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EZET vs FETH: Tracking, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EZET finished 0.13 of a percentage point behind Ether and FETH 0.15 behind.

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Net assets: $47m on Oct 28, 2026 for Franklin Ethereum Trust, and $1.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Fidelity Ethereum Fund.

At a glance
−41.5%
EZET returned, 1 year
−41.5%
FETH returned, 1 year
−0.1 pts
EZET against Ether, in percentage points
−0.2 pts
FETH against Ether, in percentage points
EZET · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 Within a point of Ether
Within a point of EtherEZET over 1 year: fund −41.47%, Ether −41.34%, 0.13 pts behind Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.Ether−41.34%EZET−41.47%about level with EtherTotal return, 1 year, fund against the coinWithin a point of EtherEZET over 1 year: fund −41.47%, Ether −41.34%, 0.13 pts behind Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.Ether−41.34%EZET−41.47%about level with EtherTotal return, 1 year

EZET over 1 year: fund −41.47%, Ether −41.34%, 0.13 pts behind Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.
FETH · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 Within a point of Ether
Within a point of EtherFETH over 1 year: fund −41.49%, Ether −41.34%, 0.15 pts behind Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.Ether−41.34%FETH−41.49%about level with EtherTotal return, 1 year, fund against the coinWithin a point of EtherFETH over 1 year: fund −41.49%, Ether −41.34%, 0.15 pts behind Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.Ether−41.34%FETH−41.49%about level with EtherTotal return, 1 year

FETH over 1 year: fund −41.49%, Ether −41.34%, 0.15 pts behind Ether. Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Data to Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

EZET costs 0.06 points a year less; both returned −41.5% over a year.

EZET vs FETH: Tracking, Returns & Fees
MeasureEZETFETH
Return
Total return, 1 year−41.5%−41.5%
Against its benchmark
What it tracksEtherEther
Against Ether, same days0.1% behind0.2% behind
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.19%0.25%
Net assets, EZET as of Oct 28, 2026 and FETH as of Sep 30, 2026$47m$1.6bn
Reports to the SEC on10-K, not N-PORT
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published
ETFIQ Coin Capture Score · EZET scores higher How much of what holding the coin gave did a holder of the fund keep?
IQ Crypto Score59.6EZET51.9FETH

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

1.9, the lowest in this set 98.1, the highest

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 →

Method

Side by side

EZET Franklin Ethereum Trust · Holds Ether through a custodian, first traded Jul 23, 2024 FETH Fidelity Ethereum Fund · Holds Ether through a custodian, first traded Jul 23, 2024
Holds Ether Ether
Net assets, as filed $33m, balance sheet of Jun 30, 2026 not read
Sponsor’s fee 0.19% 0.25%
Fee waiver the whole fee, first $10.0 billion of assets none
Staking the filings say it does not the filings say it does
First traded Jul 23, 2024 Jul 23, 2024
Days since its first trade 827 days 827 days
Days it has traded 570 570
Days it closed unchanged 4 4
Quoted on an exchange, every trading day on an exchange, every trading day
Fund returned, 1 year −41.5% −41.5%
The coin over the same days −41.3% −41.3%
Difference, percentage points −0.1 pts −0.2 pts
Fund returned since launch −31.9% −31.9%
Difference since launch −0.4 pts −0.5 pts
Price $17.94 $23.59
Net assets, EZET as of Oct 28, 2026 and FETH as of Sep 30, 2026 $47m $1.6bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Window by window

Window by window: EZET vs FETH: Tracking, Returns & Fees
Total returnThe coin over the same daysDifference, percentage points
WindowEZETFETHEZETFETHEZETFETH
1 month−11.3%−11.3%−11.3%−11.3%0.0 pts0.0 pts
3 months+25.5%+25.6%+25.6%+25.6%−0.2 pts0.0 pts
6 months+6.0%+6.0%+6.1%+6.1%−0.1 pts−0.2 pts
1 year−41.5%−41.5%−41.3%−41.3%−0.1 pts−0.2 pts
Since each listedEZET Jul 2024 · FETH Jul 2024−31.9%−31.9%−31.5%−31.5%−0.4 pts−0.5 pts

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The same coin, two trusts

EZET and FETH 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 0.13 of a percentage point behind Ether and FETH 0.15 of a percentage point behind, so EZET kept more of what holding the coin gave, by 0.02 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.

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EZET and FETH are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. Staking. EZET: the filings say it does not. FETH: the filings say it does.
  2. What each follows (similar). Both follow Ether.
  3. One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 EZET returned −41.5% and FETH −41.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 0.0 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund
EZET

EZET’s own filings say it does not (424B3, Oct 22, 2026).

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 Oct 28, 2026, Ether moved −41.3% and EZET returned −41.5%. That leaves it 0.13 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. EZET charges 0.19% a year and finished 0.1% 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.

FETH

FETH’s own filings say it does (424B3, Aug 21, 2026).

FETH 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 FETH returned −41.5%. That leaves it 0.15 of a percentage point behind. FETH charges 0.25% a year and finished 0.2% behind Ether, so the fee is almost the whole of the difference. Over the window ETFIQ measures it did not finish ahead of Ether’s own price, so whatever it earned did not cover its costs.

Questions people ask

Which tracked Ether more closely, EZET or FETH?
Over the window to Oct 28, 2026, EZET finished 0.13 of a percentage point behind Ether and FETH 0.15 of a percentage point behind, so EZET tracked it more closely, by 0.02 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 FETH 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 FETH?
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 first traded Jul 23, 2024; FETH by Fidelity, first traded Jul 23, 2024.
Which is cheaper, EZET or FETH?
EZET charges 0.19% a year and FETH charges 0.25%, so EZET is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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