Do HEAL and LGHT hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 32% 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, HEAL or LGHT?

HEAL has 27% of its weight in S&P 500 names and LGHT has 70%, so HEAL differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, HEAL or LGHT?

HEAL charges 0.50% a year and LGHT charges 0.85%, so HEAL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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HEAL vs LGHT: which is really different?

HEAL and LGHT hold 32% of their weight in the same names, and LGHT returned +4.0% over the year. Global X HealthTech ETF and Langar Global HealthTech ETF.

27.0%

HEAL in the S&P 500

69.6%

LGHT in the S&P 500

−7.4%

HEAL total return, 1 year

+4.0%

LGHT total return, 1 year

HEAL · 1 year to Sep 30, 202673% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

27% of HEAL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 73% is outside the index

LGHT · 1 year to Sep 30, 202630% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

70% of LGHT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 30% is outside the index

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

HEAL 71.7

LGHT 69.7

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, HEAL and LGHT hold 32% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

50%

half

32% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding HEAL LGHT

IQVIA HOLDINGS INC 6.14% 5.99%

RESMED INC 3.89% 10.95%

INSULET CORP 2.69% 5.34%

OMNICELL INC 1.08% 0.54%

SCHRODINGER INC 1.62% 0.30%

Only in HEAL

VEEVA SYSTEMS INC-CLASS A 6.00%

OSCAR HEALTH INC - CLASS A 5.65%

TEMPUS AI INC-CL A 5.37%

DEXCOM INC 5.07%

PRO MEDICUS LTD 4.18%

HIMS & HERS HEALTH INC 3.92%

GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY 3.86%

WAYSTAR HOLDING CORP 3.52%

Only in LGHT

Intuitive Surgical I 11.93%

Moderna Inc 9.59%

Veeva Systems Inc 6.73%

GE HealthCare 6.50%

Koninklijke Philips 5.55%

DEXCOM INC COM 4.82%

Zimmer Biomet Holdin 4.51%

Siemens Healthineers 3.83%

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

32% 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	HEAL	LGHT	HEAL	LGHT	HEAL	LGHT
3 months	+3.3%	+20.1%	+0.8 pts	+17.6 pts	+1.2 pts	+18.0 pts
6 months	+23.4%	+20.3%	+6.4 pts	+3.4 pts	−3.5 pts	−6.5 pts
1 year	−7.4%	+4.0%	−23.1 pts	−11.8 pts	−31.2 pts	−19.8 pts
3 years	+7.5%	not published	−77.5 pts	not published	−102.5 pts	not published
Since launch HEAL Jul 2020 · LGHT Jan 2024	−36.6%	+2.8%	−192.9 pts	−62.5 pts	−230.4 pts	−80.9 pts

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

On the same fields

HEAL

Global X HealthTech ETF · Holds 43 stocks in healthcare innovation and GLP-1, 27% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

LGHT

Langar Global HealthTech ETF · Holds 28 stocks in healthcare innovation and GLP-1, 70% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Global X Langar

Theme Healthcare innovation and GLP-1 Healthcare innovation and GLP-1

In the S&P 500 27.0% 69.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.6% 99.5%

In the Nasdaq-100 8.3% 23.2%

Holdings 43 28

Top ten, share of the fund 47.6% 71.9%

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.85%

Fee for the differing part 0.50% 0.85%

Total return, 1 year −7.4% +4.0%

vs the S&P 500 −23.1 pts −11.8 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −31.2 pts −19.8 pts

Below its high −56.4% −5.9%

Net assets $31m $2m

HEAL and LGHT on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

HEAL in plain words

By weight, 27% of HEAL's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 48% of the fund across 43 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −7.4% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 23.1 pts. It sits 56.4% below its all-time high of Feb 12, 2021.

LGHT in plain words

By weight, 70% of LGHT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 72% of the fund across 28 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +4.0% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 11.8 pts. It sits 5.9% below its all-time high of Jan 30, 2025.

Questions people ask

Do HEAL and LGHT hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 32% 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, HEAL or LGHT?: HEAL has 27% of its weight in S&P 500 names and LGHT has 70%, so HEAL differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, HEAL or LGHT?: HEAL charges 0.50% a year and LGHT charges 0.85%, so HEAL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

HEAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗HEAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Global X page for HEAL ↗LGHT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗LGHT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Langar website ↗

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