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ABOT vs XT: which is really different?

ABOT and XT hold 17% of their weight in the same names, and XT returned more over the year.

Abacus FCF Innovation Leaders ETF and iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF.

70.2%ABOT in the S&P 500
64.5%XT in the S&P 500
+7.7%ABOT total return, 1 year
+24.4%XT total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: ABOT scores higher

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

ABOT 11.6XT 3.30.1, 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
XT36% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
65%36%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 68% · top ten 34% of the fund · 225 holdings filed Sep 17, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 39% in65%36%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 68% · top ten 34% of the fund

17% 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 XT hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ABOT and XT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingABOTXT
NVIDIA Corp6.32%3.85%
Palo Alto Networks Inc2.49%3.43%
AbbVie Inc2.85%2.32%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc2.06%2.59%
Broadcom Inc4.61%1.86%
Fortinet Inc2.03%1.17%
Gilead Sciences Inc1.98%0.90%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co3.21%0.64%
Rockwell Automation Inc1.85%0.46%
Fair Isaac Corp1.37%0.25%
Zscaler Inc1.18%0.23%
Illumina Inc2.09%0.18%
Only in each
Only in ABOTOnly in XT
Apple Inc 5.46%TESLA INC 4.10%
QUALCOMM Inc 3.18%TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 4.06%
Airbnb Inc 3.06%ELI LILLY 4.00%
VeriSign Inc 2.88%MICROSOFT 3.94%
NetApp Inc 2.44%JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.13%
Adobe Inc 2.29%ANALOG DEVICES 3.03%
Autodesk Inc 2.28%AMAZON.COM INC 2.71%
Motorola Solutions Inc 2.12%ALPHABET CLASS A 2.21%

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 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ABOT 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
ABOTXTABOTXTABOTXT
3 months+15.7%0.0%+13.4 pts−2.3 pts+18.2 pts+2.5 pts
6 months+30.5%+22.9%+12.4 pts+4.8 pts+6.2 pts−1.4 pts
1 year+7.7%+24.4%−8.9 pts+7.8 pts−14.1 pts+2.6 pts
3 years+76.5%+67.9%−1.9 pts−10.5 pts−21.6 pts−30.2 pts
Since launch+88.3%+284.5%−34.9 pts−56.6 pts−53.9 pts−342.6 pts
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ABOT and XT 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
XT
iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF
Holds 225 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 64% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerAbacus FCFiShares
ThemeBroad innovation and megatrendsBroad innovation and megatrends
In the S&P 50070.2%64.5%
Active share vs the S&P 50080.9%67.5%
In the Nasdaq-10046.5%39.4%
Holdings54225
Top ten, share of the fund36.5%33.9%
Expense ratio0.39%0.46%
Fee for the differing part0.48%0.68%
Total return, 1 year+7.7%+24.4%
vs the S&P 500−8.9 pts+7.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−14.1 pts+2.6 pts
Below its high−2.4%−1.9%
Net assets$4m$4.0bn

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.

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 68%. The top ten holdings are 34% of the fund across 225 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +24.4% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 7.8 pts.

Questions people ask

Do ABOT and XT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 17% 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 XT?
ABOT has 70% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 64%, so ABOT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ABOT or XT?
ABOT charges 0.39% a year and XT charges 0.46%, so ABOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ABOT against XT, 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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