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GRID vs XSD

First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Semiconductor ETF, side by side on the themes desk.

4% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GRID and XSD hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions GRID and XSD both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGRIDXSD
NVIDIA Corporation2.34%2.10%
Texas Instruments Incorporated0.91%2.22%
QUALCOMM Incorporated0.68%2.04%
Analog Devices, Inc.0.68%2.13%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in GRIDOnly in XSD
Schneider Electric SE 9.11%MaxLinear Inc 3.75%
Eaton Corporation Plc 8.80%Allegro MicroSystems Inc 3.30%
Johnson Controls International Plc 8.49%Astera Labs Inc 3.08%
ABB Ltd 7.70%Ambarella Inc 2.89%
Quanta Services, Inc. 7.53%Intel Corp 2.75%
National Grid Plc 4.14%Penguin Solutions Inc 2.74%
E.ON SE 4.11%Micron Technology Inc 2.73%
Prysmian SpA 3.53%Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.71%

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 as filed for Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 4, 2026.

Performance, window by window

GRID and XSD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
GRIDXSDGRIDXSDGRIDXSD
3 months−4.2%−14.0%−8.9 pts−18.7 pts−6.3 pts−16.1 pts
6 months+8.4%+52.8%−6.8 pts+37.7 pts−11.8 pts+32.7 pts
1 year+26.6%+71.8%+6.6 pts+51.8 pts+1.0 pts+46.2 pts
3 years+85.1%+133.1%+7.1 pts+55.2 pts−8.4 pts+39.7 pts
Since launch+554.4%+2140.8%−257.0 pts+1329.5 pts−1129.7 pts+456.8 pts
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GRID and XSD on the themes desk fields, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GRID
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund
XSD
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Semiconductor ETF
IssuerFirst TrustState Street
ThemeElectrification and the gridSemiconductors
In the S&P 50039.9%33.4%
Active share vs the S&P 50091.9%89.4%
In the Nasdaq-1008.6%27.5%
Holdings12147
Top ten, share of the fund58.4%29.0%
Expense ratio0.56%0.35%
Fee for the differing part0.61%0.39%
Total return, 1 year+26.6%+71.8%
vs the S&P 500+6.6 pts+51.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+1.0 pts+46.2 pts
Below its high−10.1%−24.3%

GRID in plain words

By weight, 40% of GRID's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 92%. The top ten holdings are 58% of the fund across 121 positions, as filed for Sep 3, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +26.6% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 6.6 pts. It sits 10.1% below its all-time high of May 11, 2026.

XSD in plain words

By weight, 33% of XSD's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 89%. The top ten holdings are 29% of the fund across 47 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +71.8% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 51.8 pts. It sits 24.3% below its all-time high of Jun 3, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do GRID and XSD hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 4% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, GRID or XSD?
GRID has 40% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XSD has 33%, so GRID differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, GRID or XSD?
GRID charges 0.56% a year and XSD charges 0.35%, so XSD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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GRID against XSD, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 4, 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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