CLOD vs XSW: which is really different?

CLOD and XSW hold 17% of their weight in the same names, and CLOD returned +0.1% over the year. Themes Cloud Computing ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Software & Services ETF.

70.1%
CLOD in the S&P 500
20.8%
XSW in the S&P 500
+0.1%
CLOD total return, 1 year
−1.6%
XSW 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

XSW · 1 year to Sep 30, 202679% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
79% of its weight is outside the S&P 50021% of XSW's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 79% is outside the index21%79%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 96% · top ten 9% of the fund · 133 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 14% in79% of its weight is outside the S&P 50021% of XSW's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 79% is outside the index21%79%inoutside the S&P 500active share 96% · top ten 9% of the fund

21% of XSW's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 79% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · XSW 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 XSW hold 17% 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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17% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CLOD XSW
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 7.14% 0.97%
Datadog Inc 3.31% 0.93%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 7.54% 0.90%
Cadence Design Systems Inc 4.13% 0.89%
Strategy Inc 1.13% 0.88%
Fortinet Inc 3.82% 0.87%
Synopsys Inc 3.37% 0.84%
F5 Inc 0.94% 0.84%
Microsoft Corp 3.73% 0.80%
Workday Inc 1.04% 0.78%
ServiceNow Inc 4.10% 0.78%
Autodesk Inc 1.65% 0.77%
Only in CLOD
AppLovin Corp 5.03%
Alphabet Inc 4.15%
Amazon.com Inc 3.78%
SAP SE 3.48%
Snowflake Inc 3.39%
MercadoLibre Inc 3.22%
Cloudflare Inc 3.09%
Nebius Group NV 2.26%
Only in XSW
RUBRIK INC A 0.98%
SENTINELONE INC CLASS A 0.93%
NETSKOPE INC CL A 0.92%
VIA TRANSPORTATION INC CL A 0.89%
SAILPOINT INC 0.88%
RAPID7 INC 0.88%
SERVICETITAN INC A 0.88%
COMMVAULT SYSTEMS INC 0.87%

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

17% 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
WindowCLODXSWCLODXSWCLODXSW
3 months+11.1%+10.1%+8.6 pts+7.5 pts+9.0 pts+7.9 pts
6 months+36.6%+36.3%+19.7 pts+19.3 pts+9.8 pts+9.4 pts
1 year+0.1%−1.6%−15.7 pts−17.3 pts−23.7 pts−25.4 pts
3 yearsnot published+53.6%not published−31.4 ptsnot published−56.4 pts
Since launch
CLOD Dec 2023 · XSW Sep 2011
+41.6%+766.5%−26.2 pts+12.4 pts−44.0 pts−696.5 pts

CLOD and XSW 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
XSW
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Software & Services ETF · Holds 133 stocks in cloud and software, 21% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Themes State Street
Theme Cloud and software Cloud and software
In the S&P 500 70.1% 20.8%
Active share vs the S&P 500 86.6% 95.5%
In the Nasdaq-100 60.8% 14.0%
Holdings 51 133
Top ten, share of the fund 47.4% 9.2%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.35%
Fee for the differing part 0.40% 0.37%
Total return, 1 year +0.1% −1.6%
vs the S&P 500 −15.7 pts −17.3 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −23.7 pts −25.4 pts
Below its high −2.3% −7.5%
Net assets $2m $473m

CLOD and XSW 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.

XSW in plain words

By weight, 21% of XSW's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 96%. The top ten holdings are 9% of the fund across 133 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −1.6% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 17.3 pts. It sits 7.5% below its all-time high of Aug 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do CLOD and XSW hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 17% 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, CLOD or XSW?
CLOD has 70% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XSW has 21%, so XSW differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, CLOD or XSW?
CLOD charges 0.35% a year and XSW charges 0.35%, so CLOD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

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

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