ETF comparison
RWR vs XLRE
Both Real Estate.
State Street SPDR Dow Jones REIT ETF · State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
24 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of RWR and XLRE would leave roughly 67.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLRE is 17 bps cheaper than RWR. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/yr more in fees for RWR.
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 RWR vs XLRE.
Top shared holdings
24 shared in total| # | Holding | In RWR | In XLRE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welltower Inc | 9.91% | 10.18% | 9.91% |
| 2 | Prologis Inc | 10.12% | 9.07% | 9.07% |
| 3 | Equinix Inc | 4.66% | 7.11% | 4.66% |
| 4 | Digital Realty Trust Inc | 4.62% | 4.63% | 4.62% |
| 5 | Simon Property Group Inc | 4.56% | 4.57% | 4.56% |
| 6 | Realty Income Corp | 4.38% | 4.39% | 4.38% |
| 7 | Public Storage | 4.18% | 4.19% | 4.18% |
| 8 | Ventas Inc | 4.12% | 4.40% | 4.12% |
| 9 | Extra Space Storage Inc | 2.95% | 3.15% | 2.95% |
| 10 | AvalonBay Communities Inc | 2.46% | 2.62% | 2.46% |
| 11 | Equity Residential | 2.16% | 2.30% | 2.16% |
| 12 | Essex Property Trust Inc | 1.66% | 1.77% | 1.66% |
Only in RWR
77 total- WP Carey Inc 1.58%
- Sun Communities Inc 1.55%
- Omega Healthcare Investors Inc 1.37%
- Equity LifeStyle Properties Inc 1.28%
- EastGroup Properties Inc 1.05%
- American Homes 4 Rent 0.97%
- Agree Realty Corp 0.96%
- Brixmor Property Group Inc 0.94%
- American Healthcare REIT Inc 0.89%
- CubeSmart 0.89%
Only in XLRE
8 total- American Tower Corp 5.96%
- CBRE Group Inc 4.46%
- Crown Castle Inc 4.01%
- Iron Mountain Inc 3.42%
- VICI Properties Inc 3.31%
- SBA Communications Corp 2.08%
- Weyerhaeuser Co 2.00%
- CoStar Group Inc 1.94%
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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.