Do HACK and IHAK hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 49% 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, HACK or IHAK?

HACK has 46% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IHAK has 17%, so IHAK differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, HACK or IHAK?

HACK charges 0.60% a year and IHAK charges 0.47%, so IHAK is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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HACK vs IHAK: which is really different?

HACK and IHAK hold 49% of their weight in the same names, and HACK returned +39.8% over the year. Amplify Cybersecurity ETF and iShares Cybersecurity and Tech ETF.

45.5%

HACK in the S&P 500

17.1%

IHAK in the S&P 500

+39.8%

HACK total return, 1 year

+29.3%

IHAK total return, 1 year

HACK · 1 year to Sep 30, 202655% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

46% of HACK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 55% is outside the index

IHAK · 1 year to Sep 30, 202683% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

17% of IHAK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 83% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · IHAK scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

HACK 34

IHAK 64.5

0.1, the lowest in this set92.0, the highest

A percentile among the 375 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, HACK and IHAK hold 49% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 1, 2026 and Sep 29, 2026.

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49% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding HACK IHAK

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 6.27% 5.42%

Okta Inc 5.00% 5.98%

Palo Alto Networks Inc 5.88% 4.94%

Zscaler Inc 4.34% 5.25%

Fortinet Inc 5.16% 4.21%

SentinelOne Inc 3.84% 5.06%

Netskope Inc 3.69% 5.40%

Varonis Systems Inc 3.66% 4.99%

Qualys Inc 3.46% 5.62%

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd 3.50% 3.24%

Tenable Holdings Inc 3.13% 4.35%

A10 Networks Inc 3.17% 2.41%

Only in HACK

Broadcom Inc 6.65%

Cisco Systems Inc 5.75%

Cloudflare Inc 5.57%

Rubrik Inc 4.85%

F5 Inc 4.47%

General Dynamics Corp 4.34%

Northrop Grumman Corp 4.26%

Trend Micro Inc/Japan 3.79%

Only in IHAK

CACI INTERNATIONAL INC CLASS A 3.96%

SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL 3.88%

TREND MICRO 3.44%

ALARM.COM HOLDINGS 3.33%

BLACKBERRY 3.20%

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON HOLDING CLASS 3.04%

CLEAR SECURE CLASS A 2.62%

CALIX NETWORKS 2.57%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

49% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		vs the S&P 500		vs the Nasdaq-100
Window	HACK	IHAK	HACK	IHAK	HACK	IHAK
3 months	+13.2%	+9.2%	+10.7 pts	+6.7 pts	+11.1 pts	+7.1 pts
6 months	+59.2%	+52.7%	+42.2 pts	+35.8 pts	+32.3 pts	+25.9 pts
1 year	+39.8%	+29.3%	+24.1 pts	+13.6 pts	+16.0 pts	+5.5 pts
3 years	+135.8%	+76.3%	+50.8 pts	−8.7 pts	+25.8 pts	−33.7 pts
Since launch HACK Nov 2014 · IHAK Jun 2019	+404.4%	+173.5%	+47.7 pts	−20.5 pts	−286.5 pts	−149.2 pts

HACK and IHAK over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

HACK

Amplify Cybersecurity ETF · Holds 25 stocks in cybersecurity, 46% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

IHAK

iShares Cybersecurity and Tech ETF · Holds 50 stocks in cybersecurity, 17% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Amplify iShares

Theme Cybersecurity Cybersecurity

In the S&P 500 45.5% 17.1%

Active share vs the S&P 500 95.3% 99.1%

In the Nasdaq-100 34.0% 19.8%

Holdings 25 50

Top ten, share of the fund 53.9% 51.2%

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.47%

Fee for the differing part 0.63% 0.47%

Total return, 1 year +39.8% +29.3%

vs the S&P 500 +24.1 pts +13.6 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 +16.0 pts +5.5 pts

Below its high −2.3% −1.7%

Net assets $3.3bn $1.2bn

HACK and IHAK on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

HACK in plain words

By weight, 46% of HACK's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 95%. The top ten holdings are 54% of the fund across 25 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 1, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +39.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 24.1 pts.

IHAK in plain words

By weight, 17% of IHAK's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 51% of the fund across 50 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 29, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +29.3% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 13.6 pts.

Questions people ask

Do HACK and IHAK hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 49% 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, HACK or IHAK?: HACK has 46% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IHAK has 17%, so IHAK differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, HACK or IHAK?: HACK charges 0.60% a year and IHAK charges 0.47%, so IHAK is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

HACK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗HACK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Amplify page for HACK ↗IHAK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IHAK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IHAK ↗

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ETFIQ, HACK against IHAK, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/hack-vs-ihak

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