Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
ETHA vs ETHE: Tracking, Returns & Fees
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ETHA finished 0.25 of a percentage point behind Ether and ETHE 0.55 behind.
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Net assets: $7.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Ethereum Trust ETF, and $1.2bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Grayscale Ethereum Staking ETF.
ETHA over 1 year: fund −41.59%, Ether −41.34%, 0.25 pts behind Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Data to Oct 28, 2026.ETHE over 1 year: fund −41.89%, Ether −41.34%, 0.55 pts behind Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.
Data to Oct 28, 2026.Pair scorecard
ETHA costs 2.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points.
| Measure | ETHA | ETHE |
|---|---|---|
| Return | ||
| Total return, 1 year | −41.6% | −41.9% |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| What it tracks | Ether | Ether |
| Against Ether, same days | 0.3% behind | 0.6% behind |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.25% | 2.50% |
| Net assets, ETHA as of Oct 27, 2026 and ETHE as of Jun 30, 2026 | $7.5bn | $1.2bn |
| Reports to the SEC on | 10-K, not N-PORT | |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | not published | |
How much of its coin's move it captured, after costs, ranked against 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year. 100 is best. How it is computed
A percentile among the 26 spot crypto trusts with a full year. Share of the coin's own price growth a holder kept; funds on different coins are ranked together. All crypto ETFs ranked by it →
Side by side
As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
Window by window
| Total return | The coin over the same days | Difference, percentage points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | ETHA | ETHE | ETHA | ETHE | ETHA | ETHE |
| 1 month | −11.3% | −11.4% | −11.3% | −11.3% | 0.0 pts | −0.1 pts |
| 3 months | +25.5% | +25.3% | +25.6% | +25.6% | −0.2 pts | −0.3 pts |
| 6 months | +6.0% | +5.7% | +6.1% | +6.1% | −0.1 pts | −0.5 pts |
| 1 year | −41.6% | −41.9% | −41.3% | −41.3% | −0.3 pts | −0.6 pts |
| 3 years | – | +51.7% | – | +33.5% | – | +13.6% of its growth |
| Since each listed | −31.9% | – | −31.5% | – | −0.4 pts | – |
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The same coin, two trusts
ETHA and ETHE 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, ETHA finished 0.25 of a percentage point behind Ether and ETHE 0.55 of a percentage point behind, so ETHA kept more of what holding the coin gave, by 0.30 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 number.
ETHA and ETHE are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?
- Staking. ETHA: the filings say it does not. ETHE: the filings say it does.
- Cost. ETHA charges 0.25% of assets a year and ETHE 2.50%, a gap of 2.25 points.
- What each follows (similar). Both follow Ether.
Data as of Oct 28, 2026.
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ETHA’s own filings say it does not (424B3, Aug 6, 2026).
ETHA 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 Oct 28, 2026, Ether moved −41.3% and ETHA returned −41.6%. That leaves it 0.25 of a percentage point behind. 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 number on this page the sponsor does not publish itself. ETHA charges 0.25% a year and finished 0.3% behind Ether, so the fee is almost the whole of the difference. Ether is a proof of stake chain, so a fund holding it can stake. 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.
ETHE’s own filings say it does (424B3, Aug 7, 2026). It charges 2.50% and finished only 0.6% behind Ether, so staking covered about 1.9% of that fee over these days.
ETHE 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 Oct 28, 2026, Ether moved −41.3% and ETHE returned −41.9%. That leaves it 0.55 of a percentage point behind. ETHE charges 2.50% a year and finished 0.6% behind Ether, so the fee is more than the whole difference.
Questions people ask
- Which tracked Ether more closely, ETHA or ETHE?
- Over the window to Oct 28, 2026, ETHA finished 0.25 of a percentage point behind Ether and ETHE 0.55 of a percentage point behind, so ETHA tracked it more closely, by 0.30 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 ETHA or ETHE 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.
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