Do GTEK and ILDR hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 8% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, GTEK or ILDR?

GTEK has 33% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ILDR has 66%, so GTEK differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, GTEK or ILDR?

GTEK and ILDR both charge 0.75% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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GTEK vs ILDR: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, GTEK returned +24.1% to ILDR's +6.6%; 8% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $209m for Goldman Sachs Future Tech Leaders Equity ETF and $334m for First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF.

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At a glance

33.0%

GTEK in the S&P 500

65.5%

ILDR in the S&P 500

+24.1%

GTEK total return, 1 year

+6.6%

ILDR total return, 1 year

GTEK · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 67% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

33% of GTEK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 67% is outside the index. Holdings as of Aug 31, 2026.

ILDR · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 35% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

66% of ILDR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 35% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.75% a year; their one-year returns differ by 17.5 points; ILDR is 1.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

GTEK vs ILDR: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	GTEK	ILDR
Return
Measure	GTEK	ILDR
Total return, 1 year	+24.1%	+6.6%
Drawdown
Measure	GTEK	ILDR
Below its all-time high	20.5%, high on Jun 30, 2026	12.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	GTEK	ILDR
What it tracks	Broad innovation and megatrends	Broad innovation and megatrends
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year	+15.0%	+14.8%
Against its benchmark, 1 year	ahead by 9.1 pts	behind by 8.2 pts
Cost and size
Measure	GTEK	ILDR
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.75%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$209m	$334m
Active share vs the S&P 500	96%	67%
Holdings
Measure	GTEK	ILDR
Holdings in common	8%

Method

Risk and return

Sep 24, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026 · 266 weekly returns

GTEK ILDR

Return

Total return edge ILDR +26.3% +58.4%

Annualized edge ILDR +4.7% +9.4%

Price return edge ILDR +26.0% +58.1%

Risk

Volatility edge ILDR (slight) 27.8% 25.1%

Max drawdown edge ILDR −53.5% −42.5%

Downside capture 133.7% 126.4%

Beta 1.56 1.38

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge ILDR 0.16 0.33

Sortino edge ILDR 0.23 0.48

Treynor 0.029 0.071

Calmar edge ILDR 0.09 0.22

Against the benchmark

Alpha −6.6% a year −2.2% a year

Alpha t-stat −1.04 −0.46

Information ratio −0.16 0.09

Tracking error 16.6% 12.5%

Each against its own benchmark: GTEK against ACWI, Sep 24, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026; ILDR against IWV, Jun 4, 2021 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Sep 2021 to Oct 2026, ILDR returned more: +58.4% to +26.3%. ILDR swung slightly less: 25.1% to 27.8%. ILDR fell less at its worst: −42.5% to −53.5%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: GTEK vs ILDR: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	GTEK	ILDR	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+26.3%	+58.4%	ILDR	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+4.7%	+9.4%	ILDR	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+26.0%	+58.1%	ILDR	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	27.8%	25.1%	ILDR (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	19.6%	17.2%	ILDR	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−53.5%	−42.5%	ILDR	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	183.7%	171.8%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	133.7%	126.4%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.56	1.38	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.74	0.81	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.16	0.33	ILDR	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.23	0.48	ILDR	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.029	0.071		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.09	0.22	ILDR	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	ACWI	IWV		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−6.6% a year	−2.2% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−1.04	−0.46	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−19.0% to +5.8%	−11.4% to +7.1%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	−0.16	0.09		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	16.6%	12.5%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 266 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, GTEK and ILDR hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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8% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GTEK ILDR

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 3.57% 2.40%

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC 2.45% 1.11%

SHOPIFY INC 0.97% 2.19%

SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA 1.44% 0.87%

ZSCALER INC 1.47% 0.75%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC 1.35% 0.70%

MONGODB INC 0.79% 0.65%

CLOUDFLARE INC 3.32% 0.58%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in GTEK

JENTECH PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO LTD 3.52%

MEDIATEK INC 2.97%

ELITE MATERIAL COMPANY LTD 2.97%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO LTD 2.80%

DELTA ELECTRONICS INC 2.73%

SNOWFLAKE INC 2.60%

SK SQUARE CO LTD 2.53%

AMPHENOL CORP 2.44%

Only in ILDR

NVIDIA Corporation 9.90%

Amazon.com, Inc. 6.23%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 5.45%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 4.20%

Eli Lilly and Company 4.02%

Broadcom Inc. 3.61%

Microsoft Corporation 3.11%

Micron Technology, Inc. 2.56%

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Window by window

Window by window: GTEK vs ILDR: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	GTEK	ILDR	GTEK	ILDR
3 months	−13.0%	−7.4%	−11.7 pts vs ACWI	−7.1 pts vs IWV
6 months	−8.9%	−1.8%	−11.5 pts vs ACWI	−6.7 pts vs IWV
1 year	+24.1%	+6.6%	+9.1 pts vs ACWI	−8.2 pts vs IWV
3 years	+112.7%	+107.0%	+35.1 pts vs ACWI	+26.0 pts vs IWV
Since launchNot the same days: GTEK Sep 2021 · ILDR May 2021	+23.6%	+75.9%	−43.0 pts vs ACWI	−10.3 pts vs IWV

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Side by side

GTEK Goldman Sachs Future Tech Leaders Equity ETF · Holds 60 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 33% of its weight in S&P 500 companies ILDR First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF · Holds 81 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 66% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Goldman Sachs First Trust

Theme Broad innovation and megatrends Broad innovation and megatrends

In the S&P 500 33.0% 65.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 96.5% 66.9%

In the Nasdaq-100 20.9% 48.8%

Holdings 60 81

Top ten, share of the fund 29.5% 44.0%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.75%

Fee for the differing part 0.78% 1.12%

Total return, 1 year +24.1% +6.6%

vs its benchmark +9.1 pts vs ACWI −8.2 pts vs IWV

Below its high −20.5% −12.5%

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $209m $334m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

8% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

GTEK

By weight, 33% of GTEK'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 30% of the fund across 60 positions, as filed for Aug 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +24.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was ahead by 9.1 pts. It sits 20.5% below its all-time high of Jun 30, 2026.

ILDR

Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +6.6% with distributions reinvested against +14.8% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index, so a holder was behind by 8.2 pts.

By weight, 66% of ILDR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 67%. The top ten holdings are 44% of the fund across 81 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. It sits 12.5% below its all-time high of Oct 6, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do GTEK and ILDR hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 8% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, GTEK or ILDR?: GTEK has 33% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ILDR has 66%, so GTEK differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, GTEK or ILDR?: GTEK and ILDR both charge 0.75% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

GTEK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GTEK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Goldman Sachs website ↗

ILDR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ILDR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for ILDR ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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