BPAY vs KYC: which is really different?
BPAY and KYC hold 33% of their weight in the same names. iShares FinTech Active ETF and Corgi Digital Banking & Fintech Infrastructure ETF.
32% of BPAY's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 68% is outside the index
51% of KYC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 49% is outside the index
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, BPAY and KYC hold 33% 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 29, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
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33% in common
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.
33% 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 | BPAY | KYC | BPAY | KYC | BPAY | KYC |
| 3 months | −6.8% | −1.8% | −9.3 pts | −4.4 pts | −8.9 pts | −4.0 pts |
| 6 months | +11.8% | not published | −5.2 pts | not published | −15.1 pts | not published |
| 1 year | −18.4% | not published | −34.1 pts | not published | −42.1 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +32.1% | not published | −52.9 pts | not published | −77.9 pts | not published |
| Since launch BPAY Aug 2022 · KYC May 2026 | +9.6% | −0.4% | −79.0 pts | −4.8 pts | −120.9 pts | −7.0 pts |
BPAY and KYC over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
BPAY and KYC on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BPAY in plain words
By weight, 32% of BPAY's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 42% of the fund across 39 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 29, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −18.4% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 34.1 pts. It sits 23.2% below its all-time high of Jul 25, 2025.
KYC in plain words
By weight, 51% of KYC's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 46% of the fund across 56 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Since it launched on May 6, 2026 the fund returned −0.4% with distributions reinvested against +4.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 4.8 pts. It sits 12.4% below its all-time high of Aug 25, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Do BPAY and KYC hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 33% 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.
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