Do FSPC and NASA 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 NASA?

FSPC has 27% of its weight in S&P 500 names and NASA has 3%, so NASA differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, FSPC or NASA?

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

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FSPC vs NASA: which is really different?

FSPC and NASA hold 25% of their weight in the same names. First Trust Bloomberg Space Economy ETF and Tema Space Innovators ETF.

27.1%

FSPC in the S&P 500

2.6%

NASA in the S&P 500

−6.3%

FSPC total return, since launch

−4.8%

NASA 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

NASA · 6 months to Sep 30, 202697% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

3% of NASA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 97% is outside the index

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

FSPC 58.7

NASA 82.3

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 NASA 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 Sep 30, 2026.

50%

half

25% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FSPC NASA

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Class A) 4.77% 7.46%

ViaSat, Inc. 4.34% 5.19%

Rocket Lab Corporation 3.55% 10.35%

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. 3.54% 6.94%

MDA Space Ltd. 2.22% 2.99%

Planet Labs PBC (Class A) 2.48% 1.55%

Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Class A) 1.16% 3.44%

Redwire Corporation 1.10% 0.98%

Firefly Aerospace Inc. 0.89% 3.81%

Voyager Technologies, Inc. (Class A) 0.42% 3.11%

EchoStar Corporation (Class A) 4.51% 0.41%

BlackSky Technology Inc. (Class A) 0.37% 2.24%

Only in FSPC

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. 5.33%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 4.93%

Thales S.A. 4.77%

Safran S.A. 4.75%

Northrop Grumman Corporation 4.52%

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 4.02%

Lockheed Martin Corporation 3.18%

Honeywell International Inc. 3.14%

Only in NASA

SPACEX SPV EXPOSURE 16.75%

UNIVERSAL MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY INC 4.88%

5N PLUS INC 3.38%

LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC 2.17%

SATELLOGIC INC 2.03%

WIN SEMICONDUCTORS CORP 1.82%

AIXTRON SE 1.60%

LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES INC 1.56%

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	NASA	FSPC	NASA	FSPC	NASA
3 months	not published	−18.6%	not published	−21.2 pts	not published	−20.8 pts
6 months	not published	−9.3%	not published	−26.3 pts	not published	−36.1 pts
Since launch FSPC Jul 2026 · NASA Mar 2026	−6.3%	−4.8%	−8.0 pts	−22.7 pts	−8.7 pts	−33.3 pts

FSPC and NASA 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

NASA

Tema Space Innovators ETF · Holds 35 stocks in space, 3% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer First Trust Tema

Theme Space Space

In the S&P 500 27.1% 2.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 98.8% 99.9%

In the Nasdaq-100 8.1% 2.2%

Holdings 53 35

Top ten, share of the fund 45.5% 66.1%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.75%

Fee for the differing part 0.66% 0.75%

Total return, 1 year −6.3% (since launch on Jul 9, 2026) −4.8% (since launch on Mar 31, 2026)

vs the S&P 500 −8.0 pts −22.7 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −8.7 pts −33.3 pts

Below its high −13.7% −42.8%

Net assets $2m $1.1bn

FSPC and NASA 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.

NASA in plain words

By weight, 3% of NASA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 66% of the fund across 35 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Since it launched on Mar 31, 2026 the fund returned −4.8% with distributions reinvested against +17.9% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 22.7 pts. It sits 42.8% below its all-time high of May 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do FSPC and NASA 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 NASA?: FSPC has 27% of its weight in S&P 500 names and NASA has 3%, so NASA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, FSPC or NASA?: FSPC charges 0.65% a year and NASA 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 ↗NASA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗NASA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Tema page for NASA ↗

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