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ILDR vs TEKY: which is really different?

ILDR and TEKY hold 31% of their weight in the same names, and ILDR returned more over the year.

First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF and Lazard Next Gen Technologies ETF.

65.8%ILDR in the S&P 500
51.5%TEKY in the S&P 500
+19.9%ILDR total return, 1 year
+16.8%TEKY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: TEKY scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

ILDR 2.9TEKY 9.10.1, the lowest in this set91.8, the highest

A percentile among the 379 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

ILDR34% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
66%34%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 67% · top ten 44% of the fund · 82 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 49% in66%34%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 67% · top ten 44% of the fund
TEKY49% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
52%49%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 78% · top ten 40% of the fund · 48 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 43% in52%49%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 78% · top ten 40% of the fund

31% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ILDR and TEKY hold 31% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ILDR and TEKY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingILDRTEKY
Amazon.com, Inc.5.79%3.71%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.5.79%3.69%
Broadcom Inc.3.57%3.38%
Arista Networks, Inc.2.46%1.91%
Siemens Energy AG1.70%1.73%
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.1.00%2.60%
Only in each
Only in ILDROnly in TEKY
NVIDIA Corporation 9.78%SK hynix Inc 5.72%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 4.81%Alphabet Inc 5.25%
Marvell Technology, Inc. 3.13%NVIDIA Corp 4.94%
Eli Lilly and Company 3.02%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 4.00%
Micron Technology, Inc. 2.80%Applied Materials Inc 3.19%
Microsoft Corporation 2.70%Datadog Inc 3.17%
Oracle Corporation 2.67%Tokyo Electron Ltd 2.59%
Eaton Corporation Plc 2.07%Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 2.54%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ILDR and TEKY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ILDRTEKYILDRTEKYILDRTEKY
3 months+0.3%−5.5%−1.9 pts−7.7 pts+2.8 pts−3.0 pts
6 months+31.0%+29.5%+12.9 pts+11.5 pts+6.7 pts+5.3 pts
1 year+19.9%+16.8%+3.3 pts+0.2 pts−1.9 pts−5.0 pts
3 years+120.9%not published+42.5 ptsnot published+22.7 ptsnot published
Since launch+92.7%+78.3%−3.0 pts+24.7 pts−30.0 pts+7.0 pts
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ILDR and TEKY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ILDR
First Trust Innovation Leaders ETF
Holds 82 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 66% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
TEKY
Lazard Next Gen Technologies ETF
Holds 48 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 52% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerFirst TrustLazard
ThemeBroad innovation and megatrendsBroad innovation and megatrends
In the S&P 50065.8%51.5%
Active share vs the S&P 50067.1%77.6%
In the Nasdaq-10049.0%43.4%
Holdings8248
Top ten, share of the fund44.1%39.6%
Expense ratio0.75%0.50%
Fee for the differing part1.12%0.64%
Total return, 1 year+19.9%+16.8%
vs the S&P 500+3.3 pts+0.2 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−1.9 pts−5.0 pts
Below its high−3.5%−6.8%
Net assets$342m$61m

ILDR in plain words

By weight, 66% of ILDR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 67%. The top ten holdings are 44% of the fund across 82 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +19.9% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 3.3 pts.

TEKY in plain words

By weight, 52% of TEKY's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 78%. The top ten holdings are 40% of the fund across 48 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was about even. It sits 6.8% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ILDR and TEKY hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 31% 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, ILDR or TEKY?
ILDR has 66% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TEKY has 52%, so TEKY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ILDR or TEKY?
ILDR charges 0.75% a year and TEKY charges 0.50%, so TEKY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ILDR against TEKY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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