ETF comparison
MLPX vs VDE
Both Energy.
Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF · Vanguard Energy Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
14 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of MLPX and VDE would leave roughly 14.6% 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 36 bps cheaper than MLPX. On a $100,000 position that's about $360/yr more in fees for MLPX.
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 MLPX vs VDE.
Top shared holdings
14 shared in total| # | Holding | In MLPX | In VDE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. | 8.63% | 3.37% | 3.37% |
| 2 | TARGA RESOURCES CORP. | 7.08% | 2.33% | 2.33% |
| 3 | KINDER MORGAN, INC. | 7.66% | 2.31% | 2.31% |
| 4 | CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. | 5.41% | 2.28% | 2.28% |
| 5 | ONEOK, INC. | 7.33% | 2.23% | 2.23% |
| 6 | DT MIDSTREAM, INC. | 3.82% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 7 | ANTERO MIDSTREAM CORPORATION | 2.11% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 8 | KODIAK GAS SERVICES, INC. | 1.48% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 9 | PLAINS GP HOLDINGS, L.P | 1.56% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 10 | ARCHROCK INC. | 1.54% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 11 | HESS MIDSTREAM LP | 1.48% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 12 | KINETIK HOLDINGS INC. | 0.89% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
Only in MLPX
15 total- TC Energy Corporation 8.20%
- Enbridge Inc. 8.03%
- MPLX LP 4.76%
- ENERGY TRANSFER LP 4.72%
- PEMBINA PIPELINE CORPORATION 4.48%
- ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P. 4.42%
- PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P. 3.99%
- WESTERN MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP 3.87%
- South Bow Corporation 2.26%
- VENTURE GLOBAL, INC. 2.10%
Only in VDE
97 total- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 21.40%
- Chevron Corp 14.11%
- ConocoPhillips 6.01%
- Marathon Petroleum Corp 4.15%
- Valero Energy Corp 4.05%
- Phillips 66 3.67%
- SLB Ltd 3.37%
- EOG Resources Inc 2.92%
- Baker Hughes Co 2.31%
- Devon Energy Corp 2.03%
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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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