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ETF comparison

SHLD vs VIS

Both Industrials.

Global X Defense Tech ETF · Vanguard Industrials Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
9.9 %

19 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SHLD and VIS would leave roughly 9.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SHLD unmatched 90.0% Shared 9.9% VIS unmatched 89.7%

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.

In SHLD only
31 positions
Shared
19 positions
In VIS only
378 positions

Side by side

SHLD

Global X Defense Tech ETF

Global X · Industrials

63 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$6.60B
TTM yield
0.69%
Top-10 conc.
64.8%
VIS

Vanguard Industrials Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Industrials

88 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$8.22B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
0.94%
Top-10 conc.
30.5%

Sub-score comparison

50
Cost
91
84
Tax efficiency
84
92
Liquidity
96
22
Concentration
71
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Tracking quality
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SHLD sub-score VIS

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VIS is 41 bps cheaper than SHLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $410/yr more in fees for SHLD.

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 SHLD vs VIS.

Top shared holdings

19 shared in total
# Holding In SHLD In VIS Overlap
1 RTX CORPORATION 9.31% 4.01% 4.01%
2 LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 8.34% 1.67% 1.67%
3 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION 8.59% 1.23% 1.23%
4 Northrop Grumman Corporation 7.71% 1.05% 1.05%
5 L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 3.80% 0.71% 0.71%
6 LEIDOS HOLDINGS, INC. 2.56% 0.24% 0.24%
7 BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2.03% 0.20% 0.20%
8 HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC. 1.67% 0.16% 0.16%
9 MOOG INC. 1.52% 0.15% 0.15%
10 KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS, INC. 1.38% 0.14% 0.14%
11 PLANET LABS PBC 0.80% 0.07% 0.07%
12 AEROVIRONMENT, INC. 0.82% 0.07% 0.07%

Only in SHLD

31 total
  • PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 10.80%
  • BAE SYSTEMS PLC 4.62%
  • Rheinmetall Aktiengesellschaft 4.04%
  • HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. 3.81%
  • THALES SA 3.72%
  • SAAB Aktiebolag 3.58%
  • LEONARDO - SOCIETA PER AZIONI 3.54%
  • ELBIT SYSTEMS LTD 2.84%
  • KONGSBERG GRUPPEN ASA 2.05%
  • BABCOCK INTERNATIONAL GROUP PLC 0.97%

Only in VIS

378 total
  • Caterpillar Inc 5.33%
  • General Electric Co 5.04%
  • GE Vernova Inc 3.48%
  • Deere & Co 2.29%
  • Eaton Corp PLC 2.24%
  • Boeing Co/The 2.23%
  • Union Pacific Corp 2.21%
  • Uber Technologies Inc 1.94%
  • Parker-Hannifin Corp 1.78%
  • Automatic Data Processing Inc 1.65%

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/.

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.