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ETF comparison

VCR vs XLY

Both Consumer Discretionary.

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
76.8 %

47 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VCR and XLY would leave roughly 76.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VCR unmatched 23.2% Shared 76.8% XLY unmatched 23.1%

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 VCR only
230 positions
Shared
47 positions
In XLY only
0 positions

Side by side

VCR

Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Consumer Discretionary

81 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$6.49B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
0.74%
Top-10 conc.
56.1%
XLY

State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF

State Street · Consumer Discretionary

81 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$22.40B
TTM yield
0.77%
Top-10 conc.
69.2%

Sub-score comparison

91
Cost
92
84
Tax efficiency
84
92
Liquidity
100
34
Concentration
15
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Tracking quality
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VCR sub-score XLY

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

Cost difference

XLY is 1 bps cheaper than VCR. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VCR.

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 VCR vs XLY.

Top shared holdings

47 shared in total
# Holding In VCR In XLY Overlap
1 Amazon.com Inc 21.98% 22.22% 21.98%
2 Tesla Inc 15.43% 19.64% 15.43%
3 Home Depot Inc/The 4.88% 5.83% 4.88%
4 McDonald's Corp 2.82% 4.15% 2.82%
5 Booking Holdings Inc 2.43% 3.44% 2.43%
6 TJX Cos Inc/The 2.25% 3.92% 2.25%
7 Starbucks Corp 1.84% 2.90% 1.84%
8 Lowe's Cos Inc 1.74% 3.07% 1.74%
9 DoorDash Inc 1.39% 1.74% 1.39%
10 General Motors Co 1.25% 1.73% 1.25%
11 Airbnb Inc 1.23% 1.49% 1.23%
12 Marriott International Inc/MD 1.20% 2.02% 1.20%

Only in VCR

230 total
  • MercadoLibre Inc 1.37%
  • SharkNinja Inc 0.36%
  • Tempur Sealy International Inc 0.33%
  • Rivian Automotive Inc 0.31%
  • Flutter Entertainment PLC 0.30%
  • Burlington Stores Inc 0.30%
  • Aramark 0.29%
  • Five Below Inc 0.27%
  • Toll Brothers Inc 0.27%
  • BorgWarner Inc 0.26%

Only in XLY

0 total

Every XLY position is also held by VCR.

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.