Do GALX and ORBX hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 29% 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, GALX or ORBX?

GALX has 14% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ORBX has 0%, so ORBX differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, GALX or ORBX?

GALX charges 0.75% a year and ORBX charges 0.50%, so ORBX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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GALX vs ORBX: which is really different?

GALX and ORBX hold 29% of their weight in the same names. VistaShares Space Supercycle ETF and Global X Space Tech ETF.

13.5%

GALX in the S&P 500

0.0%

ORBX in the S&P 500

−1.9%

GALX total return, since launch

−19.6%

ORBX total return, since launch

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

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?

GALX 62.3

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, GALX and ORBX hold 29% 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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29% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding GALX ORBX

Rocket Lab Corp 4.25% 10.37%

MDA Space Ltd 3.87% 4.57%

AST SpaceMobile Inc 2.98% 9.60%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.83% 22.74%

Firefly Aerospace Inc 2.24% 4.35%

Avio SpA 3.33% 2.19%

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd 2.93% 1.16%

Redwire Corp 1.15% 4.20%

Viasat Inc 1.07% 4.45%

York Space Systems Inc 1.07% 1.38%

Intuitive Machines Inc 1.02% 3.91%

Astroscale Holdings Inc 1.00% 1.28%

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%

Only in ORBX

IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC 4.64%

GLOBALSTAR INC 4.62%

PLANET LABS PBC 3.48%

SES 2.63%

EUTELSAT COMMUNICATIONS 1.88%

SATELLOGIC INC-A 1.13%

OHB SE 0.92%

SYNSPECTIVE INC 0.92%

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

29% 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	GALX	ORBX	GALX	ORBX	GALX	ORBX
3 months	not published	−21.5%	not published	−24.0 pts	not published	−23.6 pts
Since launch GALX Jul 2026 · ORBX Apr 2026	−1.9%	−19.6%	−3.7 pts	−29.2 pts	−6.8 pts	−36.0 pts

GALX 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

GALX

VistaShares Space Supercycle ETF · Holds 59 stocks in space, 14% 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 VistaShares Global X

Theme Space Space

In the S&P 500 13.5% 0.0%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.0% 100.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 59 38

Top ten, share of the fund 36.2% 73.5%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.50%

Fee for the differing part 0.76% 0.50%

Total return, 1 year −1.9% (since launch on Jul 16, 2026) −19.6% (since launch on Apr 15, 2026)

vs the S&P 500 −3.7 pts −29.2 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −6.8 pts −36.0 pts

Below its high −13.0% −46.4%

Net assets $3m $41m

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

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.

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 GALX and ORBX hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 29% 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, GALX or ORBX?: GALX has 14% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ORBX has 0%, so ORBX differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, GALX or ORBX?: GALX charges 0.75% a year and ORBX charges 0.50%, so ORBX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

GALX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗GALX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VistaShares page for GALX ↗ORBX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ORBX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Global X page for ORBX ↗

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

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