ETF comparison
VDE vs XLE
Both Energy.
Vanguard Energy Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
22 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VDE and XLE would leave roughly 82.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLE is 1 bps cheaper than VDE. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VDE.
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 VDE vs XLE.
Top shared holdings
22 shared in total| # | Holding | In VDE | In XLE | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exxon Mobil Corp | 23.51% | 23.77% | 23.51% |
| 2 | Chevron Corp | 14.93% | 17.32% | 14.93% |
| 3 | ConocoPhillips | 5.78% | 7.22% | 5.78% |
| 4 | Williams Cos Inc/The | 3.80% | 4.06% | 3.80% |
| 5 | SLB Ltd | 2.86% | 4.07% | 2.86% |
| 6 | EOG Resources Inc | 2.86% | 4.15% | 2.86% |
| 7 | Kinder Morgan Inc | 2.78% | 3.48% | 2.78% |
| 8 | Baker Hughes Co | 2.69% | 3.19% | 2.69% |
| 9 | Valero Energy Corp | 2.68% | 3.99% | 2.68% |
| 10 | Phillips 66 | 2.63% | 3.89% | 2.63% |
| 11 | Marathon Petroleum Corp | 2.63% | 3.81% | 2.63% |
| 12 | ONEOK Inc | 2.18% | 3.01% | 2.18% |
Only in VDE
84 total- Cheniere Energy Inc 2.18%
- TechnipFMC PLC 1.20%
- Ovintiv Inc 0.62%
- DT Midstream Inc 0.61%
- Prc Newco Inc 0.56%
- Antero Resources Corp 0.47%
- Range Resources Corp 0.43%
- Antero Midstream Corp 0.36%
- Viper Energy Inc 0.36%
- HF Sinclair Corp 0.35%
Only in XLE
1 total- State Street Global Advisors 0.00%
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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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