IGV vs SKYY: which is really different?

IGV and SKYY hold 23% of their weight in the same names, and SKYY returned +22.0% over the year. iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF and First Trust Cloud Computing ETF.

80.7%
IGV in the S&P 500
41.3%
SKYY in the S&P 500
−7.4%
IGV total return, 1 year
+22.0%
SKYY total return, 1 year
IGV · 1 year to Sep 30, 202619% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
19% of its weight is outside the S&P 50081% of IGV's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 19% is outside the index81%19%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 92% · top ten 62% of the fund · 111 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 66% in19% of its weight is outside the S&P 50081% of IGV's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 19% is outside the index81%19%in the S&P 50019% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 92% · top ten 62% of the fund

81% of IGV's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 19% is outside the index

SKYY · 1 year to Sep 30, 202659% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
59% of its weight is outside the S&P 50041% of SKYY's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 59% is outside the index41%59%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 86% · top ten 36% of the fund · 66 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 21% in59% of its weight is outside the S&P 50041% of SKYY's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 59% is outside the index41%59%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 86% · top ten 36% of the fund

41% of SKYY's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 59% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · IGV 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, IGV and SKYY hold 23% 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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23% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IGV SKYY
MICROSOFT 8.50% 3.51%
ORACLE 6.92% 3.20%
APPLOVIN CLASS A 2.73% 1.62%
SERVICENOW 4.41% 1.57%
SALESFORCE 4.06% 1.55%
ADOBE INC 3.30% 1.42%
ATLASSIAN CORP CLASS A 0.99% 1.60%
DATADOG INC CLASS A 3.18% 0.67%
CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS CLASS A 8.87% 0.66%
NUTANIX CLASS A 0.66% 3.57%
RUBRIK CLASS A 0.64% 2.14%
ZSCALER 0.73% 0.61%
Only in IGV
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 8.99%
FORTINET 3.82%
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS 3.15%
SYNOPSYS 2.88%
STRATEGY INC CLASS A 1.93%
AUTODESK 1.53%
TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE 1.26%
ROPER TECHNOLOGIES 1.20%
Only in SKYY
Everpure, Inc. (Class A) 4.89%
DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. 4.19%
Arista Networks, Inc. 3.62%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 3.52%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.33%
International Business Machines Corporation 3.27%
CoreWeave, Inc. (Class A) 2.97%
Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 2.64%

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

23% 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
WindowIGVSKYYIGVSKYYIGVSKYY
3 months+14.1%+20.3%+11.6 pts+17.8 pts+12.0 pts+18.2 pts
6 months+33.5%+48.6%+16.5 pts+31.7 pts+6.6 pts+21.8 pts
1 year−7.4%+22.0%−23.1 pts+6.3 pts−31.2 pts−1.8 pts
3 years+56.0%+116.0%−28.9 pts+31.1 pts−53.9 pts+6.0 pts
Since launch
IGV Jan 2010 · SKYY Jul 2011
+1052.2%+736.3%+247.5 pts+92.7 pts−685.4 pts−608.6 pts

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

On the same fields

IGV
iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF · Holds 111 stocks in cloud and software, 81% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
SKYY
First Trust Cloud Computing ETF · Holds 66 stocks in cloud and software, 41% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer iShares First Trust
Theme Cloud and software Cloud and software
In the S&P 500 80.7% 41.3%
Active share vs the S&P 500 92.4% 86.0%
In the Nasdaq-100 65.7% 21.0%
Holdings 111 66
Top ten, share of the fund 61.7% 36.1%
Expense ratio 0.38% 0.60%
Fee for the differing part 0.41% 0.70%
Total return, 1 year −7.4% +22.0%
vs the S&P 500 −23.1 pts +6.3 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −31.2 pts −1.8 pts
Below its high −9.6% −2.9%
Net assets $13.9bn $3.3bn

IGV and SKYY on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

IGV in plain words

By weight, 81% of IGV's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 92%. The top ten holdings are 62% of the fund across 111 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 9.6% below its all-time high of Sep 22, 2025.

SKYY in plain words

By weight, 41% of SKYY's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 86%. The top ten holdings are 36% of the fund across 66 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +22.0% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 6.3 pts.

Questions people ask

Do IGV and SKYY hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 23% 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, IGV or SKYY?
IGV has 81% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SKYY has 41%, so IGV differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, IGV or SKYY?
IGV charges 0.38% a year and SKYY charges 0.60%, so IGV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, IGV against SKYY, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/igv-vs-skyy

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