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XAR vs XME: which is really different?

XAR and XME hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and XME returned more over the year.

State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Aerospace & Defense ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Metals & Mining ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

35.0%XAR in the S&P 500
17.3%XME in the S&P 500
+11.8%XAR total return, 1 year
+32.5%XME total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: XME scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

XAR 49XME 70.90.1, the lowest in this set91.4, the highest

A percentile among the 349 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All thematic ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

XAR65% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
35%65%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 31% of the fund · 49 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 3% in35%65%inoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 31% of the fund
XME83% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
17%83%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 47% of the fund · 41 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in17%83%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 47% of the fund

0% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, XAR and XME hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in XAROnly in XME
RTX CORP 3.34%Uranium Energy Corp 4.76%
VSE CORP 3.33%Hecla Mining Co 4.62%
ATI INC 3.25%Centrus Energy Corp 4.60%
ARCHER AVIATION INC A 3.23%USA Rare Earth Inc 4.47%
AXON ENTERPRISE INC 3.20%Coeur Mining Inc 4.46%
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP 3.11%MP Materials Corp 4.41%
GENERAL ELECTRIC 3.04%Freeport-McMoRan Inc 4.26%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP 3.02%Royal Gold Inc 4.26%

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 dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

Performance, window by window

XAR and XME over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
XARXMEXARXMEXARXME
3 months−12.1%−5.6%−15.4 pts−8.9 pts−11.3 pts−4.8 pts
6 months−7.2%+4.3%−23.2 pts−11.7 pts−27.9 pts−16.3 pts
1 year+11.8%+32.5%−5.7 pts+15.0 pts−11.2 pts+9.6 pts
3 years+114.1%+123.5%+36.2 pts+45.6 pts+19.0 pts+28.4 pts
Since launch+1042.3%+160.8%+288.5 pts−643.6 pts−366.6 pts−1513.1 pts
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XAR and XME on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
XAR
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Aerospace & Defense ETF
Holds 49 stocks in defense, 35% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
XME
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Metals & Mining ETF
Holds 41 stocks in miners and metals, 17% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerState StreetState Street
ThemeDefenseMiners and metals
In the S&P 50035.0%17.3%
Active share vs the S&P 50097.9%99.6%
In the Nasdaq-1003.2%0.0%
Holdings4941
Top ten, share of the fund31.4%46.8%
Expense ratio0.35%0.35%
Fee for the differing part0.36%0.35%
Total return, 1 year+11.8%+32.5%
vs the S&P 500−5.7 pts+15.0 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−11.2 pts+9.6 pts
Below its high−17.1%−14.4%

XAR in plain words

By weight, 35% of XAR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 31% of the fund across 49 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +11.8% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 5.7 pts. It sits 17.1% below its all-time high of Aug 14, 2026.

XME in plain words

By weight, 17% of XME's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 47% of the fund across 41 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +32.5% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 15.0 pts. It sits 14.4% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do XAR and XME hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 0% 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, XAR or XME?
XAR has 35% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XME has 17%, so XME differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, XAR or XME?
XAR charges 0.35% a year and XME charges 0.35%, so XAR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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XAR against XME, 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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