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DUTY vs TSSD: which is really different?

DUTY and TSSD hold 59% of their weight in the same names.

U.S. Defense ETF and Truth Social American Security & Defense ETF.

61.8%DUTY in the S&P 500
71.5%TSSD in the S&P 500
+6.9%DUTY total return, 1 year
+20.2%TSSD total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: DUTY scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

DUTY 51.7TSSD 43.30.1, the lowest in this set91.8, the highest

A percentile among the 379 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

DUTY38% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 3 months to Sep 18, 2026
62%38%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 59% of the fund · 50 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 24% in62%38%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 98% · top ten 59% of the fund
TSSD29% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
72%29%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 60% of the fund · 62 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 36% in72%29%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 98% · top ten 60% of the fund

59% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DUTY and TSSD hold 59% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions DUTY and TSSD both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingDUTYTSSD
Palantir Technologies Inc5.98%6.78%
Lockheed Martin Corp7.34%5.51%
Palo Alto Networks Inc5.21%9.71%
Fortinet Inc4.92%5.76%
General Dynamics Corp7.57%4.91%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc4.64%7.25%
L3Harris Technologies Inc6.85%4.08%
Northrop Grumman Corp6.62%4.00%
Teledyne Technologies Inc4.35%2.90%
Okta Inc4.62%2.12%
Akamai Technologies Inc3.15%1.72%
Zscaler Inc2.71%1.71%
Only in each
Only in DUTYOnly in TSSD
Rocket Lab Corp 5.35%RTX Corp 7.08%
Check Point Software Technolog 2.89%Cloudflare Inc 4.76%
Rubrik Inc 2.11%Axon Enterprise Inc 4.58%
Archer Aviation Inc 0.55%Curtiss-Wright Corp 2.76%
Firefly Aerospace Inc 0.47%VeriSign Inc 2.06%
Loar Holdings Inc 0.42%F5 Inc 1.79%
Redwire Corp 0.34%BWX Technologies Inc 1.72%
C3.ai Inc 0.23%Gen Digital Inc 1.20%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

DUTY and TSSD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
DUTYTSSDDUTYTSSDDUTYTSSD
3 months+5.7%+12.0%+3.5 pts+9.7 pts+8.2 pts+14.5 pts
6 monthsnot published+18.0%not published−0.1 ptsnot published−6.3 pts
Since launch+6.9%+20.2%−6.3 pts+8.4 pts−12.3 pts+3.4 pts
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DUTY and TSSD on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
DUTY
U.S. Defense ETF
Holds 50 stocks in defense, 62% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
TSSD
Truth Social American Security & Defense ETF
Holds 62 stocks in defense, 72% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerAuraYorkville
ThemeDefenseDefense
In the S&P 50061.8%71.5%
Active share vs the S&P 50098.1%97.5%
In the Nasdaq-10023.5%35.8%
Holdings5062
Top ten, share of the fund59.1%60.4%
Expense ratio0.45%0.65%
Fee for the differing part0.46%0.67%
Total return, 1 year+6.9% (since launch on Apr 8, 2026)+20.2% (since launch on Dec 30, 2025)
vs the S&P 500−6.3 pts+8.4 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−12.3 pts+3.4 pts
Below its high−9.2%−7.1%
Net assets$2m$7m

DUTY in plain words

By weight, 62% of DUTY'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 59% of the fund across 50 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Apr 8, 2026 the fund returned +6.9% with distributions reinvested against +13.2% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 6.3 pts. It sits 9.2% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 2026.

TSSD in plain words

By weight, 72% of TSSD'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 60% of the fund across 62 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Dec 30, 2025 the fund returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested against +11.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 8.4 pts. It sits 7.1% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do DUTY and TSSD hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 59% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is close to holding one of them twice. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, DUTY or TSSD?
DUTY has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TSSD has 72%, so DUTY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, DUTY or TSSD?
DUTY charges 0.45% a year and TSSD charges 0.65%, so DUTY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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DUTY against TSSD, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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