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GCAD vs WR: which is really different?

GCAD and WR hold 21% of their weight in the same names.

Gabelli Commercial Aerospace and Defense ETF and Corgi U.S. War Machine ETF.

40.2%GCAD in the S&P 500
70.0%WR in the S&P 500
+14.2%GCAD total return, 1 year
+7.9%WR total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: GCAD scores higher

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

GCAD 41WR 37.90.1, 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

GCAD60% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
40%60%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 48% of the fund · 54 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 3% in40%60%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 48% of the fund
WR30% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 3 months to Sep 18, 2026
70%30%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 49% of the fund · 57 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 9% in70%30%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 97% · top ten 49% of the fund

21% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GCAD and WR hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions GCAD and WR both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGCADWR
RTX CORP4.14%5.04%
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP3.98%3.55%
HOWMET AEROSPACE INC2.61%2.55%
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP2.40%2.87%
TRANSDIGM GROUP INC2.04%1.61%
ATI INC2.29%1.42%
MOOG INC6.20%0.81%
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES INC0.66%0.81%
HEXCEL CORP4.58%0.65%
MERCURY SYSTEMS INC3.93%0.57%
LEIDOS HOLDINGS INC0.46%1.04%
BWX TECHNOLOGIES INC0.46%0.76%
Only in each
Only in GCADOnly in WR
ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORP 6.84%ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 8.60%
BOEING COMPANY (THE) 5.20%Chevron Corp 6.37%
DUCOMMUN INC 4.74%Marathon Petroleum Corp 4.41%
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC 4.01%Valero Energy Corp 4.29%
TEXTRON INC 3.87%Phillips 66 4.04%
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP 3.48%ConocoPhillips 3.90%
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - BUREAU OF THE 3.09%EOG Resources Inc 2.67%
CRANE COMPANY 3.06%Williams Cos Inc/The 2.61%

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 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

GCAD and WR over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
GCADWRGCADWRGCADWR
3 months−11.3%+11.1%−13.5 pts+8.8 pts−8.8 pts+13.6 pts
6 months−0.8%not published−18.8 ptsnot published−25.0 ptsnot published
1 year+14.2%not published−2.4 ptsnot published−7.6 ptsnot published
3 years+120.8%not published+42.4 ptsnot published+22.6 ptsnot published
Since launch+121.0%+7.9%+12.9 pts+3.6 pts−56.0 pts+4.1 pts
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GCAD and WR on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GCAD
Gabelli Commercial Aerospace and Defense ETF
Holds 54 stocks in defense, 40% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
WR
Corgi U.S. War Machine ETF
Holds 57 stocks in defense, 70% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerGabelliCorgi
ThemeDefenseDefense
In the S&P 50040.2%70.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50097.2%96.6%
In the Nasdaq-1002.5%9.2%
Holdings5457
Top ten, share of the fund47.5%48.7%
Expense ratio0.90%not published
Fee for the differing part0.93%not published
Total return, 1 year+14.2%+7.9% (since launch on May 6, 2026)
vs the S&P 500−2.4 pts+3.6 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−7.6 pts+4.1 pts
Below its high−14.2%−3.9%
Net assets$44m$945,672

GCAD in plain words

By weight, 40% of GCAD's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 48% of the fund across 54 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +14.2% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 2.4 pts. It sits 14.2% below its all-time high of Aug 14, 2026.

WR in plain words

By weight, 70% of WR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 49% of the fund across 57 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Since it launched on May 6, 2026 the fund returned +7.9% with distributions reinvested against +4.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 3.6 pts.

Questions people ask

Do GCAD and WR hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 21% 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, GCAD or WR?
GCAD has 40% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WR has 70%, so GCAD differs more from the index.

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Where these figures came from

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GCAD against WR, 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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