BETZ vs ESPO: which is really different?
BETZ and ESPO hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and ESPO returned −19.4% over the year. Roundhill Sports Betting & iGaming ETF and VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF.
0% of BETZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index
6% of ESPO's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 94% is outside the index
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, BETZ and ESPO hold 0% 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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0% in common
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.
0% 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 | BETZ | ESPO | BETZ | ESPO | BETZ | ESPO |
| 3 months | −14.3% | +5.7% | −16.8 pts | +3.2 pts | −16.4 pts | +3.6 pts |
| 6 months | −10.5% | +6.1% | −27.5 pts | −10.8 pts | −37.4 pts | −20.7 pts |
| 1 year | −28.8% | −19.4% | −44.5 pts | −35.1 pts | −52.6 pts | −43.2 pts |
| 3 years | +8.0% | +92.2% | −76.9 pts | +7.2 pts | −101.9 pts | −17.8 pts |
| Since launch BETZ Jun 2020 · ESPO Oct 2018 | +7.1% | +238.3% | −160.8 pts | +31.6 pts | −219.9 pts | −101.0 pts |
BETZ and ESPO over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
BETZ and ESPO on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BETZ in plain words
By weight, 0% of BETZ'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 59% of the fund across 23 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −28.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 44.5 pts. It sits 47.6% below its all-time high of Apr 27, 2021.
ESPO in plain words
By weight, 6% of ESPO'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 60% of the fund across 25 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −19.4% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 35.1 pts. It sits 20.1% below its all-time high of Sep 17, 2025.
Questions people ask
- Do BETZ and ESPO hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 0% 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.
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