Do FITE and ILDR hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 7% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, FITE or ILDR?

FITE has 27% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ILDR has 66%, so FITE differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, FITE or ILDR?

FITE charges 0.45% a year and ILDR charges 0.75%, so FITE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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FITE vs ILDR: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FITE returned +24.3% to ILDR's +6.6%; 7% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $153m for State Street SPDR S&P Kensho Future Security ETF and $334m for First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF.

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At a glance

26.9%

FITE in the S&P 500

65.5%

ILDR in the S&P 500

+24.3%

FITE total return, 1 year

+6.6%

ILDR total return, 1 year

FITE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 73% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

27% of FITE's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 73% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.

ILDR · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 35% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

66% of ILDR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 35% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FITE costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.7 points; ILDR is 2.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FITE vs ILDR: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	FITE	ILDR
Return
Measure	FITE	ILDR
Total return, 1 year	+24.3%	+6.6%
Drawdown
Measure	FITE	ILDR
Below its all-time high	10.5%, high on Aug 13, 2026	12.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	FITE	ILDR
What it tracks	Broad innovation and megatrends	Broad innovation and megatrends
Against the S&P 500, 1 year	ahead by 9.5 pts
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year	+14.8%	+14.8%
Against its benchmark, 1 year	ahead by 9.5 pts	behind by 8.2 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FITE	ILDR
Expense ratio	0.45%	0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$153m	$334m
Holdings
Measure	FITE	ILDR
Holdings in common	7%

Method

Risk and return

Jun 4, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026 · 282 weekly returns

FITE ILDR

Return

Total return edge FITE +119.6% +76.0%

Annualized edge FITE +15.6% +11.0%

Price return edge FITE +117.1% +75.7%

Risk

Volatility edge FITE (slight) 22.3% 24.7%

Max drawdown edge FITE −26.8% −42.5%

Downside capture 104.6% 126.4%

Beta 1.09 1.38

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge FITE 0.60 0.40

Sortino edge FITE 0.91 0.58

Treynor 0.140 0.071

Calmar edge FITE 0.58 0.26

Against the benchmark

Alpha +2.2% a year −2.2% a year

Alpha t-stat 0.51 −0.46

Information ratio 0.25 0.09

Tracking error 13.1% 12.5%

Each against its own benchmark: FITE against VOO, Jan 5, 2018 to Oct 30, 2026; ILDR against IWV, Jun 4, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Jun 2021 to Oct 2026, FITE returned more: +119.6% to +76.0%. FITE swung slightly less: 22.3% to 24.7%. FITE fell less at its worst: −26.8% to −42.5%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: FITE vs ILDR: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	FITE	ILDR	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+119.6%	+76.0%	FITE	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.6%	+11.0%	FITE	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+117.1%	+75.7%	FITE	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	22.3%	24.7%	FITE (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	14.6%	16.8%	FITE	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−26.8%	−42.5%	FITE	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	116.0%	171.8%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	104.6%	126.4%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.09	1.38	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.69	0.81	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.60	0.40	FITE	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.91	0.58	FITE	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.140	0.071		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.58	0.26	FITE	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	VOO	IWV		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+2.2% a year	−2.2% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	0.51	−0.46	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−6.4% to +10.9%	−11.4% to +7.1%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.25	0.09		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	13.1%	12.5%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 282 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, FITE and ILDR hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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7% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FITE ILDR

RUBRIK INC A 2.15% 1.54%

BROADCOM INC 1.18% 3.61%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 1.75% 1.05%

ZSCALER INC 2.37% 0.75%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC A 1.99% 0.70%

AEROVIRONMENT INC 0.94% 0.58%

CLOUDFLARE INC CLASS A 1.64% 0.58%

LEONARDO DRS INC 0.89% 0.55%

KARMAN HOLDINGS INC 1.13% 0.33%

PLANET LABS PBC 0.58% 0.21%

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Only in FITE

RAPID7 INC 2.71%

QUALYS INC 2.52%

TENABLE HOLDINGS INC 2.32%

ONESPAN INC 2.29%

OKTA INC 2.17%

N ABLE INC 2.17%

SENTINELONE INC CLASS A 2.06%

VARONIS SYSTEMS INC 1.97%

Only in ILDR

NVIDIA Corporation 9.90%

Amazon.com, Inc. 6.23%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 5.45%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 4.20%

Eli Lilly and Company 4.02%

Microsoft Corporation 3.11%

Micron Technology, Inc. 2.56%

Oracle Corporation 2.48%

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Window by window

Window by window: FITE vs ILDR: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	FITE	ILDR	FITE	ILDR
3 months	−6.0%	−7.4%	−5.9 pts vs VOO	−7.1 pts vs IWV
6 months	+9.6%	−1.8%	+4.6 pts vs VOO	−6.7 pts vs IWV
1 year	+24.3%	+6.6%	+9.5 pts vs VOO	−8.2 pts vs IWV
3 years	+126.6%	+107.0%	+43.3 pts vs VOO	+26.0 pts vs IWV
Since launchNot the same days: FITE Dec 2017 · ILDR May 2021	+275.8%	+75.9%	+46.7 pts vs VOO	−10.3 pts vs IWV

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Side by side

FITE State Street SPDR S&P Kensho Future Security ETF · Holds 78 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 27% of its weight in S&P 500 companies ILDR First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF · Holds 81 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 66% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer State Street First Trust

Theme Broad innovation and megatrends Broad innovation and megatrends

In the S&P 500 26.9% 65.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 95.3% 66.9%

In the Nasdaq-100 9.2% 48.8%

Holdings 78 81

Top ten, share of the fund 22.7% 44.0%

Expense ratio 0.45% 0.75%

Fee for the differing part 0.47% 1.12%

Total return, 1 year +24.3% +6.6%

vs its benchmark +9.5 pts vs VOO −8.2 pts vs IWV

Below its high −10.5% −12.5%

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $153m $334m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

7% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

FITE

By weight, 27% of FITE's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 95%. The top ten holdings are 23% of the fund across 78 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +24.3% with distributions reinvested against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, so a holder was ahead by 9.5 pts. It sits 10.5% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 2026.

ILDR

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +6.6% with distributions reinvested against +14.8% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index, so a holder was behind by 8.2 pts.

By weight, 66% of ILDR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 67%. The top ten holdings are 44% of the fund across 81 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. It sits 12.5% below its all-time high of Oct 6, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do FITE and ILDR hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 7% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, FITE or ILDR?: FITE has 27% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ILDR has 66%, so FITE differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, FITE or ILDR?: FITE charges 0.45% a year and ILDR charges 0.75%, so FITE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

FITE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FITE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

ILDR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ILDR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for ILDR ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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