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FOWF vs ITA: which is really different?

FOWF and ITA hold 34% of their weight in the same names, and FOWF returned more over the year.

Pacer Solactive Whitney Future of Warfare ETF and iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF.

73.5%FOWF in the S&P 500
79.3%ITA in the S&P 500
+12.7%FOWF total return, 1 year
+5.6%ITA total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: ITA scores higher

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

FOWF 22.8ITA 480.1, 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

FOWF27% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
74%27%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 88% · top ten 47% of the fund · 86 holdings filed Apr 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 14% in74%27%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 88% · top ten 47% of the fund
ITA21% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
79%21%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 77% of the fund · 52 holdings filed Sep 17, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 3% in79%21%in the S&P 50021% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 77% of the fund

34% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FOWF and ITA hold 34% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FOWF and ITA both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFOWFITA
Boeing Co/The7.51%7.72%
RTX Corp6.76%16.38%
Northrop Grumman Corp5.58%4.69%
Lockheed Martin Corp6.39%4.66%
General Dynamics Corp7.55%4.59%
L3Harris Technologies Inc3.24%3.46%
Howmet Aerospace Inc0.80%4.53%
TransDigm Group Inc0.56%4.43%
Airbus SE0.61%0.34%
Only in each
Only in FOWFOnly in ITA
BAE Systems PLC 3.98%GE AEROSPACE 20.42%
Dell Technologies Inc 2.10%HONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC 3.91%
Leidos Holdings Inc 2.08%AXON ENTERPRISE 2.74%
Honeywell International Inc 1.66%ROCKET LAB CORP 2.67%
Nokia Oyj 1.41%ATI 1.96%
Vertiv Holdings Co 1.17%CURTISS WRIGHT 1.58%
Corning Inc 1.10%CARPENTER TECHNOLOGY 1.52%
Keysight Technologies Inc 1.09%FTAI AVIATION 1.47%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

FOWF and ITA over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
FOWFITAFOWFITAFOWFITA
3 months+2.2%−10.4%−0.1 pts−12.7 pts+4.7 pts−7.9 pts
6 months+5.6%−3.7%−12.4 pts−21.8 pts−18.6 pts−28.0 pts
1 year+12.7%+5.6%−3.9 pts−10.9 pts−9.1 pts−16.1 pts
3 yearsnot published+100.0%not published+21.6 ptsnot published+1.9 pts
Since launch+43.5%+884.1%+10.6 pts+80.5 pts+2.6 pts−806.1 pts
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FOWF and ITA on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FOWF
Pacer Solactive Whitney Future of Warfare ETF
Holds 86 stocks in defense, 74% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
ITA
iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
Holds 52 stocks in defense, 79% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerPaceriShares
ThemeDefenseDefense
In the S&P 50073.5%79.3%
Active share vs the S&P 50088.4%97.9%
In the Nasdaq-10013.7%2.9%
Holdings8652
Top ten, share of the fund46.9%77.3%
Expense ratio0.49%0.37%
Fee for the differing part0.55%0.38%
Total return, 1 year+12.7%+5.6%
vs the S&P 500−3.9 pts−10.9 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−9.1 pts−16.1 pts
Below its high−8.4%−15.4%
Net assets$15m$12.5bn

FOWF in plain words

By weight, 74% of FOWF's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 88%. The top ten holdings are 47% of the fund across 86 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 3.9 pts. It sits 8.4% below its all-time high of Aug 14, 2026.

ITA in plain words

By weight, 79% of ITA'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 77% of the fund across 52 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +5.6% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 10.9 pts. It sits 15.4% below its all-time high of Aug 14, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do FOWF and ITA hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 34% 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.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, FOWF or ITA?
FOWF has 74% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ITA has 79%, so ITA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, FOWF or ITA?
FOWF charges 0.49% a year and ITA charges 0.37%, so ITA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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FOWF against ITA, 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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