CLOD vs CLOU: which is really different?

CLOD and CLOU hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and CLOU returned +22.4% over the year. Themes Cloud Computing ETF and Global X Cloud Computing ETF.

70.1%
CLOD in the S&P 500
29.0%
CLOU in the S&P 500
+0.1%
CLOD total return, 1 year
+22.4%
CLOU total return, 1 year
CLOD · 1 year to Sep 30, 202630% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
30% of its weight is outside the S&P 50070% of CLOD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 30% is outside the index70%30%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 87% · top ten 47% of the fund · 51 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 61% in30% of its weight is outside the S&P 50070% of CLOD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 30% is outside the index70%30%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 87% · top ten 47% of the fund

70% of CLOD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 30% is outside the index

CLOU · 1 year to Sep 30, 202671% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
71% of its weight is outside the S&P 50029% of CLOU's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 71% is outside the index29%71%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 95% · top ten 50% of the fund · 40 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 23% in71% of its weight is outside the S&P 50029% of CLOU's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 71% is outside the index29%71%inoutside the S&P 500active share 95% · top ten 50% of the fund

29% of CLOU's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 71% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · CLOU 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, CLOD and CLOU 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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27% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CLOD CLOU
ServiceNow Inc 4.10% 4.39%
Snowflake Inc 3.39% 7.19%
Salesforce Inc 3.39% 3.76%
Datadog Inc 3.31% 5.99%
Cloudflare Inc 3.09% 4.90%
Microsoft Corp 3.73% 1.82%
Amazon.com Inc 3.78% 1.36%
Alphabet Inc 4.15% 1.29%
Twilio Inc 1.16% 5.71%
Workday Inc 1.04% 4.50%
Zoom Communications Inc 0.93% 2.70%
Akamai Technologies Inc 0.66% 2.99%
Only in CLOD
Palo Alto Networks Inc 7.54%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 7.14%
AppLovin Corp 5.03%
Cadence Design Systems Inc 4.13%
Fortinet Inc 3.82%
SAP SE 3.48%
Synopsys Inc 3.37%
Adobe Inc 3.26%
Only in CLOU
PAYCOM SOFTWARE INC 4.96%
QUALYS INC 4.07%
SHOPIFY INC - CLASS A 3.54%
BOX INC - CLASS A 2.82%
PROCORE TECHNOLOGIES INC 2.64%
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC 2.53%
FASTLY INC - CLASS A 2.44%
WORKIVA INC 2.14%

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
WindowCLODCLOUCLODCLOUCLODCLOU
3 months+11.1%+22.0%+8.6 pts+19.5 pts+9.0 pts+19.9 pts
6 months+36.6%+44.2%+19.7 pts+27.2 pts+9.8 pts+17.3 pts
1 year+0.1%+22.4%−15.7 pts+6.7 pts−23.7 pts−1.4 pts
3 yearsnot published+51.1%not published−33.8 ptsnot published−58.8 pts
Since launch
CLOD Dec 2023 · CLOU Apr 2019
+41.6%+92.7%−26.2 pts−100.7 pts−44.0 pts−223.0 pts

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

On the same fields

CLOD
Themes Cloud Computing ETF · Holds 51 stocks in cloud and software, 70% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
CLOU
Global X Cloud Computing ETF · Holds 40 stocks in cloud and software, 29% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Themes Global X
Theme Cloud and software Cloud and software
In the S&P 500 70.1% 29.0%
Active share vs the S&P 500 86.6% 94.6%
In the Nasdaq-100 60.8% 22.9%
Holdings 51 40
Top ten, share of the fund 47.4% 50.1%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.68%
Fee for the differing part 0.40% 0.72%
Total return, 1 year +0.1% +22.4%
vs the S&P 500 −15.7 pts +6.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −23.7 pts −1.4 pts
Below its high −2.3% −9.9%
Net assets $2m $375m

CLOD and CLOU on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CLOD in plain words

By weight, 70% of CLOD's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 87%. The top ten holdings are 47% of the fund across 51 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +0.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 15.7 pts.

CLOU in plain words

By weight, 29% of CLOU'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 50% of the fund across 40 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +22.4% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 6.7 pts. It sits 9.9% below its all-time high of Nov 4, 2021.

Questions people ask

Do CLOD and CLOU 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, CLOD or CLOU?
CLOD has 70% of its weight in S&P 500 names and CLOU has 29%, so CLOU differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, CLOD or CLOU?
CLOD charges 0.35% a year and CLOU charges 0.68%, so CLOD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

ETFIQ, CLOD against CLOU, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/clod-vs-clou

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