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VGT vs XLC

Technology vs Communications.

Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VGT and XLC would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VGT only 99.9% Shared 0.0% XLC only 99.8%
In VGT only
319 positions
Shared
0 positions
In XLC only
24 positions

Side by side

VGT

Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Technology

83 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$169.25B
TTM yield
0.37%
Top-10 conc.
57.4%
XLC

State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF

State Street · Communications

80 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$22.26B
TTM yield
1.26%
Top-10 conc.
71.7%

Sub-score comparison

91
Cost
92
85
Tax efficiency
83
100
Liquidity
100
32
Concentration
12
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Tracking quality
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VGT sub-score XLC

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

Cost difference

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

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 VGT vs XLC.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in VGT

319 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 17.27%
  • Apple Inc 15.06%
  • Microsoft Corp 10.30%
  • Broadcom Inc 4.31%
  • Micron Technology Inc 2.41%
  • Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.65%
  • Cisco Systems Inc 1.63%
  • Applied Materials Inc 1.59%
  • Lam Research Corp 1.57%
  • Palantir Technologies Inc 1.57%

Only in XLC

24 total
  • Meta Platforms Inc 18.20%
  • Alphabet Inc 10.65%
  • Alphabet Inc 8.54%
  • Netflix Inc 5.91%
  • AT&T Inc 5.05%
  • Electronic Arts Inc 4.82%
  • Verizon Communications Inc 4.68%
  • Warner Bros Discovery Inc 4.67%
  • T-Mobile US Inc 4.65%
  • Walt Disney Co/The 4.52%

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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.