ETF comparison
VOX vs XLC
Both Communications.
Vanguard Communication Services Index Fund ETF Shares · State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
22 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VOX and XLC would leave roughly 77.2% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLC is 1 bps cheaper than VOX. On a $100,000 position that's about $10/yr more in fees for VOX.
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Top shared holdings
22 shared in total| # | Holding | In VOX | In XLC | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meta Platforms Inc | 20.54% | 19.90% | 19.90% |
| 2 | Alphabet Inc | 14.48% | 13.08% | 13.08% |
| 3 | Alphabet Inc | 8.10% | 10.42% | 8.10% |
| 4 | Netflix Inc | 5.47% | 4.84% | 4.84% |
| 5 | Walt Disney Co/The | 4.51% | 4.48% | 4.48% |
| 6 | Verizon Communications Inc | 4.83% | 4.14% | 4.14% |
| 7 | AT&T Inc | 4.42% | 4.09% | 4.09% |
| 8 | Comcast Corp | 3.05% | 4.70% | 3.05% |
| 9 | T-Mobile US Inc | 2.71% | 4.15% | 2.71% |
| 10 | Warner Bros Discovery Inc | 2.60% | 4.67% | 2.60% |
| 11 | Take-Two Interactive Software Inc | 1.91% | 5.25% | 1.91% |
| 12 | Live Nation Entertainment Inc | 1.73% | 3.49% | 1.73% |
Only in VOX
89 total- Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.03%
- AppLovin Corp 1.63%
- ROBLOX Corp 1.49%
- Liberty Media Corp-Liberty Formula One 1.30%
- Roku Inc 1.25%
- Reddit Inc 1.04%
- AST SpaceMobile Inc 0.80%
- New York Times Co/The 0.65%
- Pinterest Inc 0.61%
- Match Group Inc 0.55%
Only in XLC
1 total- Electronic Arts Inc 4.63%
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/methodology/.
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