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EZET vs TETH: which tracked its coin?

Over the year, EZET finished 0.82 of a percentage point ahead of Ether and TETH 1.0 ahead.

Franklin Ethereum Trust and 21Shares Ethereum Staking ETF, side by side, crypto ETFs on ETFIQ.

−42.8%EZET returned, year
−42.5%TETH returned, year
+0.8 ptsEZET against Ether, in percentage points
+1.0 ptsTETH against Ether, in percentage points

ETFIQ Coin Capture Score: TETH scores higher

How much of what holding the coin gave did a holder of the fund keep?

EZET 81.3TETH 89.62.1, the lowest in this set97.9, the highest

A percentile among the 24 spot crypto ETPs with a full year. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All crypto ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

EZETWithin a point of Ether · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
Ether−43.59%EZET−42.77%0.82 pts ahead of EtherTotal return, 1 year, fund against the coinEther−43.59%EZET−42.77%0.82 pts ahead of EtherTotal return, 1 year
TETHWithin a point of Ether · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
Ether−43.59%TETH−42.55%1.04 pt ahead of EtherTotal return, 1 year, fund against the coinEther−43.59%TETH−42.55%1.04 pt ahead of EtherTotal return, 1 year

The same coin, two trusts

EZET and TETH hold the same asset. Both are 1933 Act trusts holding Ether through a custodian, so neither has a portfolio to compare: the whole of each fund is one line. Over the same days, EZET finished 0.82 of a percentage point ahead of Ether and TETH 1.0 percentage point ahead, so EZET kept more of what holding the coin gave, by 0.22 of a percentage point. That gap is the fee, the custody, the creation and redemption friction and the market’s pricing of the shares, compounded into one figure.

Performance, window by window

EZET and TETH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnThe coin over the same daysDifference, percentage points
EZETTETHEZETTETHEZETTETH
1 month+35.3%+35.4%+34.0%+34.0%+1.3 pts+1.4 pts
3 months+52.6%+52.5%+51.0%+51.0%+1.5 pts+1.4 pts
6 months+20.7%+20.8%+20.2%+20.2%+0.5 pts+0.6 pts
1 year−42.8%−42.5%−43.6%−43.6%+0.8 pts+1.0 pts
Since each listed−27.0%−26.5%−27.8%−27.8%+0.8 pts+1.3 pts
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EZET and TETH on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
EZET
Franklin Ethereum Trust
Holds Ether through a custodian, listed Jul 23, 2024
TETH
21Shares Ethereum Staking ETF
Holds Ether through a custodian, listed Jul 23, 2024
SponsorFranklin21Shares
HoldsEtherEther
Net assets$33m, balance sheet of Jun 30, 2026$13m, balance sheet of Jun 30, 2026
Sponsor’s fee0.19%0.21%
Fee waiverthe whole fee, first $10.0 billion of assetsthe whole fee, until October 8, 2026
Stakingpossible; no clear answer readthe filings say it does
ListedJul 23, 2024Jul 23, 2024
Days since listing780 days780 days
Days it has traded537537
Days it closed unchanged43
Quotedon an exchange, every trading dayon an exchange, every trading day
Fund returned, 1 year or since launch−42.8%−42.5%
The coin over the same days−43.6%−43.6%
Difference, percentage points+0.8 pts+1.0 pts
Fund returned since it listed−27.0%−26.5%
Difference since it listed+0.8 pts+1.3 pts
Price$19.24$12.67

EZET in plain words

EZET holds Ether through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, Ether moved −43.6% and EZET returned −42.8%. That leaves it 0.82 of a percentage point ahead. That difference is the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks, and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin, all of it together. It is the only figure on this page the sponsor does not publish itself. EZET charges 0.19% a year and still finished 0.8% ahead of Ether, which a fee cannot do on its own. Ether is a proof of stake chain, so a fund holding it can stake. ETFIQ has not read a clear answer either way out of EZET’s filings. A spot trust is not a registered investment company. It files a 10-K rather than an N-PORT, and its holding is one line: the Ether it custodies.

TETH in plain words

TETH holds Ether through a custodian and trades on an exchange, so a holder gets the coin’s return inside a brokerage account rather than a wallet. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, Ether moved −43.6% and TETH returned −42.5%. That leaves it 1.0 percentage point ahead. TETH charges 0.21% a year and still finished 1.0% ahead of Ether, which a fee cannot do on its own. TETH’s own filings say it does (10-Q, Aug 14, 2026). It charges 0.21% and finished only −1.0% behind Ether, so staking covered about 1.3% of that fee over these days.

Questions people ask

Which tracked Ether more closely, EZET or TETH?
Over the window to Sep 11, 2026, EZET finished 0.82 of a percentage point ahead of Ether and TETH 1.0 percentage point ahead, so EZET tracked it more closely, by 0.22 of a percentage point. That difference is the fee, the custody cost, the friction of creating and redeeming shares in blocks and whatever the market paid for the shares rather than for the coin, all together.
Do EZET or TETH pay a staking yield?
Ether is a proof of stake chain, so staking is possible. Whether either trust stakes, and what the sponsor keeps of it, is a term in its own filings and is read from those rather than assumed.
What is the difference between EZET and TETH?
Both hold Ether through a custodian and both trade on an exchange, so what separates them is what each costs a holder over time. EZET is sponsored by Franklin and listed Jul 23, 2024; TETH by 21Shares, listed Jul 23, 2024.
Which is cheaper, EZET or TETH?
EZET charges 0.19% a year and TETH charges 0.21%, so EZET is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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EZET against TETH, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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