Do BNGE and HERO hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 31% 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 HERO?

BNGE has 21% of its weight in S&P 500 names and HERO has 0%, so HERO differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, BNGE or HERO?

BNGE charges 0.70% a year and HERO charges 0.50%, so HERO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BNGE vs HERO: which is really different?

BNGE and HERO hold 31% of their weight in the same names, and HERO returned −19.5% over the year. First Trust S-Network Streaming & Gaming ETF and Global X Video Games & Esports ETF.

21.0%

BNGE in the S&P 500

0.0%

HERO in the S&P 500

−23.9%

BNGE total return, 1 year

−19.5%

HERO 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

HERO · 1 year to Sep 30, 2026100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

0% of HERO's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index

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

BNGE 64.5

HERO 92

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 HERO hold 31% 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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31% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding BNGE HERO

Nintendo Co., Ltd. 5.58% 6.68%

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. 4.07% 5.21%

Unity Software Inc. 3.94% 6.28%

Roblox Corporation (Class A) 3.63% 4.86%

Konami Group Corporation 3.54% 6.96%

Capcom Co., Ltd. 1.98% 5.85%

Nexon Co., Ltd. 1.47% 5.28%

Krafton, Inc. 1.08% 3.96%

China Ruyi Holdings Ltd. 0.53% 2.81%

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 HERO

NETEASE INC-ADR 5.49%

SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO LTD 5.25%

INTERNATIONAL GAMES SYSTEM C 5.20%

CD PROJEKT RED SA 4.82%

BILIBILI INC-SPONSORED ADR 3.71%

KINGSOFT CORP LTD 3.56%

NC CORP 3.54%

SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC 3.31%

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

31% 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	HERO	BNGE	HERO	BNGE	HERO
3 months	−1.3%	+6.9%	−3.9 pts	+4.4 pts	−3.5 pts	+4.8 pts
6 months	+0.5%	+3.0%	−16.5 pts	−14.0 pts	−26.4 pts	−23.9 pts
1 year	−23.9%	−19.5%	−39.6 pts	−35.2 pts	−47.7 pts	−43.3 pts
3 years	+50.3%	+49.4%	−34.7 pts	−35.6 pts	−59.7 pts	−60.6 pts
Since launch BNGE Jan 2022 · HERO Oct 2019	+28.8%	+89.1%	−58.8 pts	−88.9 pts	−92.1 pts	−202.6 pts

BNGE and HERO 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

HERO

Global X Video Games & Esports ETF · Holds 44 stocks in gaming, esports and betting, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer First Trust Global X

Theme Gaming, esports and betting Gaming, esports and betting

In the S&P 500 21.0% 0.0%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.1% 100.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 14.1% 0.0%

Holdings 48 44

Top ten, share of the fund 50.0% 57.1%

Expense ratio 0.70% 0.50%

Fee for the differing part 0.71% 0.50%

Total return, 1 year −23.9% −19.5%

vs the S&P 500 −39.6 pts −35.2 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −47.7 pts −43.3 pts

Below its high −24.7% −23.8%

Net assets $5m $62m

BNGE and HERO 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.

HERO in plain words

By weight, 0% of HERO'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 57% of the fund across 44 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −19.5% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 35.2 pts. It sits 23.8% below its all-time high of Feb 12, 2021.

Questions people ask

Do BNGE and HERO hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 31% 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 HERO?: BNGE has 21% of its weight in S&P 500 names and HERO has 0%, so HERO differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BNGE or HERO?: BNGE charges 0.70% a year and HERO charges 0.50%, so HERO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BNGE on its own →HERO on its own →How every figure is computed →Standards and sources →

Where these figures came from

BNGE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BNGE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for BNGE ↗HERO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗HERO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Global X page for HERO ↗

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

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