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VGT vs XLU

Technology vs Utilities.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

VGT unmatched 99.9% Shared 0.0% XLU unmatched 99.7%

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 VGT only
318 positions
Shared
0 positions
In XLU only
31 positions

Side by side

VGT

Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Technology

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$167.05B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
0.43%
Top-10 conc.
62.5%
XLU

State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF

State Street · Utilities

83 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$24.25B
TTM yield
2.77%
Top-10 conc.
57.5%

Sub-score comparison

91
Cost
92
85
Tax efficiency
80
100
Liquidity
100
25
Concentration
32
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Tracking quality
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VGT sub-score XLU

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

Cost difference

XLU 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 XLU.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in VGT

318 total
  • NVIDIA Corp 17.77%
  • Apple Inc 15.83%
  • Microsoft Corp 11.32%
  • Micron Technology Inc 4.19%
  • Broadcom Inc 4.05%
  • Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.96%
  • Cisco Systems Inc 1.72%
  • Palantir Technologies Inc 1.62%
  • Intel Corp 1.54%
  • Lam Research Corp 1.49%

Only in XLU

31 total
  • NextEra Energy Inc 12.89%
  • Southern Co/The 7.60%
  • Duke Energy Corp 6.95%
  • Constellation Energy Corp 5.59%
  • American Electric Power Co Inc 5.24%
  • Sempra 4.27%
  • Dominion Energy Inc 4.23%
  • Entergy Corp 3.70%
  • Vistra Corp 3.54%
  • Xcel Energy Inc 3.53%

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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/.

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.