ARVR vs FMET: which is really different?

ARVR and FMET hold 39% of their weight in the same names, and ARVR returned +15.4% over the year. First Trust Indxx Metaverse ETF and Fidelity Metaverse ETF.

47.0%
ARVR in the S&P 500
58.9%
FMET in the S&P 500
+15.4%
ARVR total return, 1 year
+3.1%
FMET total return, 1 year
ARVR · 1 year to Sep 30, 202653% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
53% of its weight is outside the S&P 50047% of ARVR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 53% is outside the index47%53%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 81% · top ten 35% of the fund · 44 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 44% in53% of its weight is outside the S&P 50047% of ARVR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 53% is outside the index47%53%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 81% · top ten 35% of the fund

47% of ARVR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 53% is outside the index

FMET · 1 year to Sep 30, 202641% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
41% of its weight is outside the S&P 50059% of FMET's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 41% is outside the index59%41%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 79% · top ten 44% of the fund · 50 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 46% in41% of its weight is outside the S&P 50059% of FMET's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 41% is outside the index59%41%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 79% · top ten 44% of the fund

59% of FMET's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 41% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · ARVR scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
0.1, the lowest in this set92.0, the highest

A percentile among the 375 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 →

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ARVR and FMET hold 39% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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39% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ARVR FMET
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 3.39% 5.43%
Apple Inc. 3.18% 4.54%
NetEase, Inc. 2.76% 3.35%
Unity Software Inc. 4.03% 1.67%
Nexon Co., Ltd. 3.61% 1.30%
Sunny Optical Technology (Group) Company Limited 1.32% 1.09%
Krafton, Inc. 1.08% 1.18%
Grindr Inc. 1.14% 0.71%
Pearl Abyss Corp. 1.20% 0.57%
Only in ARVR
Microsoft Corporation 4.04%
Nintendo Co., Ltd. 3.48%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 3.47%
Sony Corporation 3.43%
NVIDIA Corporation 3.41%
Adobe Incorporated 3.26%
Micron Technology, Inc. 3.24%
Intel Corporation 3.23%
Only in FMET
ALPHABET INC 4.69%
EQUINIX INC 4.68%
NVIDIA CORP 4.47%
META PLATFORMS INC 4.39%
MICROSOFT CORP 4.26%
ADOBE INC 3.87%
QUALCOMM INC 3.72%
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC 3.59%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

39% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowARVRFMETARVRFMETARVRFMET
3 months+3.0%+4.9%+0.4 pts+2.4 pts+0.8 pts+2.8 pts
6 months+29.2%+23.1%+12.2 pts+6.1 pts+2.3 pts−3.8 pts
1 year+15.4%+3.1%−0.3 pts−12.6 pts−8.4 pts−20.7 pts
3 years+101.9%+65.3%+17.0 pts−19.7 pts−8.0 pts−44.7 pts
Since launch
ARVR Apr 2022 · FMET Apr 2022
+100.0%+63.6%+17.8 pts−21.4 pts−22.8 pts−63.9 pts

ARVR and FMET over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

ARVR
First Trust Indxx Metaverse ETF · Holds 44 stocks in metaverse and immersive tech, 47% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
FMET
Fidelity Metaverse ETF · Holds 50 stocks in metaverse and immersive tech, 59% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer First Trust Fidelity
Theme Metaverse and immersive tech Metaverse and immersive tech
In the S&P 500 47.0% 58.9%
Active share vs the S&P 500 81.0% 79.1%
In the Nasdaq-100 43.8% 45.8%
Holdings 44 50
Top ten, share of the fund 35.4% 43.6%
Expense ratio 0.70% 0.39%
Fee for the differing part 0.86% 0.49%
Total return, 1 year +15.4% +3.1%
vs the S&P 500 −0.3 pts −12.6 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −8.4 pts −20.7 pts
Below its high −2.2% −2.9%
Net assets $9m $46m

ARVR and FMET on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ARVR in plain words

By weight, 47% of ARVR'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 35% of the fund across 44 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +15.4% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was about even.

FMET in plain words

By weight, 59% of FMET's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 79%. The top ten holdings are 44% of the fund across 50 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +3.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 12.6 pts.

Questions people ask

Do ARVR and FMET hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 39% 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, ARVR or FMET?
ARVR has 47% of its weight in S&P 500 names and FMET has 59%, so ARVR differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARVR or FMET?
ARVR charges 0.70% a year and FMET charges 0.39%, so FMET is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

ETFIQ, ARVR against FMET, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/arvr-vs-fmet

Open data

Free to use with attribution. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology.