Do ESPO and GAMR hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 38% 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, ESPO or GAMR?

ESPO has 6% of its weight in S&P 500 names and GAMR has 44%, so ESPO differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, ESPO or GAMR?

ESPO charges 0.55% a year and GAMR charges 0.59%, so ESPO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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ESPO vs GAMR: which is really different?

ESPO and GAMR hold 38% of their weight in the same names, and GAMR returned +3.6% over the year. VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF and Amplify Video Game Leaders ETF.

6.4%

ESPO in the S&P 500

44.4%

GAMR in the S&P 500

−19.4%

ESPO total return, 1 year

+3.6%

GAMR total return, 1 year

ESPO · 1 year to Sep 30, 202694% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

6% of ESPO's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 94% is outside the index

GAMR · 1 year to Sep 30, 202656% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

44% of GAMR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 56% is outside the index

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

ESPO 82.3

GAMR 18

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, ESPO and GAMR hold 38% 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 Oct 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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38% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ESPO GAMR

Tencent Holdings Ltd 7.46% 9.19%

Nintendo Co Ltd 7.40% 4.67%

Netease Inc 7.36% 4.59%

International Games System Co Ltd 5.02% 2.66%

Bandai Namco Holdings Inc 4.91% 2.57%

Capcom Co Ltd 4.45% 2.42%

Unity Software Inc 4.36% 2.34%

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd 4.96% 2.32%

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc 6.42% 2.29%

Roblox Corp 5.74% 2.27%

Nexon Co Ltd 3.55% 1.98%

Only in ESPO

Gamestop Corp 5.61%

Cd Projekt Red Sa 4.77%

Konami Holdings Corp 4.56%

Krafton Inc 4.17%

Micro-Star International Co Ltd 3.96%

Kingsoft Corp Ltd 2.64%

Square Enix Holdings Co Ltd 2.45%

China Ruyi Holdings Ltd 2.04%

Only in GAMR

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 9.49%

Meta Platforms Inc 9.44%

Microsoft Corp 9.40%

NVIDIA Corp 9.33%

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 12/31/2031 5.76%

Sony Group Corp 4.70%

AppLovin Corp 4.43%

Sea Ltd 4.34%

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

38% 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	ESPO	GAMR	ESPO	GAMR	ESPO	GAMR
3 months	+5.7%	+8.4%	+3.2 pts	+5.9 pts	+3.6 pts	+6.3 pts
6 months	+6.1%	+31.7%	−10.8 pts	+14.7 pts	−20.7 pts	+4.8 pts
1 year	−19.4%	+3.6%	−35.1 pts	−12.1 pts	−43.2 pts	−20.2 pts
3 years	+92.2%	+88.4%	+7.2 pts	+3.4 pts	−17.8 pts	−21.6 pts
Since launch ESPO Oct 2018 · GAMR Mar 2016	+238.3%	+299.4%	+31.6 pts	−55.4 pts	−101.0 pts	−364.2 pts

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

On the same fields

ESPO

VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF · Holds 25 stocks in gaming, esports and betting, 6% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

GAMR

Amplify Video Game Leaders ETF · Holds 25 stocks in gaming, esports and betting, 44% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer VanEck Amplify

Theme Gaming, esports and betting Gaming, esports and betting

In the S&P 500 6.4% 44.4%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.9% 84.5%

In the Nasdaq-100 6.4% 44.4%

Holdings 25 25

Top ten, share of the fund 59.7% 71.0%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.59%

Fee for the differing part 0.55% 0.70%

Total return, 1 year −19.4% +3.6%

vs the S&P 500 −35.1 pts −12.1 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −43.2 pts −20.2 pts

Below its high −20.1% −8.4%

Net assets $247m $41m

ESPO and GAMR on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ESPO in plain words

By weight, 6% of ESPO's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 60% of the fund across 25 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −19.4% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 35.1 pts. It sits 20.1% below its all-time high of Sep 17, 2025.

GAMR in plain words

By weight, 44% of GAMR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 84%. The top ten holdings are 71% of the fund across 25 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 1, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +3.6% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 12.1 pts. It sits 8.4% below its all-time high of Jan 27, 2021.

Questions people ask

Do ESPO and GAMR hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 38% 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, ESPO or GAMR?: ESPO has 6% of its weight in S&P 500 names and GAMR has 44%, so ESPO differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ESPO or GAMR?: ESPO charges 0.55% a year and GAMR charges 0.59%, so ESPO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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ESPO on its own →GAMR on its own →How every figure is computed →Standards and sources →

Where these figures came from

ESPO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESPO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VanEck website ↗GAMR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GAMR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Amplify page for GAMR ↗

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