ELFY vs JOUL: which is really different?

ELFY and JOUL hold 11% of their weight in the same names. ALPS Electrification Infrastructure ETF and Corgi High Voltage Grid Equipment ETF.

48.1%
ELFY in the S&P 500
37.7%
JOUL in the S&P 500
+8.7%
ELFY total return, 1 year
−15.3%
JOUL total return, since launch
ELFY · 1 year to Sep 30, 202652% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
52% of its weight is outside the S&P 50048% of ELFY's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 52% is outside the index48%52%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 95% · top ten 14% of the fund · 108 holdings filed May 31, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 3% in52% of its weight is outside the S&P 50048% of ELFY's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 52% is outside the index48%52%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 95% · top ten 14% of the fund

48% of ELFY's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 52% is outside the index

JOUL · 3 months to Sep 30, 202662% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
62% of its weight is outside the S&P 50038% of JOUL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 62% is outside the index38%62%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 66% of the fund · 20 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in62% of its weight is outside the S&P 50038% of JOUL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 62% is outside the index38%62%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 66% of the fund

38% of JOUL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 62% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · JOUL 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, ELFY and JOUL 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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ELFY JOUL
Powell Industries Inc 1.36% 3.58%
Nvent Electric Plc 1.28% 5.33%
Dycom Industries Inc 1.17% 3.15%
Mastec Inc 1.05% 3.16%
Quanta Services Inc 1.03% 5.75%
Valmont Industries Inc 1.02% 4.43%
Ge Vernova Inc 0.95% 12.91%
Eaton Corp Plc 0.94% 14.62%
Hubbell Inc 0.84% 4.47%
Primoris Services Corp 0.79% 3.10%
Itron Inc 0.75% 3.77%
Only in ELFY
Sterling Infrastructure Inc 1.75%
Vicor Corp 1.66%
Bloom Energy Corp 1.49%
Enphase Energy Inc 1.32%
First Solar Inc 1.28%
Ies Holdings Inc 1.28%
Coherent Corp 1.23%
Applied Optoelectronics Inc 1.23%
Only in JOUL
Arcosa Inc 5.50%
Forgent Power Solutions Inc 4.30%
Atkore Inc 4.29%
Advanced Energy Industries Inc 4.04%
ESCO Technologies Inc 3.92%
MYR Group Inc 3.83%
Preformed Line Products Co 3.60%
American Superconductor Corp 3.19%

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
WindowELFYJOULELFYJOULELFYJOUL
3 months−11.6%−13.6%−14.1 pts−16.1 pts−13.7 pts−15.7 pts
6 months−2.8%not published−19.7 ptsnot published−29.6 ptsnot published
1 year+8.7%not published−7.0 ptsnot published−15.1 ptsnot published
Since launch
ELFY Apr 2025 · JOUL May 2026
+49.7%−15.3%+1.9 pts−19.7 pts−17.2 pts−21.8 pts

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

On the same fields

ELFY
ALPS Electrification Infrastructure ETF · Holds 108 stocks in electrification and the grid, 48% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
JOUL
Corgi High Voltage Grid Equipment ETF · Holds 20 stocks in electrification and the grid, 38% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer ALPS Corgi
Theme Electrification and the grid Electrification and the grid
In the S&P 500 48.1% 37.7%
Active share vs the S&P 500 94.6% 99.0%
In the Nasdaq-100 3.1% 0.0%
Holdings 108 20
Top ten, share of the fund 13.9% 65.6%
Expense ratio 0.50% 0.35%
Fee for the differing part 0.53% 0.35%
Total return, 1 year +8.7% −15.3% (since launch on May 6, 2026)
vs the S&P 500 −7.0 pts −19.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −15.1 pts −21.8 pts
Below its high −15.2% −18.3%
Net assets $203m $9m

ELFY and JOUL on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ELFY in plain words

By weight, 48% of ELFY'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 14% of the fund across 108 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +8.7% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 7.0 pts. It sits 15.2% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

JOUL in plain words

By weight, 38% of JOUL's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 66% of the fund across 20 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Since it launched on May 6, 2026 the fund returned −15.3% with distributions reinvested against +4.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 19.7 pts. It sits 18.3% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ELFY and JOUL 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, ELFY or JOUL?
ELFY has 48% of its weight in S&P 500 names and JOUL has 38%, so JOUL differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ELFY or JOUL?
ELFY charges 0.50% a year and JOUL charges 0.35%, so JOUL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, ELFY against JOUL, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/elfy-vs-joul

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