FPWR vs POW: which is really different?

FPWR and POW hold 8% of their weight in the same names. First Trust EIP Power Solutions ETF and VistaShares Electrification Supercycle ETF.

57.7%
FPWR in the S&P 500
31.3%
POW in the S&P 500
+5.2%
FPWR total return, 1 year
+28.5%
POW total return, since launch
FPWR · 1 year to Sep 30, 202642% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
42% of its weight is outside the S&P 50058% of FPWR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 42% is outside the index58%42%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 35% of the fund · 60 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 5% in42% of its weight is outside the S&P 50058% of FPWR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 42% is outside the index58%42%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 97% · top ten 35% of the fund

58% of FPWR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 42% is outside the index

POW · 6 months to Sep 30, 202669% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
69% of its weight is outside the S&P 50031% of POW's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 69% is outside the index31%69%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 43% of the fund · 54 holdings filed Oct 1, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 7% in69% of its weight is outside the S&P 50031% of POW's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 69% is outside the index31%69%inoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 43% of the fund

31% of POW's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 69% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · POW scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
0.1, the lowest in this set92.0, the highest

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, FPWR and POW hold 8% 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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8% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FPWR POW
American Electric Power Company, Inc. 2.31% 2.68%
Xcel Energy Inc. 2.79% 2.07%
NextEra Energy, Inc. 1.77% 2.03%
Quanta Services, Inc. 0.54% 5.23%
Brookfield Renewable Partners LP 0.49% 0.35%
Constellation Energy Corporation 0.24% 1.39%
Vistra Corp. 0.23% 1.41%
Only in FPWR
Energy Transfer LP 5.10%
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. 4.75%
National Fuel Gas Company 3.64%
Duke Energy Corporation 3.54%
PPL Corporation 3.34%
US Dollar 3.19%
Kinder Morgan, Inc. 3.10%
WEC Energy Group, Inc. 3.03%
Only in POW
Delta Electronics Inc 5.82%
Eaton Corp PLC 4.86%
Prysmian SpA 4.22%
nVent Electric PLC 4.20%
LS Electric Co Ltd 3.98%
Hyosung Heavy Industries Corp 3.85%
Powell Industries Inc 3.56%
Bel Fuse Inc 3.42%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

8% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowFPWRPOWFPWRPOWFPWRPOW
3 months−6.7%−13.0%−9.3 pts−15.6 pts−8.9 pts−15.2 pts
6 months−7.2%+5.5%−24.2 pts−11.5 pts−34.1 pts−21.4 pts
1 year+5.2%not published−10.6 ptsnot published−18.6 ptsnot published
3 years+62.8%not published−22.2 ptsnot published−47.2 ptsnot published
Since launch
FPWR Aug 2019 · POW Oct 2025
+98.7%+28.5%−93.3 pts+16.3 pts−214.9 pts+11.1 pts

FPWR and POW over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

FPWR
First Trust EIP Power Solutions ETF · Holds 60 stocks in electrification and the grid, 58% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
POW
VistaShares Electrification Supercycle ETF · Holds 54 stocks in electrification and the grid, 31% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer First Trust VistaShares
Theme Electrification and the grid Electrification and the grid
In the S&P 500 57.7% 31.3%
Active share vs the S&P 500 97.2% 97.8%
In the Nasdaq-100 5.3% 7.4%
Holdings 60 54
Top ten, share of the fund 35.4% 42.5%
Expense ratio 0.96% 0.75%
Fee for the differing part 0.99% 0.77%
Total return, 1 year +5.2% +28.5% (since launch on Oct 28, 2025)
vs the S&P 500 −10.6 pts +16.3 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −18.6 pts +11.1 pts
Below its high −9.3% −22.3%
Net assets $29m $62m

FPWR and POW on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

FPWR in plain words

By weight, 58% of FPWR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 35% of the fund across 60 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +5.2% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 10.6 pts. It sits 9.3% below its all-time high of Apr 30, 2026.

POW in plain words

By weight, 31% of POW'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 42% of the fund across 54 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 1, 2026. Since it launched on Oct 28, 2025 the fund returned +28.5% with distributions reinvested against +12.2% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 16.3 pts. It sits 22.3% below its all-time high of May 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do FPWR and POW hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 8% 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, FPWR or POW?
FPWR has 58% of its weight in S&P 500 names and POW has 31%, so POW differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, FPWR or POW?
FPWR charges 0.96% a year and POW charges 0.75%, so POW is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, FPWR against POW, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/fpwr-vs-pow

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