Do FSPC and ORBX hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 30% 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 ORBX?

FSPC has 27% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ORBX has 0%, so ORBX differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, FSPC or ORBX?

FSPC charges 0.65% a year and ORBX charges 0.50%, so ORBX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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FSPC vs ORBX: which is really different?

FSPC and ORBX hold 30% of their weight in the same names. First Trust Bloomberg Space Economy ETF and Global X Space Tech ETF.

27.1%

FSPC in the S&P 500

0.0%

ORBX in the S&P 500

−6.3%

FSPC total return, since launch

−19.6%

ORBX 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

ORBX · 3 months to Sep 30, 2026100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

0% of ORBX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index

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

FSPC 58.7

ORBX 92

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 ORBX hold 30% 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.

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30% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FSPC ORBX

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Class A) 4.77% 22.74%

ViaSat, Inc. 4.34% 4.45%

Rocket Lab Corporation 3.55% 10.37%

AST SpaceMobile, Inc. 3.54% 9.60%

Planet Labs PBC (Class A) 2.48% 3.48%

Globalstar, Inc. 2.37% 4.62%

MDA Space Ltd. 2.22% 4.57%

Intuitive Machines, Inc. (Class A) 1.16% 3.91%

Redwire Corporation 1.10% 4.20%

Firefly Aerospace Inc. 0.89% 4.35%

Avio SpA 0.67% 2.19%

Iridium Communications Inc. 0.49% 4.64%

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%

EchoStar Corporation (Class A) 4.51%

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 4.02%

Lockheed Martin Corporation 3.18%

Only in ORBX

SES 2.63%

EUTELSAT COMMUNICATIONS 1.88%

YORK SPACE SYSTEMS INC 1.38%

SATELLOGIC INC-A 1.13%

OHB SE 0.92%

SYNSPECTIVE INC 0.92%

VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS INC 0.82%

CREOTECH INSTRUMENTS SA 0.71%

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

30% 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	ORBX	FSPC	ORBX	FSPC	ORBX
3 months	not published	−21.5%	not published	−24.0 pts	not published	−23.6 pts
Since launch FSPC Jul 2026 · ORBX Apr 2026	−6.3%	−19.6%	−8.0 pts	−29.2 pts	−8.7 pts	−36.0 pts

FSPC and ORBX 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

ORBX

Global X Space Tech ETF · Holds 38 stocks in space, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer First Trust Global X

Theme Space Space

In the S&P 500 27.1% 0.0%

Active share vs the S&P 500 98.8% 100.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 8.1% 0.0%

Holdings 53 38

Top ten, share of the fund 45.5% 73.5%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.50%

Fee for the differing part 0.66% 0.50%

Total return, 1 year −6.3% (since launch on Jul 9, 2026) −19.6% (since launch on Apr 15, 2026)

vs the S&P 500 −8.0 pts −29.2 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −8.7 pts −36.0 pts

Below its high −13.7% −46.4%

Net assets $2m $41m

FSPC and ORBX 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.

ORBX in plain words

By weight, 0% of ORBX'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 74% of the fund across 38 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Since it launched on Apr 15, 2026 the fund returned −19.6% with distributions reinvested against +9.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 29.2 pts. It sits 46.4% below its all-time high of May 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do FSPC and ORBX hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 30% 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 ORBX?: FSPC has 27% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ORBX has 0%, so ORBX differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, FSPC or ORBX?: FSPC charges 0.65% a year and ORBX charges 0.50%, so ORBX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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FSPC on its own →ORBX on its own →How every figure is computed →Standards and sources →

Where these figures came from

FSPC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FSPC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FSPC ↗ORBX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ORBX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Global X page for ORBX ↗

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

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