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HACK vs PSWD: which is really different?

HACK and PSWD hold 56% of their weight in the same names, and HACK returned +39.8% over the year. Amplify Cybersecurity ETF and Xtrackers Cybersecurity Select Equity ETF.

45.5%
HACK in the S&P 500
28.4%
PSWD in the S&P 500
+39.8%
HACK total return, 1 year
+30.2%
PSWD total return, 1 year
HACK · 1 year to Sep 30, 202655% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
55% of its weight is outside the S&P 50046% of HACK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 55% is outside the index46%55%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 95% · top ten 54% of the fund · 25 holdings filed Oct 1, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 34% in55% of its weight is outside the S&P 50046% of HACK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 55% is outside the index46%55%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 95% · top ten 54% of the fund

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

PSWD · 1 year to Sep 30, 202672% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
72% of its weight is outside the S&P 50028% of PSWD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 72% is outside the index28%72%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 52% of the fund · 52 holdings filed May 29, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 23% in72% of its weight is outside the S&P 50028% of PSWD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 72% is outside the index28%72%inoutside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 52% of the fund

28% of PSWD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 72% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · PSWD scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
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 PSWD hold 56% 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 May 29, 2026 and Oct 1, 2026.

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56% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding HACK PSWD
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 6.27% 6.24%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 5.88% 5.69%
Fortinet Inc 5.16% 5.77%
Okta Inc 5.00% 6.13%
Rubrik Inc 4.85% 5.74%
F5 Inc 4.47% 4.39%
Zscaler Inc 4.34% 3.85%
SentinelOne Inc 3.84% 4.37%
Varonis Systems Inc 3.66% 4.25%
Qualys Inc 3.46% 4.29%
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd 3.50% 3.21%
Tenable Holdings Inc 3.13% 3.55%
Only in HACK
Broadcom Inc 6.65%
Cisco Systems Inc 5.75%
Cloudflare Inc 5.57%
General Dynamics Corp 4.34%
Northrop Grumman Corp 4.26%
Trend Micro Inc/Japan 3.79%
Netskope Inc 3.69%
GEN DIGITAL INC 2.74%
Only in PSWD
NEXTDC LTD 4.81%
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC 4.60%
TREND MICRO INC 3.78%
BLACKBERRY LTD 2.92%
GDS HOLDINGS LTD 2.75%
DATADOG INC 1.69%
ZETRIX AI BHD 1.28%
VNET GROUP INC 1.28%

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

56% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowHACKPSWDHACKPSWDHACKPSWD
3 months+13.2%+13.4%+10.7 pts+10.9 pts+11.1 pts+11.3 pts
6 months+59.2%+57.8%+42.2 pts+40.8 pts+32.3 pts+30.9 pts
1 year+39.8%+30.2%+24.1 pts+14.5 pts+16.0 pts+6.4 pts
3 years+135.8%+93.8%+50.8 pts+8.9 pts+25.8 pts−16.1 pts
Since launch
HACK Nov 2014 · PSWD Jul 2023
+404.4%+92.0%+47.7 pts+15.4 pts−286.5 pts−6.7 pts

HACK and PSWD 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
PSWD
Xtrackers Cybersecurity Select Equity ETF · Holds 52 stocks in cybersecurity, 28% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Amplify Xtrackers
Theme Cybersecurity Cybersecurity
In the S&P 500 45.5% 28.4%
Active share vs the S&P 500 95.3% 98.9%
In the Nasdaq-100 34.0% 23.2%
Holdings 25 52
Top ten, share of the fund 53.9% 52.0%
Expense ratio 0.60% 0.20%
Fee for the differing part 0.63% 0.20%
Total return, 1 year +39.8% +30.2%
vs the S&P 500 +24.1 pts +14.5 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 +16.0 pts +6.4 pts
Below its high −2.3% −2.3%
Net assets $3.3bn $6m

HACK and PSWD 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.

PSWD in plain words

By weight, 28% of PSWD'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 52% of the fund across 52 positions, as filed for May 29, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +30.2% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 14.5 pts.

Questions people ask

Do HACK and PSWD hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 56% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is close to holding one of them twice. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, HACK or PSWD?
HACK has 46% of its weight in S&P 500 names and PSWD has 28%, so PSWD differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, HACK or PSWD?
HACK charges 0.60% a year and PSWD charges 0.20%, so PSWD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Other comparisons
HACK vs IHAKHACK vs SPAMHACK vs WCBRHACK vs BUGPSWD vs SPAMPSWD vs WCBRPSWD vs BUGPSWD vs IHAK
HACK on its own →PSWD on its own →How every figure is computed →Standards and sources →
Where these figures came from
HACK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗HACK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Amplify page for HACK ↗PSWD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗PSWD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Xtrackers website ↗

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

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Free to use with attribution. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology.