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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXC returned +50.0% and VDE +50.7%.

Which is cheaper, IXC or VDE?

VDE is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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IXC vs VDE: Differences, Returns & Fees

IXC and VDE hold 61% of their weight in the same names, and VDE returned +50.7% over the year. Net assets: $3.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Global Energy ETF, and $10.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Energy ETF.

VDE costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; VDE is 3.5 times larger.

	IXC	VDE
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.0bn	$10.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+50.0%	+50.7%
What it tracks	S&P Global 1200 Energy 4	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50
Holdings in common	61%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	60.1%	65.5%

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

+50.0%

IXC total return, 1 year

+50.7%

VDE total return, 1 year

0.37%

IXC expense ratio

0.09%

VDE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IXC and VDE hold 61% 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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61% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IXC VDE

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 17.84% 21.82%

CHEVRON 10.76% 14.03%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 4.15% 5.99%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 3.35% 4.06%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 3.29% 3.98%

PHILLIPS 66 2.89% 3.67%

WILLIAMS 2.28% 3.36%

EOG RESOURCES 2.01% 2.89%

SLB 1.87% 3.36%

KINDER MORGAN 1.63% 2.29%

TARGA RESOURCES 1.59% 2.31%

ONEOK 1.47% 2.23%

Only in IXC

SHELL 7.44%

TOTALENERGIES 4.55%

BP PLC 3.13%

ENBRIDGE 2.66%

CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LTD 2.61%

SUNCOR ENERGY INC 2.14%

TC ENERGY 1.61%

ENI 1.30%

Only in VDE

Cheniere Energy Inc 2.25%

TechnipFMC PLC 1.20%

Ovintiv Inc 0.72%

Permian Resources Corp 0.64%

HF Sinclair Corp 0.62%

DT Midstream Inc 0.51%

Antero Resources Corp 0.45%

Range Resources Corp 0.39%

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On the same fields

IXC

iShares Global Energy ETF

VDE

Vanguard Energy ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Energy

Total return, 1 year +50.0% +50.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +32.7 pts +33.5 pts

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 59.6% 81.2%

Holdings 52 113

Net assets, IXC as of Oct 9, 2026 and VDE as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.1bn $10.4bn

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

IXC in plain words

IXC tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +50.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 60% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 52 positions, with the top ten at 60.1%.

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, IXC or VDE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXC returned +50.0% and VDE +50.7%.
Which is cheaper, IXC or VDE?: VDE is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IXC and VDE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 60% of IXC and 81% of VDE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IXC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IXC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IXC ↗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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