etf overlap · little overlap
XLE vs XLU overlap
XLE and XLU hold no company in common, and share no sector either: XLE is 100% Energy, XLU 100% Utilities.
Holdings as of September 24, 2026 · source: SPDR (XLE), SPDR (XLU) · How we measured all 1,035 pairs
- same money
- same companies, extra weight
- only in this fund
What only one of them gives you
No stock and no sector in common
XLE and XLU: what people ask
How much do XLE and XLU overlap?
None by holdings, as of September 24, 2026: no company appears in both funds. They share no sector either.
Which stocks do XLE and XLU both hold?
None. XLE and XLU have no holding in common.
Is it redundant to hold both XLE and XLU?
No. Out of every $100 split evenly between them, none buys the same company. Half in each gives you 52 different holdings that behave like 25 equally weighted stocks, against 9 for XLE alone and 20 for XLU alone. Whether that mix suits you depends on what you want to own; 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 SPDR publish, not a top-10 sample, and companies are matched by their ISIN so share classes stay apart. Sector overlap applies the same rule to the issuers' sector labels; "behaves like N equally weighted stocks" is one over the sum of the squared weights.
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.