COPA vs EMET: which is really different?

COPA and EMET hold 42% of their weight in the same names, and COPA returned +47.6% over the year. Themes Copper Miners ETF and VanEck Copper and Electrification Metals ETF.

8.6%
COPA in the S&P 500
10.5%
EMET in the S&P 500
+47.6%
COPA total return, 1 year
+32.7%
EMET 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

EMET · 1 year to Sep 30, 202690% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
90% of its weight is outside the S&P 50011% of EMET's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 90% is outside the index11%90%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 54% of the fund · 59 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in90% of its weight is outside the S&P 50011% of EMET's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 90% is outside the index11%90%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 54% of the fund

11% of EMET's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 90% 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 EMET hold 42% 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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42% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding COPA EMET
Freeport-McMoRan Inc 8.57% 8.26%
Anglo American PLC 3.50% 8.53%
Teck Resources Ltd 3.29% 6.84%
Antofagasta PLC 3.15% 4.82%
Southern Copper Corp 3.10% 4.75%
Lundin Mining Corp 3.37% 3.08%
First Quantum Minerals Ltd 3.52% 2.89%
Hudbay Minerals Inc 4.35% 2.78%
Capstone Copper Corp 2.83% 1.69%
Boliden AB 1.57% 3.44%
Sandfire Resources Ltd 2.29% 1.20%
Aurubis AG 1.80% 1.13%
Only in COPA
Glencore PLC 4.46%
BHP Group Ltd 4.08%
Jiujiang Defu Technology Co Lt 3.78%
ATALAYA MINING COPPER SA 2.91%
China Nonferrous Mining Corp L 2.07%
Guangdong Feinan Resources Rec 1.96%
Solaris Resources Inc 1.80%
Central Asia Metals PLC 1.65%
Only in EMET
Grupo Mexico Sab De Cv 7.32%
Valterra Platinum Ltd 3.56%
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd 3.37%
Kghm Polska Miedz Sa 2.44%
Albemarle Corp 2.27%
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd 2.06%
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Sa 1.77%
Mp Materials Corp 1.49%

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

42% 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
WindowCOPAEMETCOPAEMETCOPAEMET
3 months+10.3%+4.2%+7.8 pts+1.6 pts+8.2 pts+2.0 pts
6 months+17.5%+0.3%+0.6 pts−16.7 pts−9.3 pts−26.6 pts
1 year+47.6%+32.7%+31.9 pts+17.0 pts+23.8 pts+8.9 pts
3 yearsnot published+75.1%not published−9.9 ptsnot published−34.9 pts
Since launch
COPA Sep 2024 · EMET Nov 2021
+108.5%+27.8%+72.0 pts−48.1 pts+54.6 pts−67.3 pts

COPA and EMET 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
EMET
VanEck Copper and Electrification Metals ETF · Holds 59 stocks in copper, 10% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Themes VanEck
Theme Copper Copper
In the S&P 500 8.6% 10.5%
Active share vs the S&P 500 99.9% 99.8%
In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 49 59
Top ten, share of the fund 42.1% 54.0%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.62%
Fee for the differing part 0.35% 0.62%
Total return, 1 year +47.6% +32.7%
vs the S&P 500 +31.9 pts +17.0 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 +23.8 pts +8.9 pts
Below its high −10.9% −15.5%
Net assets $13m $35m

COPA and EMET 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.

EMET in plain words

By weight, 10% of EMET'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 54% of the fund across 59 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +32.7% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 17.0 pts. It sits 15.5% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do COPA and EMET hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 42% 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, COPA or EMET?
COPA has 9% of its weight in S&P 500 names and EMET has 10%, so COPA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, COPA or EMET?
COPA charges 0.35% a year and EMET charges 0.62%, so COPA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

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

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