Which returned more over the last year, ETHA or GARP?

In the year to Sep 21, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ETHA returned −42.6% and GARP returned +27.2%, so GARP returned more.

Which is cheaper, ETHA or GARP?

ETHA charges 0.25% a year and GARP charges 0.15%, so GARP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 21, 2026.

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ETHA vs GARP: how they differ

ETHA and GARP hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and GARP returned more over the year.

iShares Ethereum Trust ETF and iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ETHA and GARP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ETHA and GARP both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	ETHA	GARP
USD CASH	0.00%	0.01%

Only in each
Only in ETHA	Only in GARP
ETHER 100.00%	APPLE 5.33%
	NVIDIA 5.13%
	MICROSOFT 5.12%
	META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.92%
	MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.90%
	VISA CLASS A 4.57%
	LAM RESEARCH 3.85%
	CATERPILLAR INC 3.63%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 18, 2026.

ETHA and GARP on the fields both publish, as of Sep 21, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	ETHA iShares Ethereum Trust ETF	GARP iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF
Where it sits	Core fund	Core fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	Holds ether	Tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP
Total return, 1 year	−42.6%	+27.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+16.6%	+16.6%
Gap to the S&P 500	−59.2 pts	+10.6 pts
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.15%
Holdings	2	134
Net assets	$9.2bn	$3.2bn

ETHA in plain words

ETHA holds ether. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned −42.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. It sat 45.6% below its high of Aug 22, 2025 on Sep 18, 2026.

GARP in plain words

GARP tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned +27.2% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 134 positions, with the top ten at 43.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ETHA or GARP?: In the year to Sep 21, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ETHA returned −42.6% and GARP returned +27.2%, so GARP returned more.
Which is cheaper, ETHA or GARP?: ETHA charges 0.25% a year and GARP charges 0.15%, so GARP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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