Do ILIT and LIMI hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 34% 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, ILIT or LIMI?

ILIT has 8% of its weight in S&P 500 names and LIMI has 8%, so ILIT differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, ILIT or LIMI?

ILIT charges 0.47% a year and LIMI charges 0.35%, so LIMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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ILIT vs LIMI: which is really different?

ILIT and LIMI hold 34% of their weight in the same names. iShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF and Themes Lithium & Battery Metal Miners ETF.

7.9%

ILIT in the S&P 500

7.5%

LIMI in the S&P 500

+7.0%

ILIT total return, 1 year

+12.1%

LIMI total return, 1 year

ILIT · 1 year to Sep 30, 202692% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

8% of ILIT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 92% is outside the index

LIMI · 1 year to Sep 25, 202693% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

8% of LIMI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 93% is outside the index

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

ILIT 92

LIMI 92

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, ILIT and LIMI hold 34% 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 29, 2026.

50%

half

34% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ILIT LIMI

ALBEMARLE CORP 7.88% 7.46%

PLS GROUP LTD 6.91% 9.08%

LIONTOWN LTD 7.07% 3.88%

LITHIUM AMERICAS 4.73% 3.16%

ELEVRA LITHIUM LTD 3.74% 3.11%

CORE LITHIUM LTD 3.59% 2.96%

LITHIUM ARGENTINA AG 3.69% 2.53%

PMET RESOURCES INC 2.92% 1.58%

SOCIEDAD QUIMICA Y MINERA DE CHILE 8.15% 1.33%

SIGMA LITHIUM 3.11% 0.97%

Only in ILIT

COSMOAM&T LTD 3.93%

GANFENG LITHIUM GROUP LTD A 3.11%

CRITICAL METALS CORP 2.83%

GUANGZHOU TINCI MATERIALS TECHNOLO 2.82%

TIANQI LITHIUM INDUSTRIES A 2.66%

EUROPEAN LITHIUM LTD 2.37%

SHENZHEN CAPCHEM TECHNOLOGY LTD A 2.21%

YUNNAN ENERGY NEW MATERIAL (GROUP) 1.98%

Only in LIMI

TINCI 7.02%

Tianqi Lithium Corp 5.52%

Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co Ltd 5.35%

Ganfeng Lithium Group Co Ltd 3.88%

IGO Ltd 3.57%

Xiamen Tungsten Co Ltd 3.44%

CAPCHEM 3.35%

Mineral Resources Ltd 3.10%

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

34% 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	ILIT	LIMI	ILIT	LIMI	ILIT	LIMI
3 months	−27.4%	−15.3%	−29.9 pts	−21.4 pts	−29.5 pts	−20.8 pts
6 months	−26.2%	−16.6%	−43.2 pts	−38.8 pts	−53.1 pts	−49.2 pts
1 year	+7.0%	+12.1%	−8.7 pts	−6.4 pts	−16.7 pts	−14.0 pts
3 years	−24.5%	not published	−109.5 pts	not published	−134.5 pts	not published
Since launch ILIT Jun 2023 · LIMI Sep 2024	−42.3%	+62.3%	−125.5 pts	+24.2 pts	−150.1 pts	+7.4 pts

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

On the same fields

ILIT

iShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF · Holds 62 stocks in lithium and battery metals, 8% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

LIMI

Themes Lithium & Battery Metal Miners ETF · Holds 41 stocks in lithium and battery metals, 8% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer iShares Themes

Theme Lithium and battery metals Lithium and battery metals

In the S&P 500 7.9% 7.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 100.0% 100.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 62 41

Top ten, share of the fund 52.8% 52.6%

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.35%

Fee for the differing part 0.47% 0.35%

Total return, 1 year +7.0% +12.1%

vs the S&P 500 −8.7 pts −6.4 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −16.7 pts −14.0 pts

Below its high −46.7% −36.3%

Net assets $13m $2m

ILIT and LIMI on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ILIT in plain words

By weight, 8% of ILIT'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 53% of the fund across 62 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 29, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +7.0% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 8.7 pts. It sits 46.7% below its all-time high of Jul 13, 2023.

LIMI in plain words

By weight, 8% of LIMI'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 53% of the fund across 41 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +12.1% with distributions reinvested against +18.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 6.4 pts. It sits 36.3% below its all-time high of May 6, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ILIT and LIMI hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 34% 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, ILIT or LIMI?: ILIT has 8% of its weight in S&P 500 names and LIMI has 8%, so ILIT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ILIT or LIMI?: ILIT charges 0.47% a year and LIMI charges 0.35%, so LIMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

ILIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ILIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ILIT ↗LIMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗LIMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Themes page for LIMI ↗

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ETFIQ, ILIT against LIMI, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/ilit-vs-limi

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