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FAN vs TAN: which is really different?

FAN and TAN hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and FAN returned more over the year.

First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF and Invesco Solar ETF.

6.1%FAN in the S&P 500
9.8%TAN in the S&P 500
+26.2%FAN total return, 1 year
+6.7%TAN total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: TAN scores higher

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

FAN 65.8TAN 91.80.1, 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

FAN94% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
6%94%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 56% of the fund · 56 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in6%94%6% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 56% of the fund
TAN90% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
10%90%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 58% of the fund · 45 holdings filed Sep 19, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in10%90%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 58% of the fund

2% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FAN and TAN hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FAN and TAN both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFANTAN
Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd.1.66%8.19%
Clearway Energy, Inc. (Class C)1.44%3.64%
Energix-Renewable Energies Ltd.0.38%2.14%
Renew Energy Global Plc (Class A)0.30%1.45%
Only in each
Only in FANOnly in TAN
Nordex SE 8.34%First Solar Inc 9.81%
Orsted A/S 8.05%Nextpower Inc 8.84%
Vestas Wind Systems A/S 7.75%Enphase Energy Inc 6.37%
EDP Renewables SA 7.44%Doral Group Renewable Energy Resources L 4.68%
China Longyuan Power Group Corporation L 5.44%HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital In 4.39%
Canadian Dollar 4.66%GCL Technology Holdings Ltd 4.35%
Cadeler A/S 4.13%Sunrun Inc 3.86%
ERG SpA 4.07%SolarEdge Technologies Inc 3.86%

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 18, 2026 and Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

FAN and TAN over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
FANTANFANTANFANTAN
3 months−5.5%−24.6%−7.7 pts−26.9 pts−3.0 pts−22.1 pts
6 months+1.0%−17.2%−17.1 pts−35.2 pts−23.3 pts−41.5 pts
1 year+26.2%+6.7%+9.7 pts−9.9 pts+4.5 pts−15.1 pts
3 years+57.9%−15.9%−20.5 pts−94.3 pts−40.3 pts−114.0 pts
Since launch+110.1%−41.6%−693.5 pts−845.2 pts−1580.2 pts−1731.9 pts
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FAN and TAN on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FAN
First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF
Holds 56 stocks in clean energy, 6% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
TAN
Invesco Solar ETF
Holds 45 stocks in clean energy, 10% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerFirst TrustInvesco
ThemeClean energyClean energy
In the S&P 5006.1%9.8%
Active share vs the S&P 50099.2%100.0%
In the Nasdaq-1000.0%0.0%
Holdings5645
Top ten, share of the fund56.3%58.0%
Expense ratio0.60%0.70%
Fee for the differing part0.60%0.70%
Total return, 1 year+26.2%+6.7%
vs the S&P 500+9.7 pts−9.9 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+4.5 pts−15.1 pts
Below its high−13.8%−62.3%
Net assets$234m$953m

FAN in plain words

By weight, 6% of FAN'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 56% of the fund across 56 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +26.2% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 9.7 pts. It sits 13.8% below its all-time high of May 6, 2026.

TAN in plain words

By weight, 10% of TAN'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 58% of the fund across 45 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 19, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +6.7% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 9.9 pts. It sits 62.3% below its all-time high of Feb 9, 2021.

Questions people ask

Do FAN and TAN hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 2% 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, FAN or TAN?
FAN has 6% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TAN has 10%, so TAN differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, FAN or TAN?
FAN charges 0.60% a year and TAN charges 0.70%, so FAN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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FAN against TAN, 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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