ETF comparison
VDE vs XOP
Both Energy.
Vanguard Energy Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF
Holdings overlap
48 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VDE and XOP would leave roughly 30.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VDE is 26 bps cheaper than XOP. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/yr more in fees for XOP.
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 XOP.
Top shared holdings
48 shared in total| # | Holding | In VDE | In XOP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valero Energy Corp | 4.05% | 2.74% | 2.74% |
| 2 | Marathon Petroleum Corp | 4.15% | 2.64% | 2.64% |
| 3 | Phillips 66 | 3.67% | 2.53% | 2.53% |
| 4 | EOG Resources Inc | 2.92% | 2.51% | 2.51% |
| 5 | Chevron Corp | 14.11% | 2.37% | 2.37% |
| 6 | ConocoPhillips | 6.01% | 2.36% | 2.36% |
| 7 | Devon Energy Corp | 2.03% | 2.41% | 2.03% |
| 8 | Occidental Petroleum Corp | 1.47% | 2.31% | 1.47% |
| 9 | Diamondback Energy Inc | 1.39% | 2.43% | 1.39% |
| 10 | EQT Corp | 1.24% | 2.75% | 1.24% |
| 11 | Expand Energy Corp | 0.88% | 2.80% | 0.88% |
| 12 | Ovintiv Inc | 0.72% | 2.47% | 0.72% |
Only in VDE
63 total- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 21.40%
- SLB Ltd 3.37%
- Williams Cos Inc/The 3.37%
- Targa Resources Corp 2.33%
- Baker Hughes Co 2.31%
- Kinder Morgan Inc 2.31%
- Cheniere Energy Inc 2.28%
- ONEOK Inc 2.23%
- TechnipFMC PLC 1.22%
- Halliburton Co 1.17%
Only in XOP
3 total- Exxon Mobil Corp 2.47%
- Venture Global Inc 2.28%
- New Era Energy & Digital Inc 0.59%
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More comparisons with XOP
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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/.
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