ETF comparison
REET vs VNQ
International Real Estate vs Real Estate.
iShares Global REIT ETF · Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
96 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of REET and VNQ would leave roughly 68.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VNQ is 1 bps cheaper than REET. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for REET.
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 REET vs VNQ.
Top shared holdings
96 shared in total| # | Holding | In REET | In VNQ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WELLTOWER INC. | 8.32% | 7.84% | 7.84% |
| 2 | PROLOGIS, INC. | 7.33% | 7.00% | 7.00% |
| 3 | EQUINIX, INC. | 5.89% | 5.64% | 5.64% |
| 4 | DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. | 3.85% | 3.66% | 3.66% |
| 5 | SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC. | 3.67% | 3.53% | 3.53% |
| 6 | REALTY INCOME CORPORATION | 3.27% | 3.11% | 3.11% |
| 7 | PUBLIC STORAGE. | 2.66% | 2.54% | 2.54% |
| 8 | VENTAS, INC. | 2.29% | 2.19% | 2.19% |
| 9 | IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED | 2.06% | 1.98% | 1.98% |
| 10 | EXTRA SPACE STORAGE INC. | 1.68% | 1.61% | 1.61% |
| 11 | VICI PROPERTIES INC. | 1.76% | 1.58% | 1.58% |
| 12 | AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC. | 1.45% | 1.38% | 1.38% |
Only in REET
233 total- GOODMAN GROUP 2.39%
- UNIBAIL-RODAMCO-WESTFIELD SE 0.82%
- SCENTRE GROUP 0.78%
- Link Real Estate Investment Trust 0.72%
- SEGRO PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 0.71%
- CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust 0.61%
- KLEPIERRE SA 0.47%
- CapitaLand Ascendas REIT 0.44%
- MERLIN Properties SOCIMI, S.A. 0.40%
- STOCKLAND CORPORATION LTD 0.39%
Only in VNQ
50 total- Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund 14.63%
- American Tower Corp 4.54%
- CBRE Group Inc 2.25%
- Crown Castle Inc 2.05%
- SBA Communications Corp 1.25%
- Weyerhaeuser Co 0.94%
- Jones Lang LaSalle Inc 0.80%
- CoStar Group Inc 0.77%
- Lamar Advertising Co 0.63%
- Zillow Group Inc 0.39%
Open REET or VNQ at a brokerage
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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/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.