Do BBP and PBPH hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 11% 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, BBP or PBPH?

BBP has 10% of its weight in S&P 500 names and PBPH has 59%, so BBP differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, BBP or PBPH?

BBP charges 0.34% 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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BBP vs PBPH: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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BBP and PBPH hold 11% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets on Jul 31, 2026: $99m for Virtus Biotech ETF and $952m for Portfolio Building Block World Pharma and Biotech Index ETF.

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At a glance

10.5%

BBP in the S&P 500

59.2%

PBPH in the S&P 500

+44.4%

BBP total return, 1 year

+27.0%

PBPH total return, since launch, Nov 25, 2025

BBP · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 90% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

11% of BBP's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 90% 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 0.21 points a year less; PBPH is 9.6 times larger.

BBP vs PBPH: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	BBP	PBPH
Return
Measure	BBP	PBPH
Total return, 1 year	+44.4%	not published
Benchmark
Measure	BBP	PBPH
What it tracks	Biotech	Biotech
Cost and size
Measure	BBP	PBPH
Expense ratio	0.34%	0.13%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$99m	$952m
Holdings
Measure	BBP	PBPH
Holdings in common	11%

Method

What they share

11%

By the books each fund has filed, BBP and PBPH hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BBP PBPH

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 1.72% 1.79%

AMGEN INC 1.49% 4.63%

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC 1.48% 2.82%

GILEAD SCIENCES INC 1.43% 3.77%

BIOGEN INC 1.40% 0.70%

ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS INC 1.00% 0.63%

INCYTE CORP 1.52% 0.56%

UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP 1.31% 0.51%

INSMED INC 1.39% 0.48%

MODERNA INC 1.51% 0.45%

NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC 1.44% 0.39%

ROIVANT SCIENCES LTD 1.55% 0.38%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BBP

CRINETICS PHARMACEUTICALS INC 3.34%

KINIKSA PHARMACEUTICALS INTERNATIONAL PLC 1.97%

VERASTEM INC 1.95%

PRECIGEN INC 1.94%

OMEROS CORP 1.87%

NUVATION BIO INC 1.77%

PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS INC 1.71%

ACADIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC 1.69%

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%

NOVARTIS AG 4.47%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 3.90%

NOVO NORDISK A/S 3.51%

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Window by window

Window by window: BBP vs PBPH: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return
Window	BBP	PBPH
3 months	+8.8%	+16.2%
6 months	+16.6%	+25.6%
1 year	+44.4%	–
3 years	+113.7%	–
Since launchNot the same days: BBP Dec 2014 · PBPH Nov 2025	+310.5%	+27.0%

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Side by side

BBP Virtus Biotech ETF · Holds 67 stocks in biotech, 10% 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 10.5% 59.2%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.0% 95.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 7.1% 13.6%

Holdings 67 53

Top ten, share of the fund 19.6% 61.9%

Expense ratio 0.34% 0.13%

Fee for the differing part 0.34% 0.14%

Total return, 1 year +44.4% +27.0% (since launch, Nov 25, 2025)

vs its benchmark not measured not measured

Below its high −4.1% 0.0%

Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026 $99m $952m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

11% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

BBP

By weight, 10% of BBP'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 20% of the fund across 67 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +44.4% with distributions reinvested.

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 BBP and PBPH hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 11% 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, BBP or PBPH?: BBP has 10% of its weight in S&P 500 names and PBPH has 59%, so BBP differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BBP or PBPH?: BBP charges 0.34% 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

BBP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BBP 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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