Do HAIL and WATS hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 6% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, HAIL or WATS?

HAIL has 18% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WATS has 29%, so WATS differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, HAIL or WATS?

HAIL charges 0.45% a year and WATS charges 0.35%, so WATS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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HAIL vs WATS: which is really different?

HAIL and WATS hold 6% of their weight in the same names. State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P Kensho Smart Mobility ETF and Corgi Battery Energy Storage Systems ETF.

18.2%

HAIL in the S&P 500

28.9%

WATS in the S&P 500

−2.6%

HAIL total return, 1 year

−24.9%

WATS total return, since launch

HAIL · 1 year to Sep 30, 202682% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

18% of HAIL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 82% is outside the index

WATS · 3 months to Sep 30, 202671% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

29% of WATS's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 71% is outside the index

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

HAIL 29.7

WATS 51.3

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, HAIL and WATS hold 6% 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 Sep 30, 2026.

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6% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding HAIL WATS

TESLA INC 1.52% 17.02%

SOLID POWER INC 1.40% 3.34%

SES AI CORP 0.93% 2.29%

MICROVAST HOLDINGS INC 0.93% 1.75%

ENPHASE ENERGY INC 0.69% 6.12%

SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.62% 3.33%

Only in HAIL

VIA TRANSPORTATION INC CL A 3.35%

HONDA MOTOR CO LTD SPONS ADR 1.98%

NVIDIA CORP 1.86%

LYFT INC A 1.83%

AMBARELLA INC 1.81%

UNUSUAL MACHINES INC /US 1.75%

RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE INC A 1.65%

ASPEN AEROGELS INC 1.65%

Only in WATS

Bloom Energy Corp 12.36%

EnerSys 5.76%

Energy Vault Holdings Inc 4.58%

AES Corp/The 4.33%

Generac Holdings Inc 4.09%

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA 4.01%

Sunrun Inc 3.50%

Albemarle Corp 3.43%

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

6% 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	HAIL	WATS	HAIL	WATS	HAIL	WATS
3 months	−14.3%	−23.4%	−16.8 pts	−26.0 pts	−16.4 pts	−25.6 pts
6 months	+3.6%	not published	−13.4 pts	not published	−23.3 pts	not published
1 year	−2.6%	not published	−18.3 pts	not published	−26.4 pts	not published
3 years	+17.5%	not published	−67.5 pts	not published	−92.5 pts	not published
Since launch HAIL Dec 2017 · WATS May 2026	+32.9%	−24.9%	−193.2 pts	−29.3 pts	−367.5 pts	−31.4 pts

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

On the same fields

HAIL

State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P Kensho Smart Mobility ETF · Holds 89 stocks in electric vehicles and batteries, 18% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

WATS

Corgi Battery Energy Storage Systems ETF · Holds 24 stocks in electric vehicles and batteries, 29% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer State Street Corgi

Theme Electric vehicles and batteries Electric vehicles and batteries

In the S&P 500 18.2% 28.9%

Active share vs the S&P 500 94.4% 98.1%

In the Nasdaq-100 7.9% 17.0%

Holdings 89 24

Top ten, share of the fund 19.1% 65.2%

Expense ratio 0.45% 0.35%

Fee for the differing part 0.48% 0.36%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% −24.9% (since launch on May 6, 2026)

vs the S&P 500 −18.3 pts −29.3 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −26.4 pts −31.4 pts

Below its high −45.8% −38.3%

Net assets $18m $496,218

HAIL and WATS on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

HAIL in plain words

By weight, 18% of HAIL's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 94%. The top ten holdings are 19% of the fund across 89 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −2.6% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 18.3 pts. It sits 45.8% below its all-time high of Feb 9, 2021.

WATS in plain words

By weight, 29% of WATS's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 65% of the fund across 24 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Since it launched on May 6, 2026 the fund returned −24.9% with distributions reinvested against +4.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 29.3 pts. It sits 38.3% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do HAIL and WATS hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 6% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, HAIL or WATS?: HAIL has 18% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WATS has 29%, so WATS differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, HAIL or WATS?: HAIL charges 0.45% a year and WATS charges 0.35%, so WATS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

HAIL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗HAIL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗WATS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗WATS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Corgi website ↗

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ETFIQ, HAIL against WATS, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/hail-vs-wats

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