Do ARVR and VERS hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 27% 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 VERS?

ARVR has 47% of its weight in S&P 500 names and VERS has 40%, so ARVR differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, ARVR or VERS?

ARVR charges 0.70% a year and VERS charges 0.58%, so VERS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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ARVR vs VERS: which is really different?

ARVR and VERS hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and VERS returned +20.1% over the year. First Trust Indxx Metaverse ETF and ProShares Metaverse ETF.

47.0%

ARVR in the S&P 500

39.6%

VERS in the S&P 500

+15.4%

ARVR total return, 1 year

+20.1%

VERS total return, 1 year

ARVR · 1 year to Sep 30, 202653% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

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

VERS · 1 year to Sep 30, 202660% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

40% of VERS's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 60% 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?

ARVR 12.4

VERS 7.2

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 VERS hold 27% 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 Sep 30, 2026.

50%

half

27% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ARVR VERS

Microsoft Corporation 4.04% 4.47%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 3.47% 5.12%

NVIDIA Corporation 3.41% 4.32%

Micron Technology, Inc. 3.24% 3.25%

Apple Inc. 3.18% 4.54%

QUALCOMM Incorporated 2.91% 2.75%

Roblox Corporation (Class A) 2.27% 3.58%

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. 2.55% 1.86%

Snap Inc. (Class A) 1.36% 4.09%

Unity Software Inc. 4.03% 1.22%

Only in ARVR

Nexon Co., Ltd. 3.61%

Nintendo Co., Ltd. 3.48%

Sony Corporation 3.43%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 3.39%

Adobe Incorporated 3.26%

Intel Corporation 3.23%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (ADR) 3.16%

Amphenol Corporation 3.14%

Only in VERS

QORVO INC 4.84%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 4.43%

SANDISK CORP 4.37%

KOPIN CORP 4.33%

AMAZON.COM INC 4.18%

IMMERSION CORPORATION 3.52%

SEMTECH CORP 3.33%

AMBIQ MICRO INC 3.29%

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

27% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		vs the S&P 500		vs the Nasdaq-100
Window	ARVR	VERS	ARVR	VERS	ARVR	VERS
3 months	+3.0%	−2.9%	+0.4 pts	−5.4 pts	+0.8 pts	−5.0 pts
6 months	+29.2%	+34.6%	+12.2 pts	+17.6 pts	+2.3 pts	+7.8 pts
1 year	+15.4%	+20.1%	−0.3 pts	+4.3 pts	−8.4 pts	−3.7 pts
3 years	+101.9%	+110.8%	+17.0 pts	+25.8 pts	−8.0 pts	+0.8 pts
Since launch ARVR Apr 2022 · VERS Mar 2022	+100.0%	+73.2%	+17.8 pts	−11.0 pts	−22.8 pts	−47.8 pts

ARVR and VERS 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

VERS

ProShares Metaverse ETF · Holds 39 stocks in metaverse and immersive tech, 40% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer First Trust ProShares

Theme Metaverse and immersive tech Metaverse and immersive tech

In the S&P 500 47.0% 39.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 81.0% 75.1%

In the Nasdaq-100 43.8% 39.4%

Holdings 44 39

Top ten, share of the fund 35.4% 44.7%

Expense ratio 0.70% 0.58%

Fee for the differing part 0.86% 0.77%

Total return, 1 year +15.4% +20.1%

vs the S&P 500 −0.3 pts +4.3 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −8.4 pts −3.7 pts

Below its high −2.2% −14.0%

Net assets $9m $5m

ARVR and VERS 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.

VERS in plain words

By weight, 40% of VERS's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 75%. The top ten holdings are 45% of the fund across 39 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +20.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 4.3 pts. It sits 14.0% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ARVR and VERS hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 27% 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 VERS?: ARVR has 47% of its weight in S&P 500 names and VERS has 40%, so ARVR differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARVR or VERS?: ARVR charges 0.70% a year and VERS charges 0.58%, so VERS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

ARVR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ARVR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for ARVR ↗VERS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VERS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ProShares page for VERS ↗

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

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