Which is cheaper, NASA or QQQ?

NASA charges 0.75% a year and QQQ charges 0.18%, so QQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do NASA and QQQ overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 2% of NASA and 97% of QQQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Are NASA and QQQ the same kind of fund?

No. NASA is a thematic ETF and QQQ is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

NASA vs QQQ

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Tema Space Innovators ETF and Invesco QQQ Trust.

NASA and QQQ on the fields both publish, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	NASA Tema Space Innovators ETF	QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust
Where it sits	Themes desk	Core fund
Issuer	Tema	Invesco
What it is	Space	Nasdaq-100, book from QQQM
Total return, 1 year	−6.6%	+25.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+18.7%	+20.0%
Gap to the S&P 500	−25.3 pts	+5.6 pts
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.18%
Already in the S&P 500	2.4%	96.7%
Holdings	37	101

NASA in plain words

By weight, 2% of NASA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 61% of the fund across 37 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned −6.6% with distributions reinvested against +18.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 25.3 pts. It sits 43.9% below its all-time high of May 27, 2026.

QQQ in plain words

QQQ is a index equity fund tracking Nasdaq-100, book from QQQM. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +25.6% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 47.5%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 4, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, NASA or QQQ?: NASA charges 0.75% a year and QQQ charges 0.18%, so QQQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do NASA and QQQ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 2% of NASA and 97% of QQQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
Are NASA and QQQ the same kind of fund?: No. NASA is a thematic ETF and QQQ is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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