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FRWD vs TEKY: which is really different?

FRWD and TEKY hold 26% of their weight in the same names.

Nomura Transformational Technologies ETF and Lazard Next Gen Technologies ETF.

70.1%FRWD in the S&P 500
51.5%TEKY in the S&P 500
+27.3%FRWD total return, 1 year
+16.8%TEKY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: TEKY scores higher

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

FRWD 7TEKY 9.10.1, 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

FRWD30% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
70%30%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 74% · top ten 61% of the fund · 25 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 78% in70%30%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 74% · top ten 61% of the fund
TEKY49% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
52%49%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 78% · top ten 40% of the fund · 48 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 43% in52%49%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 78% · top ten 40% of the fund

26% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FRWD and TEKY hold 26% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FRWD and TEKY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFRWDTEKY
NVIDIA Corp.8.12%4.94%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. L6.33%4.00%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.7.83%3.69%
Broadcom, Inc.4.67%3.38%
Alphabet, Inc.3.22%5.25%
Amazon.com, Inc.2.82%3.71%
ASML Holding NV5.09%2.09%
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.1.83%1.29%
Microsoft Corp.2.82%0.98%
Only in each
Only in FRWDOnly in TEKY
Seagate Technology Holdings plc 7.77%SK hynix Inc 5.72%
Lam Research Corp. 6.67%Applied Materials Inc 3.19%
Micron Technology, Inc. 5.16%Datadog Inc 3.17%
Western Digital Corp. 5.05%Palo Alto Networks Inc 2.60%
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 4.15%Tokyo Electron Ltd 2.59%
Texas Instruments, Inc. 3.78%Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 2.54%
DoorDash, Inc. 3.31%Prysmian SpA 2.47%
Netflix, Inc. 3.28%Advantest Corp 2.44%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

FRWD and TEKY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
FRWDTEKYFRWDTEKYFRWDTEKY
3 months−8.0%−5.5%−10.2 pts−7.7 pts−5.5 pts−3.0 pts
6 months+36.3%+29.5%+18.3 pts+11.5 pts+12.1 pts+5.3 pts
1 yearnot published+16.8%not published+0.2 ptsnot published−5.0 pts
Since launch+27.3%+78.3%+16.6 pts+24.7 pts+11.8 pts+7.0 pts
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FRWD and TEKY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FRWD
Nomura Transformational Technologies ETF
Holds 25 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 70% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
TEKY
Lazard Next Gen Technologies ETF
Holds 48 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 52% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerNomuraLazard
ThemeBroad innovation and megatrendsBroad innovation and megatrends
In the S&P 50070.1%51.5%
Active share vs the S&P 50074.3%77.6%
In the Nasdaq-10077.7%43.4%
Holdings2548
Top ten, share of the fund60.8%39.6%
Expense ratio0.65%0.50%
Fee for the differing part0.87%0.64%
Total return, 1 year+27.3% (since launch on Jan 13, 2026)+16.8%
vs the S&P 500+16.6 pts+0.2 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+11.8 pts−5.0 pts
Below its high−8.0%−6.8%
Net assets$285m$61m

FRWD in plain words

By weight, 70% of FRWD's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 74%. The top ten holdings are 61% of the fund across 25 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Jan 13, 2026 the fund returned +27.3% with distributions reinvested against +10.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 16.6 pts. It sits 8.0% below its all-time high of Jun 18, 2026.

TEKY in plain words

By weight, 52% of TEKY's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 78%. The top ten holdings are 40% of the fund across 48 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was about even. It sits 6.8% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do FRWD and TEKY hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 26% 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, FRWD or TEKY?
FRWD has 70% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TEKY has 52%, so TEKY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, FRWD or TEKY?
FRWD charges 0.65% a year and TEKY charges 0.50%, so TEKY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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FRWD against TEKY, 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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