Which returned more over the last year, FENY or VDE?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FENY returned +50.9% and VDE +50.7%.

Which is cheaper, FENY or VDE?

FENY is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do FENY and VDE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 60% of FENY and 81% of VDE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FENY vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees

FENY and VDE hold 97% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Sep 30, 2026: $2.1bn for Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF and $10.4bn for Vanguard Energy ETF.

FENY costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.2 points; VDE is 5.0 times larger.

	FENY	VDE
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$2.1bn	$10.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+50.9%	+50.7%
What it tracks	S&P 500 Index	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50
Holdings in common	97%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	65.1%	65.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

+50.9%

FENY total return, 1 year

+50.7%

VDE total return, 1 year

0.08%

FENY expense ratio

0.09%

VDE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FENY and VDE hold 97% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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97% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FENY VDE

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 22.00% 21.82%

Chevron Corp 14.38% 14.03%

ConocoPhillips 5.87% 5.99%

Valero Energy Corp 3.77% 3.98%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 3.75% 4.06%

Williams Cos Inc/The 3.42% 3.36%

Phillips 66 3.35% 3.67%

SLB Ltd 2.90% 3.36%

EOG Resources Inc 3.17% 2.89%

Baker Hughes Co 2.35% 2.31%

Targa Resources Corp 2.29% 2.31%

Kinder Morgan Inc 2.46% 2.29%

Only in FENY

Tamboran Resources Corp 0.01%

Only in VDE

SLBBH1142 0.10%

VAALCO Energy Inc 0.06%

W&T Offshore Inc 0.05%

Oil States International Inc 0.05%

SandRidge Energy Inc 0.04%

Gevo Inc 0.04%

Ring Energy Inc 0.04%

Clean Energy Fuels Corp 0.03%

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On the same fields

FENY

Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF

VDE

Vanguard Energy ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Fidelity Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Energy

Total return, 1 year +50.9% +50.7%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +33.7 pts +33.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 60.0% 81.2%

Holdings 101 113

Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026 $2.1bn $10.4bn

FENY and VDE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

FENY in plain words

FENY tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +50.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 60% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 65.1%.

VDE in plain words

VDE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +50.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 81% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 65.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FENY or VDE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FENY returned +50.9% and VDE +50.7%.
Which is cheaper, FENY or VDE?: FENY is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FENY and VDE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 60% of FENY and 81% of VDE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FENY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FENY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Fidelity website ↗VDE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VDE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VDE ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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