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ABOT vs FRWD: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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ABOT and FRWD hold 13% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets: $4.0m on Jul 31, 2026 for Abacus FCF Innovation Leaders ETF, and $285m on Jun 30, 2026 for Nomura Transformational Technologies ETF.

At a glance
64.4%
ABOT in the S&P 500
69.9%
FRWD in the S&P 500
+13.5%
ABOT total return, 1 year
+15.0%
FRWD total return, since launch, Jan 13, 2026
ABOT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 36% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
36% of its weight is outside the S&P 50064% of ABOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 36% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.64%36%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 84% · top ten 33% of the fund · 50 holdings as filed for Jul 31, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 42% in36% of its weight is outside the S&P 50064% of ABOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 36% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.64%36%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 84% · Nasdaq-100: 42% in

64% of ABOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 36% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.

FRWD · 6 months to Nov 4, 2026 30% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
30% of its weight is outside the S&P 50070% of FRWD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 30% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.70%30%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 74% · top ten 61% of the fund · 25 holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 80% in30% of its weight is outside the S&P 50070% of FRWD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 30% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.70%30%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 74% · Nasdaq-100: 80% in

70% of FRWD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 30% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ABOT costs 0.26 points a year less.

ABOT vs FRWD: Holdings Overlap & Returns
MeasureABOTFRWD
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.5%not published
Drawdown
Below its all-time high16.9%, high on Jun 18, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksBroad innovation and megatrendsBroad innovation and megatrends
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.39%0.65%
Net assets, ABOT as of Jul 31, 2026 and FRWD as of Jun 30, 2026$4.0m$285m
Holdings
Holdings in common13%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund32%61%
ETFIQ S&P 500 Difference Score · ABOT scores higher How much of its weight does it not share with the S&P 500?
IQ Themes Score46.1ABOT21.9FRWD

How different its holdings are from the S&P 500, ranked against 114 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.4, the lowest in this set 99.6, the highest

Weight not shared with the S&P 500 only; it says nothing about returns, fees or whether the theme pays off. All thematic ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

13%

By the books each fund has filed, ABOT and FRWD hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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13% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ABOT FRWD
NVIDIA Corp 4.75% 8.09%
Broadcom Inc 3.90% 4.65%
Spotify Technology SA 2.13% 2.38%
ServiceNow Inc 1.93% 1.74%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in ABOT
Apple Inc 4.94%
AbbVie Inc 3.25%
Airbnb Inc 2.73%
Snowflake Inc 2.68%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 2.61%
Adobe Inc 2.54%
Fortinet Inc 2.54%
Autodesk Inc 2.54%
Only in FRWD
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 7.80%
Seagate Technology Holdings plc 7.74%
Lam Research Corp. 6.64%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 6.30%
Micron Technology, Inc. 5.14%
ASML Holding NV 5.07%
Western Digital Corp. 5.04%
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 4.14%
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Window by window

Window by window: ABOT vs FRWD: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Total return
WindowABOTFRWD
3 months+7.7%−10.7%
6 months+24.2%−5.2%
1 year+13.5%–
3 years+86.1%–
Since launchNot the same days: ABOT Dec 2020 · FRWD Jan 2026+94.5%+15.0%

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Side by side

ABOT Abacus FCF Innovation Leaders ETF · Holds 50 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 64% of its weight in S&P 500 companies FRWD Nomura Transformational Technologies ETF · Holds 25 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 70% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Theme Broad innovation and megatrends Broad innovation and megatrends
In the S&P 500 64.4% 69.9%
Active share vs the S&P 500 83.7% 74.4%
In the Nasdaq-100 42.3% 79.9%
Holdings 50 25
Top ten, share of the fund 32.5% 60.6%
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.65%
Fee for the differing part 0.47% 0.87%
Total return, 1 year +13.5% +15.0% (since launch, Jan 13, 2026)
vs its benchmark not measured not measured
Below its high −3.4% −16.9%
Net assets, ABOT as of Jul 31, 2026 and FRWD as of Jun 30, 2026 $4.0m $285m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

13% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund
ABOT

By weight, 64% of ABOT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 84%. The top ten holdings are 32% of the fund across 50 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested.

FRWD

By weight, 70% of FRWD's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 74%. The top ten holdings are 61% of the fund across 25 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Jan 13, 2026 the fund returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested. It sits 16.9% below its all-time high of Jun 18, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ABOT and FRWD hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 13% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, ABOT or FRWD?
ABOT has 64% of its weight in S&P 500 names and FRWD has 70%, so ABOT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ABOT or FRWD?
ABOT charges 0.39% a year and FRWD charges 0.65%, so ABOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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