Do ILIT and LIT hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 13% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, ILIT or LIT?

ILIT has 8% of its weight in S&P 500 names and LIT has 9%, so ILIT differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, ILIT or LIT?

ILIT charges 0.47% a year and LIT charges 0.75%, so ILIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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ILIT vs LIT: which is really different?

ILIT and LIT hold 13% of their weight in the same names, and LIT returned +21.2% over the year. iShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF and Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF.

7.9%

ILIT in the S&P 500

8.6%

LIT in the S&P 500

+7.0%

ILIT total return, 1 year

+21.2%

LIT 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

LIT · 1 year to Sep 30, 202691% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

9% of LIT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 91% 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

LIT 51.3

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 LIT hold 13% 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 29, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

50%

half

13% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ILIT LIT

ALBEMARLE CORP 7.88% 4.17%

SOCIEDAD QUIMICA Y MINERA DE CHILE 8.15% 3.09%

PLS GROUP LTD 6.91% 2.64%

LIONTOWN LTD 7.07% 0.44%

LITHIUM ARGENTINA AG 3.69% 0.25%

ELEVRA LITHIUM LTD 3.74% 0.20%

SIGMA LITHIUM 3.11% 0.17%

PMET RESOURCES INC 2.92% 0.15%

EUROPEAN LITHIUM LTD 2.37% 0.13%

Only in ILIT

LITHIUM AMERICAS 4.73%

COSMOAM&T LTD 3.93%

CORE LITHIUM LTD 3.59%

GANFENG LITHIUM GROUP LTD A 3.11%

CRITICAL METALS CORP 2.83%

GUANGZHOU TINCI MATERIALS TECHNOLO 2.82%

TIANQI LITHIUM INDUSTRIES A 2.66%

SHENZHEN CAPCHEM TECHNOLOGY LTD A 2.21%

Only in LIT

RIO TINTO PLC-SPON ADR 22.75%

PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION 7.32%

NAURA TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO-A 6.37%

TDK CORP 5.73%

SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD 5.65%

TESLA INC 4.39%

LG ENERGY SOLUTION 4.17%

EVE ENERGY CO LTD-A 3.33%

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

13% 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	LIT	ILIT	LIT	ILIT	LIT
3 months	−27.4%	−12.3%	−29.9 pts	−14.8 pts	−29.5 pts	−14.4 pts
6 months	−26.2%	−7.7%	−43.2 pts	−24.7 pts	−53.1 pts	−34.6 pts
1 year	+7.0%	+21.2%	−8.7 pts	+5.5 pts	−16.7 pts	−2.6 pts
3 years	−24.5%	+27.4%	−109.5 pts	−57.6 pts	−134.5 pts	−82.6 pts
Since launch ILIT Jun 2023 · LIT Jul 2010	−42.3%	+159.4%	−125.5 pts	−661.0 pts	−150.1 pts	−1587.0 pts

ILIT and LIT 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

LIT

Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF · Holds 48 stocks in lithium and battery metals, 9% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer iShares Global X

Theme Lithium and battery metals Lithium and battery metals

In the S&P 500 7.9% 8.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 100.0% 98.1%

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 4.4%

Holdings 62 48

Top ten, share of the fund 52.8% 67.1%

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.75%

Fee for the differing part 0.47% 0.76%

Total return, 1 year +7.0% +21.2%

vs the S&P 500 −8.7 pts +5.5 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −16.7 pts −2.6 pts

Below its high −46.7% −26.0%

Net assets $13m $1.4bn

ILIT and LIT 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.

LIT in plain words

By weight, 9% of LIT'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 67% of the fund across 48 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +21.2% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 5.5 pts. It sits 26.0% below its all-time high of Nov 8, 2021.

Questions people ask

Do ILIT and LIT hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 13% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, ILIT or LIT?: ILIT has 8% of its weight in S&P 500 names and LIT has 9%, so ILIT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ILIT or LIT?: ILIT charges 0.47% a year and LIT charges 0.75%, so ILIT 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 ↗LIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗LIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Global X page for LIT ↗

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

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