Are LYTE and RSP in the same category?

LYTE is a thematic ETF and RSP is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which is cheaper, LYTE or RSP?

RSP is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

LYTE vs RSP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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LYTE and RSP are measured over different days, and RSP charges 0.20% to LYTE's 0.65%.

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Net assets: $165m on Oct 28, 2026 for Roundhill Photonics & Optics ETF, and $99.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF.

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At a glance

−19.6%

LYTE total return, since launch, Aug 6, 2026

+16.0%

RSP total return, 1 year

0.65%

LYTE expense ratio

0.20%

RSP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

RSP costs 0.45 points a year less; RSP is far larger, $99.8bn against $163m.

LYTE vs RSP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	LYTE	RSP
Return
Measure	LYTE	RSP
Total return, 1 year	not published	+16.0%
Drawdown
Measure	LYTE	RSP
Below its all-time high	28.5%, high on Aug 17, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	LYTE	RSP
What it tracks	Photonics and optics	S&P 500 Equal Weight Index
Cost and size
Measure	LYTE	RSP
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.20%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$163m	$99.8bn
Holdings
Measure	LYTE	RSP
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		2.7%

Method

Side by side

LYTE Roundhill Photonics & Optics ETF RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF

Where it sits Thematic ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Roundhill Invesco

What it is Photonics and optics Tracks the S&P 500 equal weight

Total return, 1 year −19.6% (since launch, Aug 6, 2026) +16.0%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +2.3 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.20%

Holdings not yet filed 508

Net assets, LYTE as of Oct 28, 2026 and RSP as of Oct 27, 2026 $165m $99.8bn

LYTE and RSP on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Client brief

No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for LYTE.

Alert

About each fund

LYTE

LYTE has no public holdings filing captured yet. Since it first traded on Aug 6, 2026 the fund returned −19.6% with distributions reinvested. It sits 28.5% below its all-time high of Aug 17, 2026.

RSP

RSP tracks the S&P 500 equal weight. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 508 positions, with the top ten at 2.7%.

Questions people ask

Are LYTE and RSP in the same category?: LYTE is a thematic ETF and RSP is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which is cheaper, LYTE or RSP?: RSP is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

LYTE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

LYTE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Roundhill page for LYTE ↗

RSP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RSP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco website ↗

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