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ETF comparison

VGT vs XSD

Technology vs Semiconductors.

Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
17.0 %

43 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VGT and XSD would leave roughly 17.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

VGT unmatched 82.9% Shared 17.0% XSD unmatched 82.9%

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
275 positions
Shared
43 positions
In XSD only
4 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%
XSD

State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF

State Street · Semiconductors

72 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$2.44B
TTM yield
0.18%
Top-10 conc.
29.0%

Sub-score comparison

91
Cost
65
85
Tax efficiency
85
100
Liquidity
73
25
Concentration
73
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Tracking quality
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VGT sub-score XSD

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

Cost difference

VGT is 26 bps cheaper than XSD. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/yr more in fees for XSD.

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 XSD.

Top shared holdings

43 shared in total
# Holding In VGT In XSD Overlap
1 Micron Technology Inc 4.19% 2.73% 2.73%
2 Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.96% 2.71% 2.71%
3 Broadcom Inc 4.05% 2.13% 2.13%
4 NVIDIA Corp 17.77% 2.10% 2.10%
5 Intel Corp 1.54% 2.75% 1.54%
6 Texas Instruments Inc 0.95% 2.22% 0.95%
7 Marvell Technology Inc 0.75% 2.49% 0.75%
8 QUALCOMM Inc 0.74% 2.04% 0.74%
9 Analog Devices Inc 0.72% 2.12% 0.72%
10 Monolithic Power Systems Inc 0.27% 1.97% 0.27%
11 NXP Semiconductors NV 0.25% 2.07% 0.25%
12 Astera Labs Inc 0.20% 3.08% 0.20%

Only in VGT

275 total
  • Apple Inc 15.83%
  • Microsoft Corp 11.32%
  • Cisco Systems Inc 1.72%
  • Palantir Technologies Inc 1.62%
  • Lam Research Corp 1.49%
  • Applied Materials Inc 1.44%
  • Palo Alto Networks Inc 1.24%
  • Oracle Corp 0.97%
  • Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 0.93%
  • KLA Corp 0.92%

Only in XSD

4 total
  • Wolfspeed Inc 2.34%
  • SkyWater Technology Inc 1.50%
  • Ambiq Micro Inc 0.89%
  • Everspin Technologies Inc 0.62%

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.