COPA vs COPX: which is really different?

COPA and COPX hold 54% of their weight in the same names, and COPA returned +47.6% over the year. Themes Copper Miners ETF and Global X Copper Miners ETF.

8.6%
COPA in the S&P 500
5.0%
COPX in the S&P 500
+47.6%
COPA total return, 1 year
+45.4%
COPX total return, 1 year
COPA · 1 year to Sep 30, 202691% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
91% of its weight is outside the S&P 5009% of COPA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 91% is outside the index9%91%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 42% of the fund · 49 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in91% of its weight is outside the S&P 5009% of COPA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 91% is outside the index9%91%9% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 42% of the fund

9% of COPA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 91% is outside the index

COPX · 1 year to Sep 30, 202695% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
95% of its weight is outside the S&P 5005% of COPX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 95% is outside the index5%95%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 50% of the fund · 48 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in95% of its weight is outside the S&P 5005% of COPX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 95% is outside the index5%95%5% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 50% of the fund

5% of COPX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 95% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · COPA 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, COPA and COPX hold 54% 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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54% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding COPA COPX
Freeport-McMoRan Inc 8.57% 4.96%
Glencore PLC 4.46% 4.71%
Hudbay Minerals Inc 4.35% 5.80%
BHP Group Ltd 4.08% 5.10%
First Quantum Minerals Ltd 3.52% 4.58%
Lundin Mining Corp 3.37% 3.87%
Antofagasta PLC 3.15% 4.75%
Southern Copper Corp 3.10% 5.33%
Capstone Copper Corp 2.83% 3.50%
Sandfire Resources Ltd 2.29% 3.77%
ERO Copper Corp 2.39% 1.94%
Aurubis AG 1.80% 2.48%
Only in COPA
Jiujiang Defu Technology Co Lt 3.78%
Anglo American PLC 3.50%
Teck Resources Ltd 3.29%
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd 2.74%
Jiangxi Copper Co Ltd 2.44%
China Nonferrous Mining Corp L 2.07%
Guangdong Feinan Resources Rec 1.96%
Central Asia Metals PLC 1.65%
Only in COPX
TECK RESOURCES LTD-CLS B 5.51%
KGHM POLSKA MIEDZ SA 4.64%
SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO LTD 4.41%
ZIJIN MINING GROUP CO LTD-H 4.10%
CHINA GOLD INTERNATIONAL RES 3.59%
IVANHOE MINES LTD-CL A 3.47%
JIANGXI COPPER CO LTD-H 2.28%
CHINA NONFERROUS MINING CORP 1.38%

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

54% 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
WindowCOPACOPXCOPACOPXCOPACOPX
3 months+10.3%+12.5%+7.8 pts+10.0 pts+8.2 pts+10.4 pts
6 months+17.5%+8.8%+0.6 pts−8.2 pts−9.3 pts−18.1 pts
1 year+47.6%+45.4%+31.9 pts+29.7 pts+23.8 pts+21.6 pts
3 yearsnot published+146.8%not published+61.9 ptsnot published+36.9 pts
Since launch
COPA Sep 2024 · COPX Apr 2010
+108.5%+171.9%+72.0 pts−572.7 pts+54.6 pts−1440.8 pts

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

On the same fields

COPA
Themes Copper Miners ETF · Holds 49 stocks in copper, 9% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
COPX
Global X Copper Miners ETF · Holds 48 stocks in copper, 5% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Themes Global X
Theme Copper Copper
In the S&P 500 8.6% 5.0%
Active share vs the S&P 500 99.9% 99.9%
In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 49 48
Top ten, share of the fund 42.1% 49.8%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.65%
Fee for the differing part 0.35% 0.65%
Total return, 1 year +47.6% +45.4%
vs the S&P 500 +31.9 pts +29.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 +23.8 pts +21.6 pts
Below its high −10.9% −12.2%
Net assets $13m $7.3bn

COPA and COPX on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

COPA in plain words

By weight, 9% of COPA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 42% of the fund across 49 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +47.6% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 31.9 pts. It sits 10.9% below its all-time high of Aug 27, 2026.

COPX in plain words

By weight, 5% of COPX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 50% of the fund across 48 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +45.4% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 29.7 pts. It sits 12.2% below its all-time high of Aug 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do COPA and COPX hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 54% 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, COPA or COPX?
COPA has 9% of its weight in S&P 500 names and COPX has 5%, so COPA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, COPA or COPX?
COPA charges 0.35% a year and COPX charges 0.65%, so COPA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

ETFIQ, COPA against COPX, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/copa-vs-copx

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