etf overlap · heavy overlap

Invesco QQQ Trust logoTechnology Select Sector SPDR logoQQQ vs XLK overlap

56% of QQQ and XLK is the same money, spread over 35 companies both funds hold.

Holdings as of September 24, 2026 · source: Invesco (QQQ), SPDR (XLK)

overlapfull holdings, by weight
56%of each fund is money the other holds at the same weight, across 35 shared companies.
QQQ
56%44%
XLK
56%30%15%
  • same money
  • same companies, extra weight
  • only in this fund
Overlap = the sum, over companies both funds hold, of the smaller of the two weights. Cash and derivatives excluded.
01Shared

The companies you would own twice

held by bothtop 15 of 35
companyQQQXLK
NVIDIA Corp logoNVDANVIDIA Corp8.19%15.28%
Apple Inc logoAAPLApple Inc7.41%13.79%
Intel Corp logoINTCIntel Corp2.79%3.60%
Palantir Technologies Inc logoPLTRPalantir Technologies Inc1.85%2.52%
CRCRWDCrowdstrike Holdings Inc1.11%1.51%
SNSNDKSandisk Corp1.07%1.46%
02Different

What only one of them gives you

only in QQQ66 names
Alphabet Inc Class C logoGOOGAlphabet Inc Class C2.83%
SPSPCXSpace Exploration Technologies Corp2.65%
only in XLK40 names
DEDELLDELL TECHNOLOGIES C0.92%
GLGLWCORNING INC0.70%
03Sectors

Where each fund puts its money

sectorsQQQ vs XLK, share of each fund
Information Technology59.08%99.93%
Communication Services15.21%0.00%
Consumer Discretionary10.17%0.00%
Consumer Staples5.43%0.00%
Health Care3.74%0.00%
Industrials3.01%0.00%
Utilities1.01%0.00%
Materials0.90%0.00%
Energy0.46%0.00%
Not classified0.59%0.00%
04Questions

QQQ and XLK: what people ask

questions4 answered

How much do QQQ and XLK overlap?

56% by weight, as of September 24, 2026: heavy overlap. 35 companies appear in both funds; they make up 56% of QQQ and 85% of XLK.

Which stocks do QQQ and XLK both hold?

The largest shared positions are NVDA, AAPL, MSFT, MU and AMD. Ranked by the smaller of the two weights, which is the part you would own twice.

Is it redundant to hold both QQQ and XLK?

Out of every $100 split evenly between them, about $56 (half in each fund) buys identical positions. The rest is exposure only one of the two funds gives you: 66 names only in QQQ, 40 only in XLK. Whether that duplication is a problem depends on the mix you want; this is a description, not advice.

How is ETF overlap calculated here?

For every company held by both funds we take the smaller of its two weights and add them up. The weights come from the full holdings files Invesco and SPDR publish, not a top-10 sample, and companies are matched by their ISIN so share classes stay apart.

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Weights come from each issuer's published holdings file and are matched company by company on their ISIN. Cash, futures and currency positions are left out. This page describes what the funds hold; it is not investment advice.