BUG vs HACK: which is really different?

BUG and HACK hold 59% of their weight in the same names, and HACK returned +39.8% over the year. Global X Cybersecurity ETF and Amplify Cybersecurity ETF.

21.8%
BUG in the S&P 500
45.5%
HACK in the S&P 500
+31.3%
BUG total return, 1 year
+39.8%
HACK total return, 1 year
BUG · 1 year to Sep 30, 202678% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
78% of its weight is outside the S&P 50022% of BUG's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 78% is outside the index22%78%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 64% of the fund · 34 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 21% in78% of its weight is outside the S&P 50022% of BUG's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 78% is outside the index22%78%inoutside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 64% of the fund

22% of BUG's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 78% is outside the index

HACK · 1 year to Sep 30, 202655% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
55% of its weight is outside the S&P 50046% of HACK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 55% is outside the index46%55%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 95% · top ten 54% of the fund · 25 holdings filed Oct 1, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 34% in55% of its weight is outside the S&P 50046% of HACK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 55% is outside the index46%55%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 95% · top ten 54% of the fund

46% of HACK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 55% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · BUG 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, BUG and HACK hold 59% 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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59% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BUG HACK
CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC - A 8.32% 6.27%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 7.76% 5.88%
FORTINET INC 7.43% 5.16%
OKTA INC 9.95% 5.00%
RUBRIK INC-A 5.66% 4.85%
ZSCALER INC 5.35% 4.34%
SENTINELONE INC -CLASS A 4.41% 3.84%
NETSKOPE INC-CL A 4.60% 3.69%
VARONIS SYSTEMS INC 4.74% 3.66%
QUALYS INC 5.66% 3.46%
TENABLE HOLDINGS INC 4.58% 3.13%
CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH 3.00% 3.50%
Only in BUG
SAILPOINT INC 4.68%
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS INC 3.99%
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC 3.62%
TREND MICRO INC 3.12%
RAPID7 INC 1.01%
ONESPAN INC 0.83%
AHNLAB INC 0.77%
NCC GROUP PLC 0.69%
Only in HACK
Broadcom Inc 6.65%
Cisco Systems Inc 5.75%
Cloudflare Inc 5.57%
F5 Inc 4.47%
General Dynamics Corp 4.34%
Northrop Grumman Corp 4.26%
Trend Micro Inc/Japan 3.79%
Fastly Inc 3.59%

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

59% 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
WindowBUGHACKBUGHACKBUGHACK
3 months+17.9%+13.2%+15.3 pts+10.7 pts+15.8 pts+11.1 pts
6 months+82.2%+59.2%+65.3 pts+42.2 pts+55.4 pts+32.3 pts
1 year+31.3%+39.8%+15.6 pts+24.1 pts+7.5 pts+16.0 pts
3 years+90.6%+135.8%+5.6 pts+50.8 pts−19.4 pts+25.8 pts
Since launch
BUG Oct 2019 · HACK Nov 2014
+205.0%+404.4%+27.0 pts+47.7 pts−86.7 pts−286.5 pts

BUG and HACK over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

BUG
Global X Cybersecurity ETF · Holds 34 stocks in cybersecurity, 22% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
HACK
Amplify Cybersecurity ETF · Holds 25 stocks in cybersecurity, 46% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Global X Amplify
Theme Cybersecurity Cybersecurity
In the S&P 500 21.8% 45.5%
Active share vs the S&P 500 99.4% 95.3%
In the Nasdaq-100 20.5% 34.0%
Holdings 34 25
Top ten, share of the fund 64.1% 53.9%
Expense ratio 0.50% 0.60%
Fee for the differing part 0.50% 0.63%
Total return, 1 year +31.3% +39.8%
vs the S&P 500 +15.6 pts +24.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 +7.5 pts +16.0 pts
Below its high −2.0% −2.3%
Net assets $2.1bn $3.3bn

BUG and HACK on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

BUG in plain words

By weight, 22% of BUG'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 64% of the fund across 34 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +31.3% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 15.6 pts.

HACK in plain words

By weight, 46% of HACK's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 95%. The top ten holdings are 54% 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 +39.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 24.1 pts.

Questions people ask

Do BUG and HACK hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 59% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is close to holding one of them twice. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, BUG or HACK?
BUG has 22% of its weight in S&P 500 names and HACK has 46%, so BUG differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BUG or HACK?
BUG charges 0.50% a year and HACK charges 0.60%, so BUG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, BUG against HACK, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/bug-vs-hack

Open data

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