Data as of .
GRID vs QTUM: which is really different?
GRID holds 40.0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and QTUM 34.8%.
ETFIQ Off-Index Score: GRID scores higher
How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
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
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, GRID and QTUM hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | GRID | QTUM |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corporation | 2.24% | 1.30% |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1.65% | 1.12% |
| Texas Instruments Incorporated | 0.92% | 1.13% |
| Oracle Corporation | 1.17% | 0.89% |
| International Business Machines Corporat | 0.86% | 1.06% |
| QUALCOMM Incorporated | 0.72% | 1.13% |
| Analog Devices, Inc. | 0.69% | 1.15% |
| Honeywell International Inc. | 0.26% | 0.58% |
| NXP Semiconductors N.V. | 0.20% | 0.99% |
| STMicroelectronics N.V. | 0.03% | 0.87% |
| Only in GRID | Only in QTUM |
|---|---|
| Schneider Electric SE 9.13% | Arqit Quantum Inc 1.82% |
| Eaton Corporation Plc 8.86% | Global Unichip Corp 1.82% |
| Johnson Controls International Plc 8.45% | Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd 1.81% |
| ABB Ltd 7.72% | Cloudflare Inc 1.66% |
| Quanta Services, Inc. 7.54% | Elastic Nv 1.63% |
| E.ON SE 4.16% | Snowflake Inc 1.63% |
| National Grid Plc 4.10% | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 1.62% |
| Prysmian SpA 3.57% | Nutanix Inc 1.58% |
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 14, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | vs the S&P 500 | vs the Nasdaq-100 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRID | QTUM | GRID | QTUM | GRID | QTUM | |
| 3 months | −4.0% | −8.5% | −7.3 pts | −11.8 pts | −3.2 pts | −7.7 pts |
| 6 months | +9.9% | +35.3% | −6.1 pts | +19.3 pts | −10.8 pts | +14.6 pts |
| 1 year | +22.9% | +50.4% | +5.4 pts | +32.9 pts | 0.0 pts | +27.4 pts |
| 3 years | +88.9% | +204.4% | +11.0 pts | +126.5 pts | −6.2 pts | +109.3 pts |
| Since launch | +560.9% | +536.1% | −243.5 pts | +337.3 pts | −1113.0 pts | +225.6 pts |
| 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 | QTUM Defiance Quantum ETF Holds 89 stocks in quantum computing, 35% of its weight in S&P 500 companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Defiance |
| Theme | Electrification and the grid | Quantum computing |
| In the S&P 500 | 40.0% | 34.8% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 92.0% | 82.6% |
| In the Nasdaq-100 | 8.5% | 27.2% |
| Holdings | 122 | 89 |
| Top ten, share of the fund | 58.8% | 16.6% |
| Expense ratio | 0.56% | 0.40% |
| Fee for the differing part | 0.61% | 0.48% |
| Total return, 1 year | +22.9% | +50.4% |
| vs the S&P 500 | +5.4 pts | +32.9 pts |
| vs the Nasdaq-100 | 0.0 pts | +27.4 pts |
| Below its high | −9.2% | −12.5% |
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.
QTUM in plain words
By weight, 35% of QTUM's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 83%. The top ten holdings are 17% of the fund across 89 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 14, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +50.4% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 32.9 pts. It sits 12.5% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which is more different from the S&P 500, GRID or QTUM?
- GRID has 40% of its weight in S&P 500 names and QTUM has 35%, so GRID differs more from the index.
- Which is cheaper, GRID or QTUM?
- GRID charges 0.56% a year and QTUM charges 0.40%, so QTUM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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