Do BNGE and ESPO hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 34% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, BNGE or ESPO?

BNGE has 21% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ESPO has 6%, so ESPO differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, BNGE or ESPO?

BNGE charges 0.70% a year and ESPO charges 0.55%, so ESPO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BNGE vs ESPO: which is really different?

BNGE and ESPO hold 34% of their weight in the same names, and ESPO returned −19.4% over the year. First Trust S-Network Streaming & Gaming ETF and VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF.

21.0%

BNGE in the S&P 500

6.4%

ESPO in the S&P 500

−23.9%

BNGE total return, 1 year

−19.4%

ESPO total return, 1 year

BNGE · 1 year to Sep 30, 202679% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

21% of BNGE's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 79% is outside the index

ESPO · 1 year to Sep 30, 202694% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

6% of ESPO's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 94% is outside the index

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

BNGE 64.5

ESPO 82.3

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, BNGE and ESPO hold 34% 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.

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34% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding BNGE ESPO

Nintendo Co., Ltd. 5.58% 7.40%

NetEase, Inc. 4.39% 7.36%

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. 4.07% 6.42%

Unity Software Inc. 3.94% 4.36%

Roblox Corporation (Class A) 3.63% 5.74%

GameStop Corp. (Class A) 2.72% 5.61%

Capcom Co., Ltd. 1.98% 4.45%

Nexon Co., Ltd. 1.47% 3.55%

Krafton, Inc. 1.08% 4.17%

China Ruyi Holdings Ltd. 0.53% 2.04%

Only in BNGE

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. 5.62%

Sony Corporation 5.50%

The Walt Disney Company 5.27%

Roku, Inc. 5.25%

Spotify Technology S.A. 4.85%

Aristocrat Leisure Limited 4.61%

Tencent Holdings Limited 4.47%

Netflix, Inc. 4.46%

Only in ESPO

Tencent Holdings Ltd 7.46%

International Games System Co Ltd 5.02%

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd 4.96%

Bandai Namco Holdings Inc 4.91%

Cd Projekt Red Sa 4.77%

Konami Holdings Corp 4.56%

Micro-Star International Co Ltd 3.96%

Kingsoft Corp Ltd 2.64%

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

34% 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	BNGE	ESPO	BNGE	ESPO	BNGE	ESPO
3 months	−1.3%	+5.7%	−3.9 pts	+3.2 pts	−3.5 pts	+3.6 pts
6 months	+0.5%	+6.1%	−16.5 pts	−10.8 pts	−26.4 pts	−20.7 pts
1 year	−23.9%	−19.4%	−39.6 pts	−35.1 pts	−47.7 pts	−43.2 pts
3 years	+50.3%	+92.2%	−34.7 pts	+7.2 pts	−59.7 pts	−17.8 pts
Since launch BNGE Jan 2022 · ESPO Oct 2018	+28.8%	+238.3%	−58.8 pts	+31.6 pts	−92.1 pts	−101.0 pts

BNGE 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

BNGE

First Trust S-Network Streaming & Gaming ETF · Holds 48 stocks in gaming, esports and betting, 21% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

ESPO

VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF · Holds 25 stocks in gaming, esports and betting, 6% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer First Trust VanEck

Theme Gaming, esports and betting Gaming, esports and betting

In the S&P 500 21.0% 6.4%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.1% 99.9%

In the Nasdaq-100 14.1% 6.4%

Holdings 48 25

Top ten, share of the fund 50.0% 59.7%

Expense ratio 0.70% 0.55%

Fee for the differing part 0.71% 0.55%

Total return, 1 year −23.9% −19.4%

vs the S&P 500 −39.6 pts −35.1 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −47.7 pts −43.2 pts

Below its high −24.7% −20.1%

Net assets $5m $247m

BNGE and ESPO on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

BNGE in plain words

By weight, 21% of BNGE'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 50% of the fund across 48 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −23.9% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 39.6 pts. It sits 24.7% below its all-time high of Sep 29, 2025.

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 BNGE and ESPO hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 34% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, BNGE or ESPO?: BNGE has 21% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ESPO has 6%, so ESPO differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BNGE or ESPO?: BNGE charges 0.70% a year and ESPO charges 0.55%, so ESPO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

BNGE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BNGE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for BNGE ↗ESPO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESPO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VanEck website ↗

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ETFIQ, BNGE against ESPO, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/bnge-vs-espo

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