Do BBC and PBPH hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 1% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, BBC or PBPH?

BBC has 0% of its weight in S&P 500 names and PBPH has 59%, so BBC differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, BBC or PBPH?

BBC charges 0.65% a year and PBPH charges 0.13%, so PBPH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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BBC vs PBPH: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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BBC and PBPH hold 1% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets on Jul 31, 2026: $46m for Virtus Biotech Clinical Trials ETF and $952m for Portfolio Building Block World Pharma and Biotech Index ETF.

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At a glance

0.0%

BBC in the S&P 500

59.2%

PBPH in the S&P 500

+45.9%

BBC total return, 1 year

+27.0%

PBPH total return, since launch, Nov 25, 2025

BBC · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

0% of BBC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.

PBPH · 6 months to Nov 4, 2026 41% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

59% of PBPH's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 41% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.

Pair scorecard

PBPH costs 0.52 points a year less; PBPH is far larger, $952m against $46m.

BBC vs PBPH: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	BBC	PBPH
Return
Measure	BBC	PBPH
Total return, 1 year	+45.9%	not published
Drawdown
Measure	BBC	PBPH
Below its all-time high	27.4%, high on Feb 8, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	BBC	PBPH
What it tracks	Biotech	Biotech
Cost and size
Measure	BBC	PBPH
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.13%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$46m	$952m
Holdings
Measure	BBC	PBPH
Holdings in common	1%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BBC and PBPH hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BBC PBPH

REVOLUTION MEDICINES INC 0.82% 0.77%

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Only in BBC

FIRST TRACKS BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC 1.67%

MBX BIOSCIENCES INC 1.24%

ATAIBECKLEY INC 1.23%

MONOPAR THERAPEUTICS INC 1.21%

DEFINIUM THERAPEUTICS INC 1.18%

XENCOR INC 1.10%

ZENAS BIOPHARMA INC 1.06%

UNIQURE NV 1.06%

Only in PBPH

ELI LILLY & COMPANY 15.20%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 9.66%

ABBVIE INC 6.94%

MERCK & COMPANY INC 5.04%

ROCHE HOLDING AG 4.74%

AMGEN INC 4.63%

NOVARTIS AG 4.47%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 3.90%

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Window by window

Window by window: BBC vs PBPH: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return
Window	BBC	PBPH
3 months	−14.8%	+16.2%
6 months	−5.2%	+25.6%
1 year	+45.9%	–
3 years	+132.0%	–
Since launchNot the same days: BBC Dec 2014 · PBPH Nov 2025	+72.8%	+27.0%

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Side by side

BBC Virtus Biotech Clinical Trials ETF · Holds 131 stocks in biotech, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies PBPH Portfolio Building Block World Pharma and Biotech Index ETF · Holds 53 stocks in biotech, 59% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Virtus Portfolio Building Block

Theme Biotech Biotech

In the S&P 500 0.0% 59.2%

Active share vs the S&P 500 100.0% 95.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 13.6%

Holdings 131 53

Top ten, share of the fund 11.8% 61.9%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.13%

Fee for the differing part 0.65% 0.14%

Total return, 1 year +45.9% +27.0% (since launch, Nov 25, 2025)

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Below its high −27.4% 0.0%

Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 $46m $952m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

1% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

BBC

By weight, 0% of BBC'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 12% of the fund across 131 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +45.9% with distributions reinvested. It sits 27.4% below its all-time high of Feb 8, 2021.

PBPH

By weight, 59% of PBPH's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 95%. The top ten holdings are 62% of the fund across 53 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Since it first traded on Nov 25, 2025 the fund returned +27.0% with distributions reinvested.

Questions people ask

Do BBC and PBPH hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 1% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, BBC or PBPH?: BBC has 0% of its weight in S&P 500 names and PBPH has 59%, so BBC differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BBC or PBPH?: BBC charges 0.65% a year and PBPH charges 0.13%, so PBPH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

BBC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BBC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Virtus website ↗

PBPH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PBPH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Portfolio Building Block page for PBPH ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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