Do JETS and SEA hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 1% 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, JETS or SEA?

JETS has 41% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SEA has 9%, so SEA differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, JETS or SEA?

JETS charges 0.60% a year and SEA charges 0.60%, so JETS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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JETS vs SEA: which is really different?

JETS and SEA hold 1% of their weight in the same names, and SEA returned +51.8% over the year. U.S. Global Jets ETF and U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF.

41.3%

JETS in the S&P 500

9.2%

SEA in the S&P 500

+15.4%

JETS total return, 1 year

+51.8%

SEA total return, 1 year

JETS · 1 year to Sep 30, 202659% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

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

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

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?

JETS 64.5

SEA 74.4

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, JETS and SEA hold 1% 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.

50%

half

1% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding JETS SEA

Only in JETS

American Airlines Group Inc 11.36%

United Airlines Holdings Inc 11.12%

Southwest Airlines Co 10.69%

Delta Air Lines Inc 10.54%

Allegiant Travel Co 4.28%

Frontier Group Holdings Inc 4.07%

Air Canada 3.63%

JetBlue Airways Corp 3.60%

Only in SEA

DHT Holdings Inc 5.22%

OOIL 5.03%

Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA 5.00%

COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co Ltd 4.99%

International Seaways Inc 4.96%

SITC International Holdings Co 4.95%

Kuehne + Nagel International A 4.21%

Global Ship Lease Inc 4.11%

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

1% 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	JETS	SEA	JETS	SEA	JETS	SEA
3 months	−15.1%	+23.6%	−17.6 pts	+21.0 pts	−17.2 pts	+21.4 pts
6 months	+11.7%	+18.6%	−5.3 pts	+1.6 pts	−15.2 pts	−8.3 pts
1 year	+15.4%	+51.8%	−0.3 pts	+36.1 pts	−8.4 pts	+28.0 pts
3 years	+67.1%	+86.4%	−17.9 pts	+1.4 pts	−42.9 pts	−23.6 pts
Since launch JETS Apr 2015 · SEA Jan 2022	+22.8%	+66.9%	−319.7 pts	−15.0 pts	−625.7 pts	−43.5 pts

JETS 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

JETS

U.S. Global Jets ETF · Holds 48 stocks in shipping, aviation and logistics, 41% 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 U.S. Global U.S. Global

Theme Shipping, aviation and logistics Shipping, aviation and logistics

In the S&P 500 41.3% 9.2%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.1% 99.7%

In the Nasdaq-100 1.9% 0.0%

Holdings 48 29

Top ten, share of the fund 66.2% 46.3%

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.60%

Fee for the differing part 0.61% 0.60%

Total return, 1 year +15.4% +51.8%

vs the S&P 500 −0.3 pts +36.1 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −8.4 pts +28.0 pts

Below its high −16.3% −2.5%

Net assets $959m $18m

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

JETS in plain words

By weight, 41% of JETS's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 66% of the fund across 48 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +15.4% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was about even. It sits 16.3% below its all-time high of Jan 12, 2018.

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 JETS and SEA hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 1% 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, JETS or SEA?: JETS has 41% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SEA has 9%, so SEA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, JETS or SEA?: JETS charges 0.60% a year and SEA charges 0.60%, so JETS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

JETS and SEA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JETS and SEA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗U.S. Global website ↗

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