Do BMED and HEAL hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 8% 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 HEAL?

BMED has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and HEAL has 27%, so HEAL differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, BMED or HEAL?

BMED charges 0.55% a year and HEAL charges 0.50%, so HEAL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BMED vs HEAL: which is really different?

BMED and HEAL hold 8% of their weight in the same names, and BMED returned +29.3% over the year. iShares Health Innovation Active ETF and Global X HealthTech ETF.

61.5%

BMED in the S&P 500

27.0%

HEAL in the S&P 500

+29.3%

BMED total return, 1 year

−7.4%

HEAL 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

HEAL · 1 year to Sep 30, 202673% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

27% of HEAL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 73% is outside the index

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

BMED 35.2

HEAL 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 HEAL hold 8% 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

8% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding BMED HEAL

IQVIA HOLDINGS 3.75% 6.14%

DEXCOM INC 2.43% 5.07%

TEMPUS AI CLASS A 1.57% 5.37%

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 HEAL

VEEVA SYSTEMS INC-CLASS A 6.00%

OSCAR HEALTH INC - CLASS A 5.65%

PRO MEDICUS LTD 4.18%

HIMS & HERS HEALTH INC 3.92%

RESMED INC 3.89%

GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY 3.86%

WAYSTAR HOLDING CORP 3.52%

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV 3.36%

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

8% 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	HEAL	BMED	HEAL	BMED	HEAL
3 months	+12.6%	+3.3%	+10.1 pts	+0.8 pts	+10.5 pts	+1.2 pts
6 months	+19.4%	+23.4%	+2.4 pts	+6.4 pts	−7.5 pts	−3.5 pts
1 year	+29.3%	−7.4%	+13.6 pts	−23.1 pts	+5.5 pts	−31.2 pts
3 years	+54.5%	+7.5%	−30.5 pts	−77.5 pts	−55.5 pts	−102.5 pts
Since launch BMED Oct 2020 · HEAL Jul 2020	+35.9%	−36.6%	−109.5 pts	−192.9 pts	−135.6 pts	−230.4 pts

BMED and HEAL 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

HEAL

Global X HealthTech ETF · Holds 43 stocks in healthcare innovation and GLP-1, 27% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer iShares Global X

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

In the S&P 500 61.5% 27.0%

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

In the Nasdaq-100 13.2% 8.3%

Holdings 60 43

Top ten, share of the fund 42.9% 47.6%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.50%

Fee for the differing part 0.58% 0.50%

Total return, 1 year +29.3% −7.4%

vs the S&P 500 +13.6 pts −23.1 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 +5.5 pts −31.2 pts

Below its high −1.0% −56.4%

Net assets $14m $31m

BMED and HEAL 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.

HEAL in plain words

By weight, 27% of HEAL'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 48% of the fund across 43 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −7.4% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 23.1 pts. It sits 56.4% below its all-time high of Feb 12, 2021.

Questions people ask

Do BMED and HEAL hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 8% 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 HEAL?: BMED has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and HEAL has 27%, so HEAL differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BMED or HEAL?: BMED charges 0.55% a year and HEAL charges 0.50%, so HEAL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BMED on its own →HEAL 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 ↗HEAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗HEAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Global X page for HEAL ↗

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

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