 | THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. | 4.38% | 3.80% | 3.80% |
| 5 | SLB N.V. | 3.94% | 2.86% | 2.86% |
| 6 | EOG RESOURCES, INC. | 3.55% | 2.86% | 2.86% |
| 7 | KINDER MORGAN, INC. | 2.92% | 2.78% | 2.78% |
| 8 | BAKER HUGHES COMPANY | 3.12% | 2.69% | 2.69% |
| 9 | VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION | 3.54% | 2.68% | 2.68% |
| 10 | PHILLIPS 66 | 3.32% | 2.63% | 2.63% |
| 11 | MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION | 3.43% | 2.63% | 2.63% |
| 12 | CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. | 2.62% | 2.18% | 2.18% |
Only in IYE
2 total- FIRST SOLAR, INC. 0.91%
- ENPHASE ENERGY, INC. 0.19%
Only in VDE
70 total- Uranium Energy Corp 0.33%
- Transocean Ltd 0.30%
- Valaris Ltd 0.29%
- CNX Resources Corp 0.28%
- Archrock Inc 0.27%
- Noble Corp PLC 0.27%
- SM Energy Co 0.25%
- Kodiak Gas Services Inc 0.23%
- Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp 0.23%
- Liberty Energy Inc 0.22%
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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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