SHLDvsXLI

Global X Defense Tech ETF or State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF, side by side from their own SEC filings. 10% of their stock holdings are the same at the same weight, across 7 stocks in both. XLI costs 0.08% a year against 0.50% for SHLD, $42 a year less on $10,000. Over the last twelve months SHLD returned +19.6% and XLI +27.2%.

10%of the two portfolios is the same stocks at the same weight
SHLD38% in stocks the other holds too
XLI10% in stocks the other holds too
stocks in bothstocks only in that fundbonds, cash and unmatched shares

The two funds

From each fund's latest N-PORT filing and its prospectus.

SHLDXLIYearly cost0.50%0.08%Net assets$8.0B$34.0BPositions5186Last 12 months+19.6%+27.2%3 years, a yearn/a+21.7%5 years, a yearn/a+14.3%Largest holdingLMT 8.4%CAT 8.5%Main sectorIndustrials 53%Industrials 99%Holdings as ofMay 31, 2026Jun 30, 2026

Returns are total returns with dividends reinvested, from the funds’ own monthly figures; “(price)” marks a fund whose filing record is younger than a year, whose twelve months are its price change. The stronger figure in each row is set in bold. Past returns say what happened, not what will.

Growth of $100

Both funds from December 2023, the first month both report, dividends reinvested.

SHLD$254XLI$168
December 2023May 2026

What they both hold

7 stocks are in both funds: 38% of SHLD and 10% of XLI. The biggest shared positions:

Stockin SHLDin XLI
RTX7.8%4.4%LMT8.4%1.8%GD7.7%1.6%NOC4.2%1.2%LHX4.7%0.9%LDOS2.8%0.2%HII2.0%0.2%

Only in SHLD

Its biggest stocks the other fund does not hold.

  1. PLTRPalantir Technologies7.1%
  2. ESLTElbit Systems Ltd.4.1%
  3. BWXTBWX Technologies, Inc.3.1%
  4. KTOSKratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.1.8%
  5. MOG-AMoog Inc.1.7%
  6. AVAVAeroVironment1.3%

Only in XLI

Its biggest stocks the other fund does not hold.

  1. CATCaterpillar Inc.8.5%
  2. GEGE Aerospace6.8%
  3. GEVGE Vernova5.5%
  4. BABoeing3.0%
  5. ETNEaton Corporation2.9%
  6. UNPUnion Pacific Corporation2.8%

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From each fund’s Form N-PORT (SHLD: May 2026, XLI: June 2026) and prospectus, via the SEC’s public data sets. Overlap counts only the stocks we can match to a listing: stock by stock, the smaller of the two weights, added up.