RSP is an equal-weight U.S. equity ETF from Invesco, while XLP is a consumer staples ETF from SPDR. RSP and XLP show limited overlap, with an estimated weighted overlap of 6.3%. They share 34 holdings in the loaded dataset, led by MDLZ, MO, and TGT.
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RSP is an equal-weight U.S. equity ETF from Invesco, while XLP is a consumer staples ETF from SPDR. RSP and XLP show limited overlap, with an estimated weighted overlap of 6.3%. They share 34 holdings in the loaded dataset, led by MDLZ, MO, and TGT.
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RSP is an equal-weight U.S. equity ETF from Invesco, while XLP is a consumer staples ETF from SPDR. RSP and XLP do not own much of the same portfolio weight. That usually means you are combining different parts of the market, with only a small amount of duplication through names like MDLZ, MO, and TGT.
RSP is an equal-weight U.S. equity ETF from Invesco, while XLP is a consumer staples ETF from SPDR. RSP is the broader fund, while XLP is the more targeted sleeve. XLP has the lower expense ratio, while RSP charges more for its exposure.
The overlap is driven by a relatively small set of large shared positions. The top three shared holdings account for 10.05% of the score, which means the result is heavily influenced by the biggest common weights rather than a long tail of tiny positions.
If you want the broader portfolio building block, RSP is usually the wider choice. If you want the more focused tilt, XLP is the narrower expression. XLP has the lower expense ratio, while RSP charges more for its exposure.
Concentration
The top three shared holdings explain 10.05% of the full overlap score.
That helps show whether the score comes from a handful of giant shared positions or from a broader mix of common holdings.
Shared Sector Tilt
Sector tags are not consistently available for the biggest shared positions in this dataset, so this comparison leans more on the specific holdings than on sector labels.
These are the holdings contributing the most to the overlap score between RSP and XLP.
| Holding | Name | RSP Wt. | XLP Wt. | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDLZ | Mondelez International, Inc. | 0.21% | 4.80% | 0.21% |
| MO | Altria Group, Inc. | 0.21% | 4.59% | 0.21% |
| TGT | Target Corp. | 0.21% | 3.71% | 0.21% |
| TSN | Tyson Foods, Inc. | 0.21% | 1.22% | 0.21% |
| WMT | Walmart Inc. | 0.21% | 11.86% | 0.21% |
| KDP | Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. | 0.20% | 2.42% | 0.20% |
| BF.B | Brown-Forman Corp. | 0.20% | 0.30% | 0.20% |
| ADM | Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | 0.20% | 2.36% | 0.20% |
| STZ | Constellation Brands, Inc. | 0.20% | 1.42% | 0.20% |
| COST | Costco Wholesale Corp. | 0.20% | 9.63% | 0.20% |
RSP is an equal-weight U.S. equity ETF from Invesco, while XLP is a consumer staples ETF from SPDR. The overlap exists because both funds allocate meaningful weight to the same holdings. In this dataset, the biggest shared drivers are MDLZ, MO, and TGT, which appear in both portfolios and push the overlap score higher.
Holding both RSP and XLP can make sense if you want exposure to different sleeves of the market. The overlap is small enough that both funds may still improve diversification.
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A straightforward approach used by portfolio analysts.
For every stock that appears in both ETFs, we take the smaller of the two weights. Adding up all those minimums gives the total overlap percentage. A score of 100% means the two ETFs hold the exact same stocks in the same proportions.
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