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SHLD vs XBI: which is really different?

SHLD and XBI hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and XBI returned +45.0% over the year. Global X Defense Tech ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Biotech ETF.

XBI costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 59.0 points; XBI is 1.6 times larger.

SHLDXBI
Expense ratio0.50%0.35%
Net assets, SHLD as of Oct 9, 2026 and XBI as of Oct 8, 2026$6.3bn$9.9bn
Total return, 1 year−14.0%+45.0%
What it tracksDefenseBiotech
Holdings in common0%
S&P 500, total return, 1 year+17.3%
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearbehind by 31.3 ptsahead by 27.7 pts
Below its all-time high23.0%, high on Mar 9, 202611.1%, high on Feb 8, 2021

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

39.4%
SHLD in the S&P 500
12.7%
XBI in the S&P 500
−14.0%
SHLD total return, 1 year
+45.0%
XBI total return, 1 year
SHLD · 1 year to Oct 9, 202661% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
61% of its weight is outside the S&P 50039% of SHLD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 61% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 9, 2026.39%61%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 65% of the fund · 52 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in61% of its weight is outside the S&P 50039% of SHLD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 61% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 9, 2026.39%61%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 99% · Nasdaq-100: 0% in

39% of SHLD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 61% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 9, 2026.

XBI · 1 year to Oct 9, 202687% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
87% of its weight is outside the S&P 50013% of XBI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 87% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.13%87%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 17% of the fund · 165 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 9% in87% of its weight is outside the S&P 50013% of XBI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 87% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.13%87%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · Nasdaq-100: 9% in

13% of XBI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 87% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · SHLD scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
0.1, the lowest in this set92.3, the highest

A percentile among the 391 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing. All thematic ETFs ranked by it → How it is computed →

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SHLD and XBI hold 0% 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 Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding SHLD XBI
Only in SHLD
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A 13.24%
RTX CORPORATION 9.11%
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP 8.37%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 8.28%
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP 7.51%
BAE SYSTEMS PLC 4.48%
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC 3.70%
RHEINMETALL AG 3.60%
Only in XBI
MODERNA INC 2.20%
TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP 1.84%
NATERA INC 1.79%
ABBVIE INC 1.65%
UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP 1.59%
AMGEN INC 1.58%
BIOGEN INC 1.57%
HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS INC 1.55%

0% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowSHLDXBISHLDXBISHLDXBI
3 months−2.2%−3.3%−5.5 pts−6.7 pts−5.8 pts−7.0 pts
6 months−17.4%+18.9%−32.5 pts+3.8 pts−40.6 pts−4.3 pts
1 year−14.0%+45.0%−31.3 pts+27.7 pts−37.6 pts+21.4 pts
3 years+139.1%+114.6%+53.4 pts+28.8 pts+31.9 pts+7.3 pts
Since launch
SHLD Sep 2023 · XBI Feb 2006
+146.1%+890.7%+64.7 pts+92.2 pts+41.7 pts−1,164.7 pts

Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

SHLD
Global X Defense Tech ETF · Holds 52 stocks in defense, 39% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
XBI
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Biotech ETF · Holds 165 stocks in biotech, 13% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Global X State Street
Theme Defense Biotech
In the S&P 500 39.4% 12.7%
Active share vs the S&P 500 99.1% 98.4%
In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 8.5%
Holdings 52 165
Top ten, share of the fund 65.3% 16.9%
Expense ratio 0.50% 0.35%
Fee for the differing part 0.50% 0.36%
Total return, 1 year −14.0% +45.0%
vs the S&P 500 −31.3 pts +27.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −37.6 pts +21.4 pts
Below its high −23.0% −11.1%
Net assets, SHLD as of Oct 9, 2026 and XBI as of Oct 8, 2026 $6.3bn $9.9bn

As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

SHLD in plain words

By weight, 39% of SHLD's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 65% of the fund across 52 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned −14.0% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 31.3 pts. It sits 23.0% below its all-time high of Mar 9, 2026.

XBI in plain words

By weight, 13% of XBI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 17% of the fund across 165 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +45.0% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 27.7 pts. It sits 11.1% below its all-time high of Feb 8, 2021.

Questions people ask

Do SHLD and XBI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, SHLD or XBI?
SHLD has 39% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XBI has 13%, so SHLD differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, SHLD or XBI?
SHLD charges 0.50% a year and XBI charges 0.35%, so XBI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
SHLD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SHLD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Global X page for SHLD ↗XBI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗XBI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure; a link is not an endorsement. A comparison is not a recommendation.

How this is computed

It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation.

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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ETFIQ, SHLD against XBI, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/shld-vs-xbi

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