VIS vs XAR: holdings overlap, shared companies and scores

As of September 11, 2026, VIS and XAR overlap 20.6% by weight. Vanguard Industrials ETF (VIS): U.S. industrials sector stocks. State Street SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR): U.S. aerospace and defense companies.

Updated September 11, 2026

How much do VIS and XAR overlap?

As of September 11, 2026, VIS and XAR overlap 20.6% by weight.

24% of VIS is already inside XAR.

100% of XAR is already inside VIS.

VIS holds 397 companies and XAR holds 46; 45 are in both.

Computed by ETF Copilot from both funds' holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

How does ETF Copilot score VIS and XAR?

As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores VIS 4.0 out of 10 and XAR 4.8 out of 10.

They differ most on Growth: VIS 3.8 and XAR 7.9.

The five factor scores behind them are set out below, 0–10 and higher is better, ranked against every US equity ETF we track.

VIS vs XAR — ETF Copilot factor scores, 0–10
Factor	VIS	XAR
Growth	3.8	7.9
Valuation	1.7	2.1
Risk	2.9	1.8
Quality	3.5	0.6
Return	6.8	8.4

VIS is the cheaper of the two at 0.09% a year

As of September 11, 2026, VIS charges 0.09% a year, yields 1.21% and holds $8.8B in assets across 397 positions.

As of September 11, 2026, XAR charges 0.35% a year, yields 0.83% and holds $5.7B in assets across 46 positions.

VIS vs XAR — cost, income and size
Measure	VIS	XAR
Expense ratio	0.09%	0.35%
Dividend yield	1.21%	0.83%
Assets under management	$8.8B	$5.7B
Holdings	397	46

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

Where VIS and XAR trade against their own history

VIS trades at 28.4 times earnings, against its own median of 20.7, and is more expensive than 92% of its own 114 monthly readings since 2017.

XAR trades at 33.8 times earnings, against its own median of 24.4, and is more expensive than 89% of its own 114 monthly readings since 2017.

What moved VIS and XAR this week

VIS fell 1.1% in the week to September 11, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Howmet Aerospace (−11.9%), General Electric (−2.9%) and Uber Technologies (−5.6%); Eaton (+7.1%) pushed the other way.

XAR fell 3.1% in the week to September 11, 2026. The holdings that moved it most were Axon Enterprise (−10.9%), Howmet Aerospace (−11.9%) and Karman (−12.9%); Ducommun (+3.7%) pushed the other way.

What do VIS and XAR each hold?

What's inside VIS: Tech 4%, AI 1%.

31% of VIS is its ten largest holdings.

What's inside XAR: Tech 2%.

31% of XAR is its ten largest holdings.

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Cite this

ETF Copilot, “VIS vs XAR holdings overlap and scores”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/compare/vis-vs-xar