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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FENY returned +50.9% and XLE +52.5%.

Which is cheaper, FENY or XLE?

Neither: FENY and XLE both charge 0.08% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 60% of FENY and 100% of XLE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FENY vs XLE: Differences, Returns & Fees

FENY and XLE hold 80% of their weight in the same names, and XLE returned +52.5% over the year. Net assets: $2.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF, and $41.9bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF.

Both cost 0.08% a year; their one-year returns differ by 1.6 points; XLE is 18.7 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

	FENY	XLE
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$2.1bn	$39.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+50.9%	+52.5%
What it tracks	S&P 500 Index	Energy Select Sector Index
Holdings in common	80%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	65.1%	78.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+50.9%

FENY total return, 1 year

+52.5%

XLE total return, 1 year

0.08%

FENY expense ratio

0.08%

XLE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FENY and XLE hold 80% 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 Oct 8, 2026.

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80% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FENY XLE

ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 22.00% 23.49%

Chevron Corp 14.38% 17.66%

ConocoPhillips 5.87% 6.81%

Valero Energy Corp 3.77% 5.11%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 3.75% 5.20%

Williams Cos Inc/The 3.42% 4.31%

Phillips 66 3.35% 4.84%

EOG Resources Inc 3.17% 3.92%

SLB Ltd 2.90% 3.66%

Kinder Morgan Inc 2.46% 3.18%

Baker Hughes Co 2.35% 2.81%

Targa Resources Corp 2.29% 3.12%

Only in FENY

ONEOK Inc 2.25%

Cheniere Energy Inc 2.20%

TechnipFMC PLC 1.20%

Ovintiv Inc 0.73%

Permian Resources Corp 0.63%

HF Sinclair Corp 0.62%

DT Midstream Inc 0.58%

Antero Resources Corp 0.45%

Only in XLE

ONEOK INC 2.87%

XAE ENERGY DEC26 0.00%

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On the same fields

FENY

Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF

XLE

State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Fidelity State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Energy

Total return, 1 year +50.9% +52.5%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +33.7 pts +35.3 pts

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 60.0% 99.8%

Holdings 101 22

Net assets, FENY as of Sep 30, 2026 and XLE as of Oct 8, 2026 $2.1bn $41.9bn

FENY and XLE 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%.

XLE in plain words

XLE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +52.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 22 positions, with the top ten at 78.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FENY or XLE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FENY returned +50.9% and XLE +52.5%.
Which is cheaper, FENY or XLE?: Neither: FENY and XLE both charge 0.08% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FENY and XLE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 60% of FENY and 100% of XLE 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 ↗XLE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗XLE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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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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