COPX vs XBI: which is really different?

COPX and XBI hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and XBI returned +45.0% over the year. Global X Copper Miners ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Biotech ETF.

XBI costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.4 points; XBI is 1.4 times larger.

COPXXBI
Expense ratio0.65%0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$7.1bn$9.9bn
Total return, 1 year+37.6%+45.0%
What it tracksCopperBiotech
Holdings in common0%
S&P 500, total return, 1 year+17.3%
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearahead by 20.3 ptsahead by 27.7 pts
Below its all-time high11.1%, high on Aug 27, 202611.1%, high on Feb 8, 2021

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

5.2%
COPX in the S&P 500
12.7%
XBI in the S&P 500
+37.6%
COPX total return, 1 year
+45.0%
XBI total return, 1 year
COPX · 1 year to Oct 9, 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 index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.5%95%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 50% of the fund · 40 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 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 index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.5%95%5% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · Nasdaq-100: 0% in

5% of COPX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 95% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

XBI · 1 year to Oct 9, 202687% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
87% of its weight is outside the S&P 50013% of XBI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 87% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.13%87%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 17% of the fund · 165 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 9% in87% of its weight is outside the S&P 50013% of XBI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 87% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.13%87%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · Nasdaq-100: 9% in

13% of XBI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 87% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · COPX scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
0.1, the lowest in this set92.3, the highest

A percentile among the 391 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing. All thematic ETFs ranked by it → How it is computed →

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, COPX and XBI hold 0% 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 Oct 8, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding COPX XBI
Only in COPX
HUDBAY MINERALS INC 5.63%
TECK RESOURCES LTD-CLS B 5.55%
SOUTHERN COPPER CORP 5.36%
BHP GROUP LTD 5.27%
FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC 5.18%
GLENCORE PLC 4.93%
KGHM POLSKA MIEDZ SA 4.66%
ANTOFAGASTA PLC 4.65%
Only in XBI
MODERNA INC 2.20%
TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP 1.84%
NATERA INC 1.79%
ABBVIE INC 1.65%
UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP 1.59%
AMGEN INC 1.58%
BIOGEN INC 1.57%
HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS INC 1.55%

0% 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
WindowCOPXXBICOPXXBICOPXXBI
3 months+12.0%−3.3%+8.7 pts−6.7 pts+8.4 pts−7.0 pts
6 months+3.0%+18.9%−12.1 pts+3.8 pts−20.2 pts−4.3 pts
1 year+37.6%+45.0%+20.3 pts+27.7 pts+14.0 pts+21.4 pts
3 years+153.3%+114.6%+67.5 pts+28.8 pts+46.0 pts+7.3 pts
Since launch
COPX Apr 2010 · XBI Feb 2006
+175.3%+890.7%−587.0 pts+92.2 pts−1,464.0 pts−1,164.7 pts

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On the same fields

COPX
Global X Copper Miners ETF · Holds 40 stocks in copper, 5% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
XBI
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Biotech ETF · Holds 165 stocks in biotech, 13% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Theme Copper Biotech
In the S&P 500 5.2% 12.7%
Active share vs the S&P 500 99.9% 98.4%
In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 8.5%
Holdings 40 165
Top ten, share of the fund 50.2% 16.9%
Expense ratio 0.65% 0.35%
Fee for the differing part 0.65% 0.36%
Total return, 1 year +37.6% +45.0%
vs the S&P 500 +20.3 pts +27.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 +14.0 pts +21.4 pts
Below its high −11.1% −11.1%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026 $7.1bn $9.9bn

As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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 40 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +37.6% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 20.3 pts. It sits 11.1% below its all-time high of Aug 27, 2026.

XBI in plain words

By weight, 13% of XBI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 17% of the fund across 165 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +45.0% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 27.7 pts. It sits 11.1% below its all-time high of Feb 8, 2021.

Questions people ask

Do COPX and XBI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 0% 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, COPX or XBI?
COPX has 5% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XBI has 13%, so COPX differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, COPX or XBI?
COPX charges 0.65% a year and XBI charges 0.35%, so XBI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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ETFIQ, COPX against XBI, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/copx-vs-xbi

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