CRTC vs TSES: which is really different?

CRTC and TSES hold 11% of their weight in the same names. Xtrackers US National Critical Technologies ETF and Truth Social American Energy Security ETF.

86.6%
CRTC in the S&P 500
88.4%
TSES in the S&P 500
+14.7%
CRTC total return, 1 year
+22.6%
TSES total return, since launch
CRTC · 1 year to Sep 30, 202613% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
13% of its weight is outside the S&P 50087% of CRTC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 13% is outside the index87%13%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutsideactive share 62% · top ten 37% of the fund · 216 holdings filed May 31, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 51% in13% of its weight is outside the S&P 50087% of CRTC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 13% is outside the index87%13%of its weight in S&P 500 companies13% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 62% · top ten 37% of the fund

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

TSES · 6 months to Sep 30, 202612% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
12% of its weight is outside the S&P 50088% of TSES's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 12% is outside the index88%12%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutsideactive share 95% · top ten 46% of the fund · 70 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 11% in12% of its weight is outside the S&P 50088% of TSES's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 12% is outside the index88%12%of its weight in S&P 500 companies12% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 95% · top ten 46% of the fund

88% of TSES's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 12% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · TSES 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, CRTC and TSES hold 11% 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 May 31, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CRTC TSES
EXXON MOBIL CORP 2.82% 6.93%
CHEVRON CORP 1.69% 6.91%
GE VERNOVA INC 1.22% 4.69%
NEXTERA ENERGY INC 0.85% 3.57%
EATON CORP PLC 0.73% 6.01%
CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP 0.49% 2.83%
SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) 0.48% 3.52%
VALERO ENERGY CORP 0.34% 2.47%
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP 0.34% 2.38%
PHILLIPS 66 0.33% 2.17%
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY INC 0.32% 2.68%
DOMINION ENERGY INC 0.27% 1.60%
Only in CRTC
ALPHABET INC 5.13%
MICROSOFT CORP 5.00%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.89%
NVIDIA CORP 4.60%
META PLATFORMS INC 4.40%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 3.91%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 2.22%
LAM RESEARCH CORP 1.86%
Only in TSES
ConocoPhillips 4.32%
Quanta Services Inc 3.73%
Duke Energy Corp 3.36%
Williams Cos Inc/The 2.98%
Bloom Energy Corp 2.79%
Kinder Morgan Inc 2.05%
Cheniere Energy Inc 1.80%
EOG Resources Inc 1.75%

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

11% 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
WindowCRTCTSESCRTCTSESCRTCTSES
3 months+6.6%+2.1%+4.0 pts−0.4 pts+4.5 pts0.0 pts
6 months+16.5%+1.3%−0.5 pts−15.7 pts−10.4 pts−25.6 pts
1 year+14.7%not published−1.0 ptsnot published−9.1 ptsnot published
Since launch
CRTC Nov 2023 · TSES Dec 2025
+70.6%+22.6%−5.1 pts+10.8 pts−24.4 pts+2.8 pts

CRTC and TSES 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
TSES
Truth Social American Energy Security ETF · Holds 70 stocks in energy security and critical technology, 88% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Xtrackers Yorkville
Theme Energy security and critical technology Energy security and critical technology
In the S&P 500 86.6% 88.4%
Active share vs the S&P 500 61.6% 94.7%
In the Nasdaq-100 51.1% 11.2%
Holdings 216 70
Top ten, share of the fund 36.6% 46.0%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.65%
Fee for the differing part 0.57% 0.69%
Total return, 1 year +14.7% +22.6% (since launch on Dec 30, 2025)
vs the S&P 500 −1.0 pts +10.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −9.1 pts +2.8 pts
Below its high −0.5% −5.2%
Net assets $144m $8m

CRTC and TSES 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.

TSES in plain words

By weight, 88% of TSES's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 95%. The top ten holdings are 46% of the fund across 70 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Dec 30, 2025 the fund returned +22.6% with distributions reinvested against +11.9% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 10.8 pts. It sits 5.2% below its all-time high of Aug 17, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do CRTC and TSES hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 11% 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, CRTC or TSES?
CRTC has 87% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TSES has 88%, so TSES differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, CRTC or TSES?
CRTC charges 0.35% a year and TSES charges 0.65%, so CRTC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

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

Open data

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