BNGE vs GAMR: which is really different?

BNGE and GAMR hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and GAMR returned +3.6% over the year. First Trust S-Network Streaming & Gaming ETF and Amplify Video Game Leaders ETF.

21.0%
BNGE in the S&P 500
44.4%
GAMR in the S&P 500
−23.9%
BNGE total return, 1 year
+3.6%
GAMR total return, 1 year
BNGE · 1 year to Sep 30, 202679% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
79% of its weight is outside the S&P 50021% of BNGE's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 79% is outside the index21%79%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 50% of the fund · 48 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 14% in79% of its weight is outside the S&P 50021% of BNGE's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 79% is outside the index21%79%inoutside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 50% of the fund

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

GAMR · 1 year to Sep 30, 202656% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
56% of its weight is outside the S&P 50044% of GAMR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 56% is outside the index44%56%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 85% · top ten 71% of the fund · 25 holdings filed Oct 1, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 44% in56% of its weight is outside the S&P 50044% of GAMR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 56% is outside the index44%56%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 85% · top ten 71% of the fund

44% of GAMR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 56% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · BNGE scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
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 GAMR hold 27% 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 Oct 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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27% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BNGE GAMR
Nintendo Co., Ltd. 5.58% 4.67%
NetEase, Inc. 4.39% 4.59%
Unity Software Inc. 3.94% 2.34%
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. 4.07% 2.29%
Roblox Corporation (Class A) 3.63% 2.27%
Capcom Co., Ltd. 1.98% 2.42%
Nexon Co., Ltd. 1.47% 1.98%
Japanese Yen 0.21% 0.00%
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 GAMR
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 9.49%
Meta Platforms Inc 9.44%
Microsoft Corp 9.40%
NVIDIA Corp 9.33%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 9.19%
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 12/31/2031 5.76%
Sony Group Corp 4.70%
AppLovin Corp 4.43%

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

27% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowBNGEGAMRBNGEGAMRBNGEGAMR
3 months−1.3%+8.4%−3.9 pts+5.9 pts−3.5 pts+6.3 pts
6 months+0.5%+31.7%−16.5 pts+14.7 pts−26.4 pts+4.8 pts
1 year−23.9%+3.6%−39.6 pts−12.1 pts−47.7 pts−20.2 pts
3 years+50.3%+88.4%−34.7 pts+3.4 pts−59.7 pts−21.6 pts
Since launch
BNGE Jan 2022 · GAMR Mar 2016
+28.8%+299.4%−58.8 pts−55.4 pts−92.1 pts−364.2 pts

BNGE and GAMR 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
GAMR
Amplify Video Game Leaders ETF · Holds 25 stocks in gaming, esports and betting, 44% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer First Trust Amplify
Theme Gaming, esports and betting Gaming, esports and betting
In the S&P 500 21.0% 44.4%
Active share vs the S&P 500 99.1% 84.5%
In the Nasdaq-100 14.1% 44.4%
Holdings 48 25
Top ten, share of the fund 50.0% 71.0%
Expense ratio 0.70% 0.59%
Fee for the differing part 0.71% 0.70%
Total return, 1 year −23.9% +3.6%
vs the S&P 500 −39.6 pts −12.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −47.7 pts −20.2 pts
Below its high −24.7% −8.4%
Net assets $5m $41m

BNGE and GAMR 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.

GAMR in plain words

By weight, 44% of GAMR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 84%. The top ten holdings are 71% of the fund across 25 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 1, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +3.6% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 12.1 pts. It sits 8.4% below its all-time high of Jan 27, 2021.

Questions people ask

Do BNGE and GAMR hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 27% 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 GAMR?
BNGE has 21% of its weight in S&P 500 names and GAMR has 44%, so BNGE differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BNGE or GAMR?
BNGE charges 0.70% a year and GAMR charges 0.59%, so GAMR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

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

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Free to use with attribution. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology.