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ABOT vs QQQJ: which is really different?

ABOT and QQQJ hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and QQQJ returned more over the year.

Abacus FCF Innovation Leaders ETF and Invesco NASDAQ Next Gen 100 ETF.

70.2%ABOT in the S&P 500
46.2%QQQJ in the S&P 500
+7.7%ABOT total return, 1 year
+22.4%QQQJ total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: QQQJ scores higher

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

ABOT 11.6QQQJ 56.60.1, the lowest in this set91.8, the highest

A percentile among the 379 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

ABOT30% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
70%30%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 81% · top ten 37% of the fund · 54 holdings filed Apr 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 47% in70%30%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 81% · top ten 37% of the fund
QQQJ54% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
46%54%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 20% of the fund · 108 holdings filed Sep 19, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 1% in46%54%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 20% of the fund

12% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ABOT and QQQJ hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ABOT and QQQJ both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingABOTQQQJ
NetApp Inc2.44%1.97%
Illumina Inc2.09%1.83%
Expedia Group Inc1.75%1.61%
VeriSign Inc2.88%1.39%
Atlassian Corp1.36%1.55%
Incyte Corp1.59%1.26%
Nutanix Inc1.51%0.95%
Neurocrine Biosciences Inc0.72%0.74%
DraftKings Inc1.46%0.54%
Docusign Inc0.50%0.68%
Only in each
Only in ABOTOnly in QQQJ
NVIDIA Corp 6.32%Natera Inc 2.67%
Apple Inc 5.46%eBay Inc 2.51%
Broadcom Inc 4.61%Revolution Medicines Inc 2.05%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co 3.21%Flex Ltd 2.01%
QUALCOMM Inc 3.18%United Airlines Holdings Inc 1.78%
Airbnb Inc 3.06%Elbit Systems Ltd 1.75%
AbbVie Inc 2.85%Steel Dynamics Inc 1.71%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 2.49%Kimberly-Clark Corp 1.66%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ABOT and QQQJ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ABOTQQQJABOTQQQJABOTQQQJ
3 months+15.7%−0.9%+13.4 pts−3.1 pts+18.2 pts+1.6 pts
6 months+30.5%+22.6%+12.4 pts+4.6 pts+6.2 pts−1.6 pts
1 year+7.7%+22.4%−8.9 pts+5.8 pts−14.1 pts+0.7 pts
3 years+76.5%+80.4%−1.9 pts+2.0 pts−21.6 pts−17.8 pts
Since launch+88.3%+72.2%−34.9 pts−63.7 pts−53.9 pts−81.2 pts
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ABOT and QQQJ on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ABOT
Abacus FCF Innovation Leaders ETF
Holds 54 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 70% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
QQQJ
Invesco NASDAQ Next Gen 100 ETF
Holds 108 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 46% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerAbacus FCFInvesco
ThemeBroad innovation and megatrendsBroad innovation and megatrends
In the S&P 50070.2%46.2%
Active share vs the S&P 50080.9%98.6%
In the Nasdaq-10046.5%1.4%
Holdings54108
Top ten, share of the fund36.5%19.9%
Expense ratio0.39%0.15%
Fee for the differing part0.48%0.15%
Total return, 1 year+7.7%+22.4%
vs the S&P 500−8.9 pts+5.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−14.1 pts+0.7 pts
Below its high−2.4%−5.5%
Net assets$4m$1.2bn

ABOT in plain words

By weight, 70% of ABOT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 81%. The top ten holdings are 36% of the fund across 54 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +7.7% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 8.9 pts.

QQQJ in plain words

By weight, 46% of QQQJ's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 20% of the fund across 108 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 19, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +22.4% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 5.8 pts. It sits 5.5% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ABOT and QQQJ hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 12% 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, ABOT or QQQJ?
ABOT has 70% of its weight in S&P 500 names and QQQJ has 46%, so QQQJ differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ABOT or QQQJ?
ABOT charges 0.39% a year and QQQJ charges 0.15%, so QQQJ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ABOT against QQQJ, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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