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AMMO vs WR: which is really different?

AMMO and WR hold 11% of their weight in the same names.

VistaShares Defense Supercycle ETF and Corgi U.S. War Machine ETF.

12.6%AMMO in the S&P 500
70.0%WR in the S&P 500
+0.9%AMMO total return, 1 year
+7.9%WR 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 64.1WR 37.90.1, 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
WR30% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 3 months to Sep 18, 2026
70%30%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 49% of the fund · 57 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 9% in70%30%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 97% · top ten 49% of the fund

11% 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 WR hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AMMO and WR both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAMMOWR
Palantir Technologies Inc3.17%5.66%
TransDigm Group Inc2.20%1.61%
Rocket Lab Corp1.62%1.34%
Howmet Aerospace Inc0.84%2.55%
Moog Inc2.07%0.81%
BWX Technologies Inc1.56%0.76%
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc2.16%0.74%
AeroVironment Inc2.47%0.59%
Mercury Systems Inc1.66%0.57%
Leonardo DRS Inc0.71%0.44%
Karman Holdings Inc1.17%0.40%
Red Cat Holdings Inc1.84%0.17%
Only in each
Only in AMMOOnly in WR
LIG Defense&Aerospace Co Ltd 4.80%ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 8.60%
Mildef Group AB 3.78%Chevron Corp 6.37%
Rheinmetall AG 3.76%RTX Corp 5.04%
Kitron ASA 3.50%Marathon Petroleum Corp 4.41%
MP Materials Corp 3.05%Valero Energy Corp 4.29%
Chemring Group PLC 2.76%Phillips 66 4.04%
Cohort PLC 2.76%ConocoPhillips 3.90%
L3Harris Technologies Inc 2.51%Lockheed Martin Corp 3.55%

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 Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AMMO and WR over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AMMOWRAMMOWRAMMOWR
3 monthsnot published+11.1%not published+8.8 ptsnot published+13.6 pts
Since launch+0.9%+7.9%−0.8 pts+3.6 pts−1.3 pts+4.1 pts
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AMMO and WR 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
WR
Corgi U.S. War Machine ETF
Holds 57 stocks in defense, 70% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerVistaSharesCorgi
ThemeDefenseDefense
In the S&P 50012.6%70.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50099.1%96.6%
In the Nasdaq-1003.2%9.2%
Holdings5257
Top ten, share of the fund32.6%48.7%
Expense ratio0.75%not published
Fee for the differing part0.76%not published
Total return, 1 year+0.9% (since launch on Jul 16, 2026)+7.9% (since launch on May 6, 2026)
vs the S&P 500−0.8 pts+3.6 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−1.3 pts+4.1 pts
Below its high−14.0%−3.9%
Net assets$3m$945,672

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.

WR in plain words

By weight, 70% of WR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 49% of the fund across 57 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Since it launched on May 6, 2026 the fund returned +7.9% with distributions reinvested against +4.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 3.6 pts.

Questions people ask

Do AMMO and WR hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 11% 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 WR?
AMMO has 13% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WR has 70%, so AMMO differs more from the index.

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Where these figures came from

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AMMO against WR, 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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