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XME vs XT: which is really different?

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

State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Metals & Mining ETF and iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

17.3%XME in the S&P 500
64.0%XT in the S&P 500
+32.5%XME total return, 1 year
+25.7%XT 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?

XME 70.9XT 3.60.1, 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

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
XT36% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
64%36%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 67% · top ten 34% of the fund · 192 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 39% in64%36%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 67% · top ten 34% 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, XME and XT 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 XMEOnly in XT
Uranium Energy Corp 4.76%MICROSOFT 4.21%
Hecla Mining Co 4.62%NVIDIA 4.18%
Centrus Energy Corp 4.60%ELI LILLY 3.90%
USA Rare Earth Inc 4.47%TESLA INC 3.55%
Coeur Mining Inc 4.46%TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 3.55%
MP Materials Corp 4.41%JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.48%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc 4.26%ANALOG DEVICES 2.88%
Royal Gold Inc 4.26%AMAZON.COM INC 2.87%

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

XME and XT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
XMEXTXMEXTXMEXT
3 months−5.6%+0.7%−8.9 pts−2.6 pts−4.8 pts+1.5 pts
6 months+4.3%+18.0%−11.7 pts+2.0 pts−16.3 pts−2.7 pts
1 year+32.5%+25.7%+15.0 pts+8.2 pts+9.6 pts+2.8 pts
3 years+123.5%+63.3%+45.6 pts−14.6 pts+28.4 pts−31.8 pts
Since launch+160.8%+279.7%−643.6 pts−61.9 pts−1513.1 pts−340.9 pts
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XME and XT on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
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
XT
iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF
Holds 192 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 64% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerState StreetiShares
ThemeMiners and metalsBroad innovation and megatrends
In the S&P 50017.3%64.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50099.6%67.4%
In the Nasdaq-1000.0%38.8%
Holdings41192
Top ten, share of the fund46.8%33.8%
Expense ratio0.35%0.46%
Fee for the differing part0.35%0.68%
Total return, 1 year+32.5%+25.7%
vs the S&P 500+15.0 pts+8.2 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+9.6 pts+2.8 pts
Below its high−14.4%−3.2%

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.

XT in plain words

By weight, 64% of XT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 67%. The top ten holdings are 34% of the fund across 192 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +25.7% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 8.2 pts.

Questions people ask

Do XME and XT 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, XME or XT?
XME has 17% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 64%, so XME differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, XME or XT?
XME charges 0.35% a year and XT charges 0.46%, so XME is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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XME against XT, 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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