HULL vs SEA: which is really different?

HULL and SEA hold 25% of their weight in the same names. Corgi Shipping & Global Logistics ETF and U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF.

34.1%
HULL in the S&P 500
9.2%
SEA in the S&P 500
+5.0%
HULL total return, since launch
+51.8%
SEA total return, 1 year
HULL · 3 months to Sep 30, 202666% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
66% of its weight is outside the S&P 50034% of HULL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index34%66%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 96% · top ten 43% of the fund · 43 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 16% in66% of its weight is outside the S&P 50034% of HULL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index34%66%inoutside the S&P 500active share 96% · top ten 43% of the fund

34% of HULL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index

SEA · 1 year to Sep 30, 202691% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
91% of its weight is outside the S&P 5009% of SEA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 91% is outside the index9%91%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 46% of the fund · 29 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in91% of its weight is outside the S&P 5009% of SEA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 91% is outside the index9%91%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 46% of the fund

9% of SEA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 91% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · SEA 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

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HULL and SEA hold 25% 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.

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25% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding HULL SEA
United Parcel Service Inc 4.02% 3.15%
Expeditors International of Washington Inc 4.11% 3.12%
FedEx Corp 3.81% 2.95%
International Seaways Inc 2.86% 4.96%
DHT Holdings Inc 2.33% 5.22%
Scorpio Tankers Inc 2.11% 3.82%
Hafnia Ltd 2.05% 1.94%
Teekay Tankers Ltd 2.16% 1.90%
Danaos Corp 1.83% 2.00%
Global Ship Lease Inc 1.70% 4.11%
Euroseas Ltd 1.06% 1.93%
Only in HULL
Amazon.com Inc 12.59%
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 3.44%
Old Dominion Freight Line Inc 3.23%
Frontline PLC 3.15%
Matson Inc 2.93%
JB Hunt Transport Services Inc 2.83%
CH Robinson Worldwide Inc 2.75%
XPO Inc 2.74%
Only in SEA
OOIL 5.03%
Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA 5.00%
COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co Ltd 4.99%
SITC International Holdings Co 4.95%
Kuehne + Nagel International A 4.21%
Wan Hai Lines Ltd 3.98%
Hoegh Autoliners ASA 3.88%
Teekay Corp Ltd 3.55%

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

25% 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
WindowHULLSEAHULLSEAHULLSEA
3 months+9.5%+23.6%+7.0 pts+21.0 pts+7.4 pts+21.4 pts
6 monthsnot published+18.6%not published+1.6 ptsnot published−8.3 pts
1 yearnot published+51.8%not published+36.1 ptsnot published+28.0 pts
3 yearsnot published+86.4%not published+1.4 ptsnot published−23.6 pts
Since launch
HULL May 2026 · SEA Jan 2022
+5.0%+66.9%+0.5 pts−15.0 pts−1.6 pts−43.5 pts

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

On the same fields

HULL
Corgi Shipping & Global Logistics ETF · Holds 43 stocks in shipping, aviation and logistics, 34% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
SEA
U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF · Holds 29 stocks in shipping, aviation and logistics, 9% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Corgi U.S. Global
Theme Shipping, aviation and logistics Shipping, aviation and logistics
In the S&P 500 34.1% 9.2%
Active share vs the S&P 500 96.0% 99.7%
In the Nasdaq-100 15.8% 0.0%
Holdings 43 29
Top ten, share of the fund 43.0% 46.3%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.60%
Fee for the differing part 0.36% 0.60%
Total return, 1 year +5.0% (since launch on May 6, 2026) +51.8%
vs the S&P 500 +0.5 pts +36.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −1.6 pts +28.0 pts
Below its high −3.8% −2.5%
Net assets $673,535 $18m

HULL and SEA on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

HULL in plain words

By weight, 34% of HULL's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 96%. The top ten holdings are 43% of the fund across 43 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Since it launched on May 6, 2026 the fund returned +5.0% with distributions reinvested against +4.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was about even.

SEA in plain words

By weight, 9% of SEA'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 46% of the fund across 29 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +51.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 36.1 pts.

Questions people ask

Do HULL and SEA hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 25% 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, HULL or SEA?
HULL has 34% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SEA has 9%, so SEA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, HULL or SEA?
HULL charges 0.35% a year and SEA charges 0.60%, so HULL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

ETFIQ, HULL against SEA, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/hull-vs-sea

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