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FOWF vs TSSD: which is really different?

FOWF and TSSD hold 29% of their weight in the same names.

Pacer Solactive Whitney Future of Warfare ETF and Truth Social American Security & Defense ETF.

73.5%FOWF in the S&P 500
71.5%TSSD in the S&P 500
+12.7%FOWF total return, 1 year
+20.2%TSSD total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: TSSD scores higher

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

FOWF 22.8TSSD 43.30.1, 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
TSSD29% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
72%29%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 60% of the fund · 62 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 36% in72%29%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 98% · top ten 60% of the fund

29% 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 TSSD hold 29% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FOWF and TSSD both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFOWFTSSD
RTX Corp6.76%7.08%
Lockheed Martin Corp6.39%5.51%
General Dynamics Corp7.55%4.91%
Northrop Grumman Corp5.58%4.00%
L3Harris Technologies Inc3.24%4.08%
Leidos Holdings Inc2.08%1.29%
Cloudflare Inc0.79%4.76%
Palo Alto Networks Inc0.70%9.71%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc0.69%7.25%
Palantir Technologies Inc0.63%6.78%
Zscaler Inc0.45%1.71%
Only in each
Only in FOWFOnly in TSSD
Boeing Co/The 7.51%Fortinet Inc 5.76%
BAE Systems PLC 3.98%Axon Enterprise Inc 4.58%
Dell Technologies Inc 2.10%Teledyne Technologies Inc 2.90%
Honeywell International Inc 1.66%Curtiss-Wright Corp 2.76%
Nokia Oyj 1.41%Okta Inc 2.12%
Vertiv Holdings Co 1.17%VeriSign Inc 2.06%
Corning Inc 1.10%F5 Inc 1.79%
Keysight Technologies Inc 1.09%Akamai Technologies Inc 1.72%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

FOWF and TSSD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
FOWFTSSDFOWFTSSDFOWFTSSD
3 months+2.2%+12.0%−0.1 pts+9.7 pts+4.7 pts+14.5 pts
6 months+5.6%+18.0%−12.4 pts−0.1 pts−18.6 pts−6.3 pts
1 year+12.7%not published−3.9 ptsnot published−9.1 ptsnot published
Since launch+43.5%+20.2%+10.6 pts+8.4 pts+2.6 pts+3.4 pts
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FOWF and TSSD 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
TSSD
Truth Social American Security & Defense ETF
Holds 62 stocks in defense, 72% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerPacerYorkville
ThemeDefenseDefense
In the S&P 50073.5%71.5%
Active share vs the S&P 50088.4%97.5%
In the Nasdaq-10013.7%35.8%
Holdings8662
Top ten, share of the fund46.9%60.4%
Expense ratio0.49%0.65%
Fee for the differing part0.55%0.67%
Total return, 1 year+12.7%+20.2% (since launch on Dec 30, 2025)
vs the S&P 500−3.9 pts+8.4 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−9.1 pts+3.4 pts
Below its high−8.4%−7.1%
Net assets$15m$7m

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.

TSSD in plain words

By weight, 72% of TSSD'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 60% of the fund across 62 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Dec 30, 2025 the fund returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested against +11.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 8.4 pts. It sits 7.1% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do FOWF and TSSD hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 29% 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 TSSD?
FOWF has 74% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TSSD has 72%, so TSSD differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, FOWF or TSSD?
FOWF charges 0.49% a year and TSSD charges 0.65%, so FOWF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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FOWF against TSSD, 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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