Do ESPO and NERD hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 67% 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, ESPO or NERD?

ESPO has 6% of its weight in S&P 500 names and NERD has 8%, so ESPO differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, ESPO or NERD?

ESPO charges 0.55% a year and NERD charges 0.50%, so NERD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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ESPO vs NERD: which is really different?

ESPO and NERD hold 67% of their weight in the same names, and ESPO returned −19.4% over the year. VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF and Roundhill Video Games ETF.

6.4%

ESPO in the S&P 500

7.8%

NERD in the S&P 500

−19.4%

ESPO total return, 1 year

−20.6%

NERD 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

NERD · 1 year to Sep 30, 202692% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

8% of NERD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 92% 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

NERD 82.3

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 NERD hold 67% 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 Sep 30, 2026.

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67% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ESPO NERD

Nintendo Co Ltd 7.40% 10.11%

Netease Inc 7.36% 12.16%

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc 6.42% 7.76%

Roblox Corp 5.74% 6.66%

Bandai Namco Holdings Inc 4.91% 5.73%

Unity Software Inc 4.36% 4.93%

Capcom Co Ltd 4.45% 4.26%

Nexon Co Ltd 3.55% 3.82%

International Games System Co Ltd 5.02% 2.81%

Krafton Inc 4.17% 2.75%

Cd Projekt Red Sa 4.77% 2.74%

Square Enix Holdings Co Ltd 2.45% 2.69%

Only in ESPO

Tencent Holdings Ltd 7.46%

Gamestop Corp 5.61%

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd 4.96%

Konami Holdings Corp 4.56%

Micro-Star International Co Ltd 3.96%

China Ruyi Holdings Ltd 2.04%

Ncsoft Corp 1.61%

Vivendi Se 1.14%

Only in NERD

Konami Group Corp 5.23%

Sega Sammy Holdings Inc 2.15%

NC Corp 1.82%

Netmarble Corp 1.41%

Pearl Abyss Corp 1.16%

DeNA Co Ltd 1.15%

MIXI Inc 1.14%

Paradox Interactive AB 1.14%

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

67% 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	NERD	ESPO	NERD	ESPO	NERD
3 months	+5.7%	+7.5%	+3.2 pts	+5.0 pts	+3.6 pts	+5.4 pts
6 months	+6.1%	+5.3%	−10.8 pts	−11.7 pts	−20.7 pts	−21.6 pts
1 year	−19.4%	−20.6%	−35.1 pts	−36.4 pts	−43.2 pts	−44.4 pts
3 years	+92.2%	+64.7%	+7.2 pts	−20.3 pts	−17.8 pts	−45.3 pts
Since launch ESPO Oct 2018 · NERD Jun 2019	+238.3%	+54.9%	+31.6 pts	−148.6 pts	−101.0 pts	−288.3 pts

ESPO and NERD 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

NERD

Roundhill Video Games ETF · Holds 43 stocks in gaming, esports and betting, 8% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer VanEck Roundhill

Theme Gaming, esports and betting Gaming, esports and betting

In the S&P 500 6.4% 7.8%

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

In the Nasdaq-100 6.4% 7.8%

Holdings 25 43

Top ten, share of the fund 59.7% 63.5%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.50%

Fee for the differing part 0.55% 0.50%

Total return, 1 year −19.4% −20.6%

vs the S&P 500 −35.1 pts −36.4 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −43.2 pts −44.4 pts

Below its high −20.1% −40.7%

Net assets $247m $14m

ESPO and NERD 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.

NERD in plain words

By weight, 8% of NERD'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 64% of the fund across 43 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −20.6% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 36.4 pts. It sits 40.7% below its all-time high of Feb 16, 2021.

Questions people ask

Do ESPO and NERD hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 67% 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, ESPO or NERD?: ESPO has 6% of its weight in S&P 500 names and NERD has 8%, so ESPO differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ESPO or NERD?: ESPO charges 0.55% a year and NERD charges 0.50%, so NERD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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ESPO on its own →NERD 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 ↗NERD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗NERD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Roundhill page for NERD ↗

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