Do BMED and EKG hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 12% 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.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, BMED or EKG?

BMED has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and EKG has 39%, so EKG differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, BMED or EKG?

BMED charges 0.55% a year and EKG charges 0.65%, so BMED is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BMED vs EKG: which is really different?

BMED and EKG hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and EKG returned +36.5% over the year. iShares Health Innovation Active ETF and First Trust Nasdaq Lux Digital Health Solutions ETF.

61.5%

BMED in the S&P 500

39.0%

EKG in the S&P 500

+29.3%

BMED total return, 1 year

+36.5%

EKG total return, 1 year

BMED · 1 year to Sep 30, 202639% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

62% of BMED's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 39% is outside the index

EKG · 1 year to Sep 30, 202661% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

39% of EKG's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 61% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · EKG scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

BMED 35.2

EKG 71.7

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, BMED and EKG hold 12% 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

12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding BMED EKG

IQVIA HOLDINGS 3.75% 7.65%

ILLUMINA INC 2.70% 4.76%

DEXCOM INC 2.43% 7.05%

TEMPUS AI CLASS A 1.57% 3.22%

GUARDANT HEALTH 1.51% 4.17%

Only in BMED

DANAHER 5.19%

MODERNA 5.19%

GILEAD SCIENCES 5.00%

ABBVIE 4.61%

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 4.41%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 4.17%

WATERS CORP 3.66%

BIOGEN 3.52%

Only in EKG

Natera, Inc. 9.54%

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 8.03%

Veeva Systems Inc. (Class A) 7.43%

ResMed Inc. 3.42%

Globus Medical, Inc. (Class A) 3.17%

QIAGEN N.V. 3.05%

Twist Bioscience Corporation 2.87%

Align Technology, Inc. 2.70%

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

12% 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	BMED	EKG	BMED	EKG	BMED	EKG
3 months	+12.6%	+21.3%	+10.1 pts	+18.8 pts	+10.5 pts	+19.1 pts
6 months	+19.4%	+45.4%	+2.4 pts	+28.5 pts	−7.5 pts	+18.6 pts
1 year	+29.3%	+36.5%	+13.6 pts	+20.8 pts	+5.5 pts	+12.7 pts
3 years	+54.5%	+68.7%	−30.5 pts	−16.3 pts	−55.5 pts	−41.3 pts
Since launch BMED Oct 2020 · EKG Mar 2022	+35.9%	+19.7%	−109.5 pts	−62.9 pts	−135.6 pts	−96.4 pts

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

On the same fields

BMED

iShares Health Innovation Active ETF · Holds 60 stocks in healthcare innovation and GLP-1, 62% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

EKG

First Trust Nasdaq Lux Digital Health Solutions ETF · Holds 52 stocks in healthcare innovation and GLP-1, 39% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer iShares First Trust

Theme Healthcare innovation and GLP-1 Healthcare innovation and GLP-1

In the S&P 500 61.5% 39.0%

Active share vs the S&P 500 95.6% 99.6%

In the Nasdaq-100 13.2% 15.1%

Holdings 60 52

Top ten, share of the fund 42.9% 58.4%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.65%

Fee for the differing part 0.58% 0.65%

Total return, 1 year +29.3% +36.5%

vs the S&P 500 +13.6 pts +20.8 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 +5.5 pts +12.7 pts

Below its high −1.0% 0.0%

Net assets $14m $5m

BMED and EKG on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

BMED in plain words

By weight, 62% of BMED's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 96%. The top ten holdings are 43% of the fund across 60 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +29.3% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 13.6 pts.

EKG in plain words

By weight, 39% of EKG'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 58% of the fund across 52 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +36.5% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 20.8 pts.

Questions people ask

Do BMED and EKG hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 12% 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.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, BMED or EKG?: BMED has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and EKG has 39%, so EKG differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BMED or EKG?: BMED charges 0.55% a year and EKG charges 0.65%, so BMED is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BMED on its own →EKG on its own →How every figure is computed →Standards and sources →

Where these figures came from

BMED filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BMED prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for BMED ↗EKG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EKG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for EKG ↗

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ETFIQ, BMED against EKG, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/bmed-vs-ekg

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