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ETEC vs ETHO: which is really different?

ETEC and ETHO hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and ETHO returned more over the year.

iShares Breakthrough Environmental Solutions ETF and Amplify Etho Climate Leadership U.S. ETF.

13.4%ETEC in the S&P 500
25.6%ETHO in the S&P 500
+1.9%ETEC total return, 1 year
+23.7%ETHO total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: ETEC scores higher

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

ETEC 44.5ETHO 24.70.1, 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

ETEC87% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
13%87%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 48% of the fund · 60 holdings filed Sep 17, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 3% in13%87%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 48% of the fund
ETHO74% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
26%74%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 91% · top ten 8% of the fund · 287 holdings filed Sep 21, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 8% in26%74%inoutside the S&P 500active share 91% · top ten 8% of the fund

0% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ETEC and ETHO hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ETEC and ETHO both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingETECETHO
ENPHASE ENERGY3.07%0.27%
UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORP6.27%0.25%
Only in each
Only in ETECOnly in ETHO
KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES 6.73%MaxLinear Inc 1.38%
BORGWARNER 6.05%10X Genomics Inc 1.07%
ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS INC 4.96%Corcept Therapeutics Inc 0.81%
CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CL 4.43%SELLAS Life Sciences Group Inc 0.80%
YASKAWA ELECTRIC 4.07%Personalis Inc 0.76%
VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS 4.02%Aehr Test Systems 0.75%
KEMIRA 3.89%Semtech Corp 0.71%
GE VERNOVA 3.62%Okta Inc 0.69%

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 Sep 17, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ETEC and ETHO over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ETECETHOETECETHOETECETHO
3 months−19.5%+2.2%−21.7 pts−0.1 pts−17.0 pts+4.7 pts
6 months−6.7%+22.1%−24.7 pts+4.1 pts−30.9 pts−2.1 pts
1 year+1.9%+23.7%−14.6 pts+7.2 pts−19.8 pts+2.0 pts
3 years+12.3%not published−66.1 ptsnot published−85.8 ptsnot published
Since launch+0.6%+44.9%−96.5 pts−15.2 pts−132.2 pts−25.9 pts
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ETEC and ETHO on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ETEC
iShares Breakthrough Environmental Solutions ETF
Holds 60 stocks in energy transition and decarbonisation, 13% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
ETHO
Amplify Etho Climate Leadership U.S. ETF
Holds 287 stocks in energy transition and decarbonisation, 26% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssueriSharesAmplify
ThemeEnergy transition and decarbonisationEnergy transition and decarbonisation
In the S&P 50013.4%25.6%
Active share vs the S&P 50097.6%90.9%
In the Nasdaq-1002.9%8.0%
Holdings60287
Top ten, share of the fund47.6%8.2%
Expense ratio0.47%0.45%
Fee for the differing part0.48%0.50%
Total return, 1 year+1.9%+23.7%
vs the S&P 500−14.6 pts+7.2 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−19.8 pts+2.0 pts
Below its high−22.8%−5.1%
Net assets$4m$191m

ETEC in plain words

By weight, 13% of ETEC'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 48% of the fund across 60 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 17, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +1.9% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 14.6 pts. It sits 22.8% below its all-time high of Jun 3, 2026.

ETHO in plain words

By weight, 26% of ETHO's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 91%. The top ten holdings are 8% of the fund across 287 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 21, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +23.7% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 7.2 pts. It sits 5.1% below its all-time high of Aug 14, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ETEC and ETHO hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 0% 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, ETEC or ETHO?
ETEC has 13% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ETHO has 26%, so ETEC differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ETEC or ETHO?
ETEC charges 0.47% a year and ETHO charges 0.45%, so ETHO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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ETEC against ETHO, 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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