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BULD vs TNXT: which is really different?

BULD and TNXT hold 3% of their weight in the same names.

Pacer BlueStar Engineering the Future ETF and T. Rowe Price Innovation Leaders ETF.

35.8%BULD in the S&P 500
64.3%TNXT in the S&P 500
+37.2%BULD total return, 1 year
+14.5%TNXT total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: BULD scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

BULD 41TNXT 0.70.1, the lowest in this set91.8, the highest

A percentile among the 379 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

BULD64% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
36%64%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 63% of the fund · 55 holdings filed Apr 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 37% in36%64%inoutside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 63% of the fund
TNXT36% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
64%36%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 52% · top ten 32% of the fund · 272 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 47% in64%36%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 52% · top ten 32% of the fund

3% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BULD and TNXT hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions BULD and TNXT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingBULDTNXT
Lam Research Corp8.44%1.00%
Emerson Electric Co2.20%0.52%
Keyence Corp2.93%0.28%
Advantest Corp1.91%0.23%
ASM International NV1.40%0.10%
Only in each
Only in BULDOnly in TNXT
ASML Holding NV 8.91%NVIDIA CORP 7.23%
Proto Labs Inc 8.59%APPLE INC 4.61%
Applied Materials Inc 8.29%AMAZON.COM INC 3.02%
Stratasys Ltd 5.79%BROADCOM INC 2.76%
KLA Corp 5.53%MICROSOFT CORP 2.67%
Autodesk Inc 5.49%ALPHABET INC CL A 2.57%
3D Systems Corp 4.82%ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.53%
Nano Dimension Ltd 3.80%ALPHABET INC CL C 2.28%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

BULD and TNXT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
BULDTNXTBULDTNXTBULDTNXT
3 months−7.2%+3.8%−9.5 pts+1.6 pts−4.8 pts+6.3 pts
6 months+26.1%+27.4%+8.1 pts+9.3 pts+1.9 pts+3.1 pts
1 year+37.2%not published+20.6 ptsnot published+15.4 ptsnot published
3 years+84.5%not published+6.1 ptsnot published−13.7 ptsnot published
Since launch+75.7%+14.5%−19.8 pts+3.9 pts−60.9 pts−0.4 pts
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BULD and TNXT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BULD
Pacer BlueStar Engineering the Future ETF
Holds 55 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 36% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
TNXT
T. Rowe Price Innovation Leaders ETF
Holds 272 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 64% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerPacerT. Rowe Price
ThemeBroad innovation and megatrendsBroad innovation and megatrends
In the S&P 50035.8%64.3%
Active share vs the S&P 50097.2%51.6%
In the Nasdaq-10036.7%46.9%
Holdings55272
Top ten, share of the fund62.9%31.8%
Expense ratio0.49%0.49%
Fee for the differing part0.50%0.95%
Total return, 1 year+37.2%+14.5% (since launch on Jan 29, 2026)
vs the S&P 500+20.6 pts+3.9 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+15.4 pts−0.4 pts
Below its high−10.4%−1.4%
Net assets$5m$18m

BULD in plain words

By weight, 36% of BULD's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 63% of the fund across 55 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +37.2% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 20.6 pts. It sits 10.4% below its all-time high of Jun 30, 2026.

TNXT in plain words

By weight, 64% of TNXT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 52%. The top ten holdings are 32% of the fund across 272 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Jan 29, 2026 the fund returned +14.5% with distributions reinvested against +10.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 3.9 pts.

Questions people ask

Do BULD and TNXT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 3% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, BULD or TNXT?
BULD has 36% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TNXT has 64%, so BULD differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BULD or TNXT?
BULD charges 0.49% a year and TNXT charges 0.49%, so BULD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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BULD against TNXT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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