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DTEC vs FRWD: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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DTEC and FRWD hold 3% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets: $74m on May 31, 2026 for ALPS Disruptive Technologies ETF, and $285m on Jun 30, 2026 for Nomura Transformational Technologies ETF.

DTEC on its own →FRWD on its own →
At a glance
39.3%
DTEC in the S&P 500
69.9%
FRWD in the S&P 500
−0.2%
DTEC total return, 1 year
+23.7%
FRWD total return, since launch, Jan 13, 2026
DTEC · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 61% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
61% of its weight is outside the S&P 50039% of DTEC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 61% is outside the index. Holdings as of May 31, 2026.39%61%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 93% · top ten 16% of the fund · 97 holdings as filed for May 31, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 20% in61% of its weight is outside the S&P 50039% of DTEC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 61% is outside the index. Holdings as of May 31, 2026.39%61%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 93% · Nasdaq-100: 20% in

39% of DTEC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 61% is outside the index. Holdings as of May 31, 2026.

FRWD · 6 months to Oct 28, 2026 30% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
30% of its weight is outside the S&P 50070% of FRWD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 30% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.70%30%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 74% · top ten 61% of the fund · 25 holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 77% in30% of its weight is outside the S&P 50070% of FRWD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 30% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.70%30%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 74% · Nasdaq-100: 77% in

70% of FRWD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 30% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.

Pair scorecard

DTEC costs 0.15 points a year less.

DTEC vs FRWD: Holdings Overlap & Returns
MeasureDTECFRWD
Return
Total return, 1 year−0.2%not published
Drawdown
Below its all-time high10.6%, high on Jun 18, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksBroad innovation and megatrendsBroad innovation and megatrends
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.50%0.65%
Net assets, DTEC as of May 31, 2026 and FRWD as of Jun 30, 2026$74m$285m
Holdings
Holdings in common3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026. Method

What they share

3%

By the books each fund has filed, DTEC and FRWD hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DTEC FRWD
Cadence Design Systems Inc 1.28% 1.82%
Servicenow Inc 0.98% 1.74%
Netflix Inc 0.82% 3.27%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in DTEC
Solaredge Technologies Inc 1.94%
Nebius Group Nv 1.91%
Datadog Inc 1.74%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 1.67%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 1.65%
Fortinet Inc 1.63%
Okta Inc 1.55%
Rubrik Inc 1.45%
Only in FRWD
NVIDIA Corp. 8.09%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 7.80%
Seagate Technology Holdings plc 7.74%
Lam Research Corp. 6.64%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. 6.30%
Micron Technology, Inc. 5.14%
ASML Holding NV 5.07%
Western Digital Corp. 5.04%
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Window by window: DTEC vs FRWD: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Total return
WindowDTECFRWD
3 months+6.4%+6.3%
6 months+16.0%+11.2%
1 year−0.2%–
3 years+63.2%–
Since launchNot the same days: DTEC Dec 2017 · FRWD Jan 2026+112.6%+23.7%

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Side by side

DTEC ALPS Disruptive Technologies ETF · Holds 97 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 39% of its weight in S&P 500 companies FRWD Nomura Transformational Technologies ETF · Holds 25 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 70% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer ALPS Nomura
Theme Broad innovation and megatrends Broad innovation and megatrends
In the S&P 500 39.3% 69.9%
Active share vs the S&P 500 93.4% 74.4%
In the Nasdaq-100 19.5% 77.4%
Holdings 97 25
Top ten, share of the fund 16.3% 60.6%
Expense ratio 0.50% 0.65%
Fee for the differing part 0.54% 0.87%
Total return, 1 year −0.2% +23.7% (since launch, Jan 13, 2026)
vs its benchmark not measured not measured
Below its high −2.7% −10.6%
Net assets, DTEC as of May 31, 2026 and FRWD as of Jun 30, 2026 $74m $285m

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

3% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund
DTEC

By weight, 39% of DTEC's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 93%. The top ten holdings are 16% of the fund across 97 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned −0.2% with distributions reinvested.

FRWD

By weight, 70% of FRWD's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 74%. The top ten holdings are 61% of the fund across 25 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Jan 13, 2026 the fund returned +23.7% with distributions reinvested. It sits 10.6% below its all-time high of Jun 18, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do DTEC and FRWD hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 3% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, DTEC or FRWD?
DTEC has 39% of its weight in S&P 500 names and FRWD has 70%, so DTEC differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, DTEC or FRWD?
DTEC charges 0.50% a year and FRWD charges 0.65%, so DTEC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Sources and dates
DTEC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
DTEC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
ALPS website ↗
FRWD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
FRWD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Nomura website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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