VDEvsXLE

Vanguard Energy ETF or State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF, side by side from their own SEC filings. 81% of their stock holdings are the same at the same weight, across 21 stocks in both. XLE costs 0.08% a year against 0.09% for VDE, $1 a year less on $10,000. Over the last twelve months VDE returned +43.4% and XLE +29.2%.

81%of the two portfolios is the same stocks at the same weight
VDE81% in stocks the other holds too
XLE100% 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.

VDEXLEYearly cost0.09%0.08%Net assets$11.8B$35.7BPositions11125Last 12 months+43.4%+29.2%3 years, a year+18.1%+13.0%5 years, a year+21.1%+18.8%Largest holdingXOM 21.3%XOM 22.7%Main sectorEnergy 98%Energy 100%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 September 2019, the first month both report, dividends reinvested.

VDE$271XLE$265
September 2019May 2026

More comparisons

From each fund’s Form N-PORT (VDE: May 2026, XLE: 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.