Look-through analysis:
See what your funds actually own

Look-through analysis opens every ETF and mutual fund you own and adds up what is inside: the stocks, sectors and countries.

You see your real exposure, including the same company held through several funds. It works across all your accounts and is included in the Free plan.

Feature basics

Which plan you need
Included in the Free plan
Coverage
All your ETFs and mutual funds. Individual stocks count as themselves.
What it shows
Where your money is concentrated by country, sector, or holding (in dollars or in risk)

What does a look-through analysis show?

This is the look-through panel from the Track page, with a hypothetical portfolio. Switch between dollars and risk, page through the lists and hover any slice.

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Interactive look-through panel from the PortfolioPilot Track page, shown with a hypothetical demo portfolio. It breaks the portfolio's ETFs and mutual funds into the stocks, sectors and countries they hold, in three donut charts: by country, by sector and by underlying holding. A toggle switches between exposure in dollars and exposure in risk, and each holding lists the funds and stocks in the portfolio that add up to it.

The portfolio is hypothetical, and all figures are for demonstrative purposes only. Nothing shown is a recommendation to buy or sell any security.

Try it yourself

How much do index funds overlap?

Popular index funds hold many of the same companies. Move the amounts and watch how much ends up in the same few stocks.

Fund overlap calculator. Four sliders set a hypothetical dollar amount in an S&P 500 index fund, a Nasdaq-100 index fund, a total US stock market fund and a technology sector fund. Using approximate fund weights, it shows what share of the total ends up in the three largest US stocks, and what share is in the technology sector compared with about 31% for the US stock market as a whole.

How it works

How look-through analysis works in PortfolioPilot

Three steps from your accounts to the answer.

Step 1

Add your accounts

Connect brokerages, 401(k)s and IRAs from 12,000+ institutions, upload a statement, or enter holdings by hand.

Step 2

Every fund gets opened

Each ETF and mutual fund is broken into its underlying holdings, weighted by how much of it you own. Individual stocks count as themselves.

Step 3

See exposure three ways

By country, by sector and by underlying holding, in dollar or risk terms. Hover a holding to see which of your funds and stocks add up to it.

Then what

What can you do about overlapping funds?

Look-through analysis tells you where the overlap is. These are the places in PortfolioPilot that act on it.

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See what your funds actually own

Add your accounts or upload a statement. Look-through analysis is included in the Free plan.

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Questions

Questions about look-through analysis

Short answers here, with a link to the full help center article where one exists.

What is look-through analysis?

It opens each fund in a portfolio and adds up the underlying stocks, bonds, sectors and countries, so you see your real exposure instead of a list of fund names.

Do overlapping ETFs hurt diversification?

They can. Two funds that hold many of the same large companies add less diversification than their names suggest, and a fall in those companies hits both.

Is look-through analysis the same as a portfolio X-ray?

Yes. Portfolio X-ray and fund X-ray are other names for the same idea: looking inside funds to see the underlying holdings.

How do I do a look-through analysis in PortfolioPilot?

Scroll to the bottom of the Track page to see your portfolio broken into component holdings. The same view is on the Comparison page under holdings. Read more in the Help Center →

What is concentration risk, and how does PortfolioPilot help me identify it?

Concentration risk is holding too much in one security, sector or asset class. PortfolioPilot surfaces it so an outsized position cannot blindside you. Read more in the Help Center →

How often do the holdings inside ETFs update?

Prices update daily after the close and forecasts weekly. ETF holdings, the stocks inside the fund, refresh periodically as fund companies publish new filings. Read more in the Help Center →

Do you support international securities?

Not yet. PortfolioPilot supports US and Canadian exchanges, and ADRs and CDRs can stand in for international companies in the meantime. Read more in the Help Center →

Is look-through analysis free?

Yes. It is part of the Free plan, on the Track page and on Analysis & comparison.