Do CRTC and IETC hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 36% 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, CRTC or IETC?

CRTC has 87% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IETC has 86%, so IETC differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, CRTC or IETC?

CRTC charges 0.35% a year and IETC charges 0.18%, so IETC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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CRTC vs IETC: which is really different?

CRTC and IETC hold 36% of their weight in the same names, and CRTC returned +14.7% over the year. Xtrackers US National Critical Technologies ETF and iShares U.S. Tech Independence Focused ETF.

86.6%

CRTC in the S&P 500

85.5%

IETC in the S&P 500

+14.7%

CRTC total return, 1 year

+12.4%

IETC total return, 1 year

CRTC · 1 year to Sep 30, 202613% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

87% of CRTC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 13% is outside the index

IETC · 1 year to Sep 30, 202615% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

86% of IETC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 15% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · IETC scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

CRTC 1.2

IETC 1.5

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, CRTC and IETC hold 36% 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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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half

36% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CRTC IETC

NVIDIA CORP 4.60% 13.59%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 3.91% 6.02%

ALPHABET INC 5.13% 2.85%

AMAZON.COM INC 4.89% 2.64%

META PLATFORMS INC 4.40% 2.46%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 2.22% 2.10%

MICROSOFT CORP 5.00% 1.87%

LAM RESEARCH CORP 1.86% 2.78%

ORACLE CORP 1.81% 1.86%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC 1.60% 2.71%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 1.31% 1.45%

ARISTA NETWORKS INC 0.94% 2.34%

Only in CRTC

EXXON MOBIL CORP 2.82%

ABBVIE INC 1.80%

CHEVRON CORP 1.69%

GE VERNOVA INC 1.22%

RTX CORP 1.13%

BHP GROUP LTD 1.06%

ANALOG DEVICES INC 0.94%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.94%

Only in IETC

BROADCOM INC 7.31%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 5.67%

APPLE 3.71%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.36%

SANDISK 1.96%

INTEL CORPORATION 1.78%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 1.62%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 1.56%

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

36% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		vs the S&P 500		vs the Nasdaq-100
Window	CRTC	IETC	CRTC	IETC	CRTC	IETC
3 months	+6.6%	+7.9%	+4.0 pts	+5.4 pts	+4.5 pts	+5.8 pts
6 months	+16.5%	+28.3%	−0.5 pts	+11.3 pts	−10.4 pts	+1.4 pts
1 year	+14.7%	+12.4%	−1.0 pts	−3.3 pts	−9.1 pts	−11.4 pts
3 years	not published	+117.6%	not published	+32.6 pts	not published	+7.6 pts
Since launch CRTC Nov 2023 · IETC Mar 2018	+70.6%	+404.9%	−5.1 pts	+168.6 pts	−24.4 pts	+11.6 pts

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

On the same fields

CRTC

Xtrackers US National Critical Technologies ETF · Holds 216 stocks in energy security and critical technology, 87% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

IETC

iShares U.S. Tech Independence Focused ETF · Holds 112 stocks in energy security and critical technology, 86% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Xtrackers iShares

Theme Energy security and critical technology Energy security and critical technology

In the S&P 500 86.6% 85.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 61.6% 62.6%

In the Nasdaq-100 51.1% 69.1%

Holdings 216 112

Top ten, share of the fund 36.6% 49.7%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.18%

Fee for the differing part 0.57% 0.29%

Total return, 1 year +14.7% +12.4%

vs the S&P 500 −1.0 pts −3.3 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −9.1 pts −11.4 pts

Below its high −0.5% −3.3%

Net assets $144m $719m

CRTC and IETC on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CRTC in plain words

By weight, 87% of CRTC's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 62%. The top ten holdings are 37% of the fund across 216 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +14.7% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 1.0 pts.

IETC in plain words

By weight, 86% of IETC's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 63%. The top ten holdings are 50% of the fund across 112 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +12.4% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 3.3 pts.

Questions people ask

Do CRTC and IETC hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 36% 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, CRTC or IETC?: CRTC has 87% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IETC has 86%, so IETC differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, CRTC or IETC?: CRTC charges 0.35% a year and IETC charges 0.18%, so IETC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

CRTC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CRTC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Xtrackers website ↗IETC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IETC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IETC ↗

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ETFIQ, CRTC against IETC, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/crtc-vs-ietc

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