Do HTEC and XT hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 5% 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, HTEC or XT?

HTEC has 33% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 65%, so HTEC differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, HTEC or XT?

HTEC charges 0.68% a year and XT charges 0.46%, so XT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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HTEC vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, HTEC returned +43.7% to XT's +23.4%; 5% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $69m on Jul 31, 2026 for ROBO Global Healthcare Technology and Innovation ETF, and $4.0bn on Nov 4, 2026 for iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF.

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At a glance

32.7%

HTEC in the S&P 500

65.0%

XT in the S&P 500

+43.7%

HTEC total return, 1 year

+23.4%

XT total return, 1 year

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

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

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

65% of XT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 35% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XT costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.3 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

HTEC vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	HTEC	XT
Return
Measure	HTEC	XT
Total return, 1 year	+43.7%	+23.4%
Drawdown
Measure	HTEC	XT
Below its all-time high	8.3%, high on Feb 12, 2021
Against its benchmark
Measure	HTEC	XT
What it tracks	Broad innovation and megatrends	Broad innovation and megatrends
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year		+15.0%
Against its benchmark, 1 year		ahead by 8.4 pts
Cost and size
Measure	HTEC	XT
Expense ratio	0.68%	0.46%
Net assets, HTEC as of Jul 31, 2026 and XT as of Nov 4, 2026	$69m	$4.0bn
Holdings
Measure	HTEC	XT
Holdings in common	5%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22%	36%

Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, HTEC and XT hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HTEC XT

INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. 1.50% 1.59%

DANAHER CORPORATION 1.67% 0.75%

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED 1.91% 0.66%

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 1.50% 0.62%

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 1.97% 0.46%

MODERNA, INC. 1.48% 0.38%

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1.42% 0.25%

ILLUMINA, INC. 2.08% 0.17%

GUARDANT HEALTH, INC. 2.31% 0.11%

ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 1.22% 0.09%

REVVITY, INC. 1.13% 0.09%

PENUMBRA, INC. 1.65% 0.06%

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Only in HTEC

CAREDX, INC. 2.68%

NATERA, INC. 2.23%

Twist Bioscience Corp 2.23%

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INCORPORATED 2.18%

MEDPACE HOLDINGS, INC. 2.12%

ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2.11%

IQVIA HOLDINGS INC 2.10%

ARROWHEAD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. 2.08%

Only in XT

ELI LILLY 4.83%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT 4.69%

TESLA INC 4.43%

MICROSOFT 4.10%

NVIDIA 3.53%

ANALOG DEVICES 3.34%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 3.26%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.04%

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Window by window

Window by window: HTEC vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	HTEC	XT	HTEC	XT
3 months	+18.2%	+2.8%	not measured	+4.1 pts vs ACWI
6 months	+37.2%	+7.5%	not measured	+4.9 pts vs ACWI
1 year	+43.7%	+23.4%	not measured	+8.4 pts vs ACWI
3 years	+99.7%	+78.5%	not measured	+0.9 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: HTEC Jun 2019 · XT Mar 2015	+96.3%	+293.9%	not measured	+69.3 pts vs ACWI

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Side by side

HTEC ROBO Global Healthcare Technology and Innovation ETF · Holds 62 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 33% of its weight in S&P 500 companies XT iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF · Holds 196 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 65% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer ROBO Global iShares

Theme Broad innovation and megatrends Broad innovation and megatrends

In the S&P 500 32.7% 65.0%

Active share vs the S&P 500 97.9% 69.8%

In the Nasdaq-100 8.1% 39.9%

Holdings 62 196

Top ten, share of the fund 22.1% 36.5%

Expense ratio 0.68% 0.46%

Fee for the differing part 0.69% 0.66%

Total return, 1 year +43.7% +23.4%

vs its benchmark not measured +8.4 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −8.3% −1.5%

Net assets, HTEC as of Jul 31, 2026 and XT as of Nov 4, 2026 $69m $4.0bn

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

5% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

HTEC

By weight, 33% of HTEC'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 22% of the fund across 62 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +43.7% with distributions reinvested. It sits 8.3% below its all-time high of Feb 12, 2021.

By weight, 65% of XT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 70%. The top ten holdings are 36% of the fund across 196 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +23.4% with distributions reinvested against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index, so a holder was ahead by 8.4 pts.

Questions people ask

Do HTEC and XT hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 5% 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, HTEC or XT?: HTEC has 33% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 65%, so HTEC differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, HTEC or XT?: HTEC charges 0.68% a year and XT charges 0.46%, so XT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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All thematic ETFs ranked by the S&P 500 Difference Score →How the scores are computed →HTEC on its own →XT on its own →HTEC dividend history →HTEC holdings →XT dividend history →XT holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

HTEC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HTEC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ROBO Global website ↗

XT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for XT ↗

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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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