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Overlap · from SEC filings

GRID vs XLU: what actually overlaps

GRID and XLU: 0.04% of a dollar ends up in the same companies either way (SEC Form N-PORT, 2026-06-30), across 1 securities the two funds both hold. Every free comparison tool can list the tickers in common; this weights them, which is the part that decides whether owning both changes anything.

0.04%Overlap by weight
1Shared holdings
42.7Combined effective holdings
+19.9 vs GRID alone

The short version

Held alone, GRID behaves like 22.8 equally weighted positions and XLU like 20. Held together in equal size they behave like 42.7 — 19.9 more than GRID on its own. They share only 1 securities, 0.04% of a dollar by weight, so the pair genuinely widens.

Overlap here is the sum, over securities both funds hold, of the smaller of the two weights: the share of a dollar that sits in the same company either way. Matching is on CUSIP. Figures are as of each fund's own reporting date (2026-06-30 and 2026-06-30), which do not always align.

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Side by side

as filed
GRIDXLU
Assets$12B$23B
Holdings12233
Effective holdings22.820
Top ten weight58.49%57.59%
Largest position8.54%12.9%
Priced at market (Level 1)99.19%100%
Reporting date2026-06-302026-06-30

Each fund on its own: GRID · XLU

Where the overlap actually is

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The ten shared positions that account for the most of it, with what each fund holds of its own. Shared is the lesser of the two — the part that is held in common either way. Where the two columns diverge, one fund is making a larger bet on that company than the other, and holding both does not average it away.

CompanyGRIDXLUShared
AES CORP (THE) 0.038% 0.737% 0.038%

What the difference is made of

99.96% · 99.26%

99.96% of GRID sits in companies XLU does not hold at all, and 99.26% of XLU in companies GRID does not hold. The largest of each, by weight in its own fund:

Only in GRID (99.96%)
  • EATON CORP PLC
  • SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE
  • ABB LTD (CH)
  • QUANTA SERVICES INC
  • JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC
Only in XLU (99.26%)
  • NextEra Energy Inc
  • Southern Co/The
  • Duke Energy Corp
  • Constellation Energy Corp
  • American Electric Power Co Inc

By country of issuer

2026-06-30

Where each fund's money sits by the issuer country its filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Two funds can share companies and still differ here, and a pair that looks diversified by name can be one country twice.

CountryGRIDXLUDifference
United States 26.01% 100.00% −73.99
Ireland° 19.42% 0.00% +19.42
France 10.47% 0.00% +10.47
Switzerland 9.59% 0.00% +9.59
Germany 6.19% 0.00% +6.19
Italy 5.98% 0.00% +5.98
United Kingdom 4.26% 0.00% +4.26
South Korea 3.37% 0.00% +3.37
Japan 2.70% 0.00% +2.70
Brazil 2.68% 0.00% +2.68

What each fund did last quarter

Each fund's newest filing against its previous one. A pair whose overlap is rising or falling does so because of these moves; the figures are the same ones on each fund's page and in its feed.

FundPeriodPositionsAddedDroppedTurnoverLargest increase
GRID 2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30 121 → 122 2110.2% QUANTA SERVICES INC 4.25% → 8.12%
XLU 2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30 32 → 33 102.3% Dominion Energy Inc 3.71% → 4.23%

Written about this pair

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This page is the measurement. These essays argue about what it means, with the figures as they stood when each was written.

Related comparisons

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Other pairs involving GRID or XLU, ordered by how much they overlap.

PairOverlapCombined effective
VPU vs XLU 89.74% 21.9
IFRA vs XLU 37.25% 38.4
GRID vs IFRA 4.31% 58.5
PAVE vs XLU 2.86% 55.4
GRID vs PAVE 2.52% 61.9
VOO vs XLU 2.19% 55.9
QQQM vs XLU 1.18% 48.6
GRID vs VPU 0.04% 46.7

Sources and limits

Computed from SEC Form N-PORT (NPORT-P), the portfolio report every registered US fund files. Positions below 0.001% of net assets are dropped; weights are normalised to each filing's own total.

Unit investment trusts including SPY and DIA do not file N-PORT, so no overlap can be computed for them. Where a comparison is missing from this site, that is usually why rather than an oversight.

Overlap says what is held in common, not what will move together. Two funds with no shared holdings can still fall together, and the effective holding count takes no account of correlation. All 275 pairs are in the concentration dataset, and every fund's own history is on its fund page.