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GRID vs PPA: which is really different?

PPA holds 71.8% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and GRID 40.0%.

First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund and Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

40.0%GRID in the S&P 500
71.8%PPA in the S&P 500
+22.9%GRID total return, 1 year
+8.5%PPA total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: PPA scores higher

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

GRID 26.1PPA 37.20.1, 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
PPA28% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
72%28%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 96% · top ten 54% of the fund · 62 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 5% in72%28%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 96% · top ten 54% of the fund

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GRID and PPA hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions GRID and PPA both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingGRIDPPA
Eaton Corporation Plc8.86%2.30%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in GRIDOnly in PPA
Schneider Electric SE 9.13%RTX Corp 8.29%
Johnson Controls International Plc 8.45%Boeing Co/The 7.05%
ABB Ltd 7.72%General Electric Co 6.94%
Quanta Services, Inc. 7.54%Lockheed Martin Corp 6.59%
E.ON SE 4.16%General Dynamics Corp 4.97%
National Grid Plc 4.10%Northrop Grumman Corp 4.95%
Prysmian SpA 3.57%Howmet Aerospace Inc 3.92%
nVent Electric plc 2.84%Parker-Hannifin Corp 3.84%

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.

Performance, window by window

GRID and PPA over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
GRIDPPAGRIDPPAGRIDPPA
3 months−4.0%−7.0%−7.3 pts−10.3 pts−3.2 pts−6.2 pts
6 months+9.9%−6.5%−6.1 pts−22.5 pts−10.8 pts−27.2 pts
1 year+22.9%+8.5%+5.4 pts−9.0 pts0.0 pts−14.4 pts
3 years+88.9%+100.5%+11.0 pts+22.6 pts−6.2 pts+5.4 pts
Since launch+560.9%+998.8%−243.5 pts+194.5 pts−1113.0 pts−675.1 pts
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GRID and PPA 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
PPA
Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF
Holds 62 stocks in defense, 72% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerFirst TrustInvesco
ThemeElectrification and the gridDefense
In the S&P 50040.0%71.8%
Active share vs the S&P 50092.0%96.4%
In the Nasdaq-1008.5%4.9%
Holdings12262
Top ten, share of the fund58.8%53.7%
Expense ratio0.56%0.58%
Fee for the differing part0.61%0.60%
Total return, 1 year+22.9%+8.5%
vs the S&P 500+5.4 pts−9.0 pts
vs the Nasdaq-1000.0 pts−14.4 pts
Below its high−9.2%−12.7%

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.

PPA in plain words

By weight, 72% of PPA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 96%. The top ten holdings are 54% of the fund across 62 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +8.5% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 9.0 pts. It sits 12.7% below its all-time high of Mar 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, GRID or PPA?
GRID has 40% of its weight in S&P 500 names and PPA has 72%, so PPA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, GRID or PPA?
GRID charges 0.56% a year and PPA charges 0.58%, so GRID is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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GRID against PPA, 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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