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AMMO vs TSSD: which is really different?

AMMO and TSSD hold 16% of their weight in the same names.

VistaShares Defense Supercycle ETF and Truth Social American Security & Defense ETF.

12.6%AMMO in the S&P 500
71.5%TSSD in the S&P 500
+0.9%AMMO total return, 1 year
+20.2%TSSD total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: AMMO scores higher

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

AMMO 64.1TSSD 43.30.1, 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

AMMO87% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
13%87%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 33% of the fund · 52 holdings filed Sep 21, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 3% in13%87%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 33% of the fund
TSSD29% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
72%29%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 60% of the fund · 62 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 36% in72%29%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 98% · top ten 60% of the fund

16% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AMMO and TSSD hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AMMO and TSSD both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAMMOTSSD
Palantir Technologies Inc3.17%6.78%
L3Harris Technologies Inc2.51%4.08%
Teledyne Technologies Inc1.96%2.90%
Curtiss-Wright Corp1.84%2.76%
BWX Technologies Inc1.56%1.72%
Moog Inc2.07%1.00%
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc2.16%0.94%
Karman Holdings Inc1.17%0.77%
AeroVironment Inc2.47%0.64%
Mercury Systems Inc1.66%0.59%
Leonardo DRS Inc0.71%0.41%
nLight Inc0.47%0.41%
Only in each
Only in AMMOOnly in TSSD
LIG Defense&Aerospace Co Ltd 4.80%Palo Alto Networks Inc 9.71%
Mildef Group AB 3.78%Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 7.25%
Rheinmetall AG 3.76%RTX Corp 7.08%
Kitron ASA 3.50%Fortinet Inc 5.76%
MP Materials Corp 3.05%Lockheed Martin Corp 5.51%
Chemring Group PLC 2.76%General Dynamics Corp 4.91%
Cohort PLC 2.76%Cloudflare Inc 4.76%
TTM Technologies Inc 2.49%Axon Enterprise Inc 4.58%

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 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AMMO and TSSD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AMMOTSSDAMMOTSSDAMMOTSSD
3 monthsnot published+12.0%not published+9.7 ptsnot published+14.5 pts
6 monthsnot published+18.0%not published−0.1 ptsnot published−6.3 pts
Since launch+0.9%+20.2%−0.8 pts+8.4 pts−1.3 pts+3.4 pts
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AMMO and TSSD on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AMMO
VistaShares Defense Supercycle ETF
Holds 52 stocks in defense, 13% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
TSSD
Truth Social American Security & Defense ETF
Holds 62 stocks in defense, 72% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerVistaSharesYorkville
ThemeDefenseDefense
In the S&P 50012.6%71.5%
Active share vs the S&P 50099.1%97.5%
In the Nasdaq-1003.2%35.8%
Holdings5262
Top ten, share of the fund32.6%60.4%
Expense ratio0.75%0.65%
Fee for the differing part0.76%0.67%
Total return, 1 year+0.9% (since launch on Jul 16, 2026)+20.2% (since launch on Dec 30, 2025)
vs the S&P 500−0.8 pts+8.4 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−1.3 pts+3.4 pts
Below its high−14.0%−7.1%
Net assets$3m$7m

AMMO in plain words

By weight, 13% of AMMO'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 33% of the fund across 52 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 21, 2026. Since it launched on Jul 16, 2026 the fund returned +0.9% with distributions reinvested against +1.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 0.8 pts. It sits 14.0% below its all-time high of Aug 14, 2026.

TSSD in plain words

By weight, 72% of TSSD'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 60% of the fund across 62 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Dec 30, 2025 the fund returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested against +11.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 8.4 pts. It sits 7.1% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AMMO and TSSD hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 16% 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, AMMO or TSSD?
AMMO has 13% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TSSD has 72%, so AMMO differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AMMO or TSSD?
AMMO charges 0.75% a year and TSSD charges 0.65%, so TSSD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AMMO against TSSD, 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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