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
49 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VDE and XOP would leave roughly 33.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
49 shared in total| # | Holding | In VDE | In XOP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ConocoPhillips | 5.78% | 2.63% | 2.63% |
| 2 | Exxon Mobil Corp | 23.51% | 2.61% | 2.61% |
| 3 | EOG Resources Inc | 2.86% | 2.55% | 2.55% |
| 4 | Chevron Corp | 14.93% | 2.52% | 2.52% |
| 5 | Marathon Petroleum Corp | 2.63% | 2.51% | 2.51% |
| 6 | Phillips 66 | 2.63% | 2.51% | 2.51% |
| 7 | Valero Energy Corp | 2.68% | 2.50% | 2.50% |
| 8 | EQT Corp | 1.61% | 2.33% | 1.61% |
| 9 | Occidental Petroleum Corp | 1.46% | 2.73% | 1.46% |
| 10 | Diamondback Energy Inc | 1.38% | 2.61% | 1.38% |
| 11 | Texas Pacific Land Corp | 1.30% | 2.11% | 1.30% |
| 12 | Devon Energy Corp | 1.13% | 2.59% | 1.13% |
Only in VDE
57 total- Williams Cos Inc/The 3.80%
- SLB Ltd 2.86%
- Kinder Morgan Inc 2.78%
- Baker Hughes Co 2.69%
- Cheniere Energy Inc 2.18%
- ONEOK Inc 2.18%
- Targa Resources Corp 2.13%
- Halliburton Co 1.31%
- TechnipFMC PLC 1.20%
- DT Midstream Inc 0.61%
Only in XOP
2 total- Venture Global Inc 2.95%
- State Street Global Advisors 0.06%
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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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