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ACES vs TAN: which is really different?

ACES and TAN hold 36% of their weight in the same names, and TAN returned more over the year.

ALPS Clean Energy ETF and Invesco Solar ETF.

14.7%ACES in the S&P 500
9.8%TAN in the S&P 500
−5.9%ACES total return, 1 year
+6.7%TAN total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: TAN scores higher

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

ACES 51.7TAN 91.80.1, 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

ACES85% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
15%85%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 51% of the fund · 37 holdings filed May 31, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 4% in15%85%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 51% of the fund
TAN90% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
10%90%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 58% of the fund · 45 holdings filed Sep 19, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in10%90%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 58% of the fund

36% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ACES and TAN hold 36% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ACES and TAN both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingACESTAN
Enphase Energy Inc6.53%6.37%
First Solar Inc6.25%9.81%
Nextpower Inc5.93%8.84%
Sunrun Inc4.18%3.86%
Clearway Energy Inc3.79%3.64%
Shoals Technologies Group Inc2.26%2.85%
T1 Energy Inc1.95%2.00%
Array Technologies Inc1.51%1.55%
Only in each
Only in ACESOnly in TAN
Plug Power Inc 6.04%Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd 8.19%
Ormat Technologies Inc 4.84%Doral Group Renewable Energy Resources Ltd 4.68%
Brookfield Renewable Partners Lp 4.68%HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc 4.39%
Ha Sustainable Infrastructure Capital In 4.40%GCL Technology Holdings Ltd 4.35%
Tesla Inc 4.24%SolarEdge Technologies Inc 3.86%
Northland Power Inc 4.20%Solaria Energia y Medio Ambiente SA 3.42%
Albemarle Corp 4.17%SMA Solar Technology AG 3.02%
Rivian Automotive Inc 4.08%OY Nofar Energy Ltd 2.89%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ACES and TAN over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ACESTANACESTANACESTAN
3 months−21.4%−24.6%−23.6 pts−26.9 pts−18.9 pts−22.1 pts
6 months−10.0%−17.2%−28.0 pts−35.2 pts−34.2 pts−41.5 pts
1 year−5.9%+6.7%−22.4 pts−9.9 pts−27.6 pts−15.1 pts
3 years−25.4%−15.9%−103.8 pts−94.3 pts−123.6 pts−114.0 pts
Since launch+25.2%−41.6%−192.9 pts−845.2 pts−317.7 pts−1731.9 pts
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ACES and TAN on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ACES
ALPS Clean Energy ETF
Holds 37 stocks in clean energy, 15% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
TAN
Invesco Solar ETF
Holds 45 stocks in clean energy, 10% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerALPSInvesco
ThemeClean energyClean energy
In the S&P 50014.7%9.8%
Active share vs the S&P 50098.1%100.0%
In the Nasdaq-1004.2%0.0%
Holdings3745
Top ten, share of the fund51.3%58.0%
Expense ratio0.55%0.70%
Fee for the differing part0.56%0.70%
Total return, 1 year−5.9%+6.7%
vs the S&P 500−22.4 pts−9.9 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−27.6 pts−15.1 pts
Below its high−69.6%−62.3%
Net assets$145m$953m

ACES in plain words

By weight, 15% of ACES'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 51% of the fund across 37 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned −5.9% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 22.4 pts. It sits 69.6% below its all-time high of Feb 9, 2021.

TAN in plain words

By weight, 10% of TAN'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 58% of the fund across 45 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 19, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +6.7% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 9.9 pts. It sits 62.3% below its all-time high of Feb 9, 2021.

Questions people ask

Do ACES and TAN hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 36% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, ACES or TAN?
ACES has 15% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TAN has 10%, so TAN differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ACES or TAN?
ACES charges 0.55% a year and TAN charges 0.70%, so ACES is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ACES against TAN, 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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