Do FSPC and GALX hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 25% 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, FSPC or GALX?

FSPC has 27% of its weight in S&P 500 names and GALX has 14%, so GALX differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, FSPC or GALX?

FSPC charges 0.65% a year and GALX charges 0.75%, so FSPC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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FSPC vs GALX: which is really different?

FSPC and GALX hold 25% of their weight in the same names. First Trust Bloomberg Space Economy ETF and VistaShares Space Supercycle ETF.

27.1%

FSPC in the S&P 500

13.5%

GALX in the S&P 500

−6.3%

FSPC total return, since launch

−1.9%

GALX total return, since launch

FSPC · since launch to Sep 30, 202673% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

27% of FSPC's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 73% is outside the index

GALX · since launch to Sep 30, 202687% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

14% of GALX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 87% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · GALX scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

FSPC 58.7

GALX 62.3

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, FSPC and GALX hold 25% 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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25% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FSPC GALX

Rocket Lab Corporation 3.55% 4.25%

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. 3.54% 2.98%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Class A) 4.77% 2.83%

MDA Space Ltd. 2.22% 3.87%

Safran S.A. 4.75% 2.15%

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 4.02% 1.76%

Redwire Corporation 1.10% 1.15%

ViaSat, Inc. 4.34% 1.07%

Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Class A) 1.16% 1.02%

EchoStar Corporation (Class A) 4.51% 1.01%

Firefly Aerospace Inc. 0.89% 2.24%

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. 0.87% 1.84%

Only in FSPC

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 4.93%

Honeywell International Inc. 3.14%

Airbus SE 3.13%

Rheinmetall AG 2.96%

Indra Sistemas, S.A. 2.94%

The Boeing Company 2.81%

Leonardo SpA 2.50%

Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. 2.48%

Only in GALX

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc 4.35%

AMETEK Inc 4.00%

Moog Inc 3.66%

Frequency Electronics Inc 3.50%

Teledyne Technologies Inc 3.18%

Kongsberg Gruppen ASA 3.03%

5N Plus Inc 3.01%

HEICO Corp 2.91%

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

25% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		vs the S&P 500		vs the Nasdaq-100
Window	FSPC	GALX	FSPC	GALX	FSPC	GALX
Since launch FSPC Jul 2026 · GALX Jul 2026	−6.3%	−1.9%	−8.0 pts	−3.7 pts	−8.7 pts	−6.8 pts

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

On the same fields

FSPC

First Trust Bloomberg Space Economy ETF · Holds 53 stocks in space, 27% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

GALX

VistaShares Space Supercycle ETF · Holds 59 stocks in space, 14% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer First Trust VistaShares

Theme Space Space

In the S&P 500 27.1% 13.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 98.8% 99.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 8.1% 0.0%

Holdings 53 59

Top ten, share of the fund 45.5% 36.2%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.75%

Fee for the differing part 0.66% 0.76%

Total return, 1 year −6.3% (since launch on Jul 9, 2026) −1.9% (since launch on Jul 16, 2026)

vs the S&P 500 −8.0 pts −3.7 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −8.7 pts −6.8 pts

Below its high −13.7% −13.0%

Net assets $2m $3m

FSPC and GALX on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

FSPC in plain words

By weight, 27% of FSPC's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 46% of the fund across 53 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Since it launched on Jul 9, 2026 the fund returned −6.3% with distributions reinvested against +1.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 8.0 pts. It sits 13.7% below its all-time high of Aug 14, 2026.

GALX in plain words

By weight, 14% of GALX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 36% of the fund across 59 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 1, 2026. Since it launched on Jul 16, 2026 the fund returned −1.9% with distributions reinvested against +1.8% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 3.7 pts. It sits 13.0% below its all-time high of Aug 12, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do FSPC and GALX hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 25% 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, FSPC or GALX?: FSPC has 27% of its weight in S&P 500 names and GALX has 14%, so GALX differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, FSPC or GALX?: FSPC charges 0.65% a year and GALX charges 0.75%, so FSPC is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

FSPC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FSPC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FSPC ↗GALX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GALX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VistaShares page for GALX ↗

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ETFIQ, FSPC against GALX, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/fspc-vs-galx

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