FINX vs IPAY: which is really different?
FINX and IPAY hold 45% of their weight in the same names, and IPAY returned −18.3% over the year. Global X FinTech ETF and Amplify Digital Payments ETF.
33% of FINX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 67% is outside the index
58% of IPAY's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 42% is outside the index
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, FINX and IPAY hold 45% 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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45% in common
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.
45% 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 | FINX | IPAY | FINX | IPAY | FINX | IPAY |
| 3 months | −4.2% | −2.6% | −6.7 pts | −5.1 pts | −6.3 pts | −4.7 pts |
| 6 months | +6.1% | +8.9% | −10.8 pts | −8.1 pts | −20.7 pts | −18.0 pts |
| 1 year | −27.1% | −18.3% | −42.8 pts | −34.0 pts | −50.9 pts | −42.1 pts |
| 3 years | +22.3% | +20.2% | −62.7 pts | −64.8 pts | −87.7 pts | −89.8 pts |
| Since launch FINX Sep 2016 · IPAY Jul 2015 | +75.0% | +85.9% | −246.2 pts | −246.5 pts | −514.3 pts | −532.1 pts |
FINX and IPAY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →
On the same fields
FINX and IPAY on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FINX in plain words
By weight, 33% of FINX'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 51% of the fund across 83 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −27.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 42.8 pts. It sits 50.6% below its all-time high of Oct 25, 2021.
IPAY in plain words
By weight, 58% of IPAY'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 54% of the fund across 43 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 1, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −18.3% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 34.0 pts. It sits 35.6% below its all-time high of Apr 28, 2021.
Questions people ask
- Do FINX and IPAY hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 45% 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.
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