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GRID vs PAVE: which is really different?

PAVE holds 63.1% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and GRID 40.0%.

First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund and Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

40.0%GRID in the S&P 500
63.1%PAVE in the S&P 500
+22.9%GRID total return, 1 year
+15.7%PAVE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: PAVE scores higher

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

GRID 26.1PAVE 41.40.1, the lowest in this set91.6, the highest

A percentile among the 371 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

GRID60% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
40%60%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 92% · top ten 59% of the fund · 122 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 9% in40%60%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 92% · top ten 59% of the fund
PAVE37% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
63%37%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 32% of the fund · 102 holdings filed Sep 11, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 6% in63%37%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 97% · top ten 32% of the fund

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GRID and PAVE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in GRIDOnly in PAVE
Schneider Electric SE 9.13%DEERE & CO 3.53%
Eaton Corporation Plc 8.86%NUCOR CORP 3.42%
Johnson Controls International Plc 8.45%FASTENAL CO 3.40%
ABB Ltd 7.72%EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 3.35%
Quanta Services, Inc. 7.54%EATON CORP PLC 3.27%
E.ON SE 4.16%QUANTA SERVICES INC 3.17%
National Grid Plc 4.10%PARKER HANNIFIN CORP 3.07%
Prysmian SpA 3.57%UNION PACIFIC CORP 2.98%

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 Sep 10, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

Performance, window by window

GRID and PAVE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
GRIDPAVEGRIDPAVEGRIDPAVE
3 months−4.0%−6.2%−7.3 pts−9.5 pts−3.2 pts−5.4 pts
6 months+9.9%+8.0%−6.1 pts−8.0 pts−10.8 pts−12.7 pts
1 year+22.9%+15.7%+5.4 pts−1.8 pts0.0 pts−7.3 pts
3 years+88.9%+76.8%+11.0 pts−1.1 pts−6.2 pts−18.3 pts
Since launch+560.9%+289.6%−243.5 pts+14.1 pts−1113.0 pts−194.1 pts
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GRID and PAVE on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
GRID
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund
Holds 122 stocks in electrification and the grid, 40% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
PAVE
Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF
Holds 102 stocks in infrastructure, 63% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerFirst TrustGlobal X
ThemeElectrification and the gridInfrastructure
In the S&P 50040.0%63.1%
Active share vs the S&P 50092.0%97.2%
In the Nasdaq-1008.5%6.3%
Holdings122102
Top ten, share of the fund58.8%32.1%
Expense ratio0.56%0.47%
Fee for the differing part0.61%0.48%
Total return, 1 year+22.9%+15.7%
vs the S&P 500+5.4 pts−1.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-1000.0 pts−7.3 pts
Below its high−9.2%−9.7%

GRID in plain words

By weight, 40% of GRID's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 92%. The top ten holdings are 59% of the fund across 122 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +22.9% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 5.4 pts. It sits 9.2% below its all-time high of May 11, 2026.

PAVE in plain words

By weight, 63% of PAVE'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 32% of the fund across 102 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 11, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +15.7% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 1.8 pts. It sits 9.7% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, GRID or PAVE?
GRID has 40% of its weight in S&P 500 names and PAVE has 63%, so PAVE differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, GRID or PAVE?
GRID charges 0.56% a year and PAVE charges 0.47%, so PAVE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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GRID against PAVE, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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