JOUL vs POWR: which is really different?

JOUL and POWR hold 29% of their weight in the same names. Corgi High Voltage Grid Equipment ETF and iShares U.S. Power Infrastructure ETF.

37.7%
JOUL in the S&P 500
80.5%
POWR in the S&P 500
−15.3%
JOUL total return, since launch
+2.8%
POWR total return, 1 year
JOUL · 3 months to Sep 30, 202662% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
62% of its weight is outside the S&P 50038% of JOUL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 62% is outside the index38%62%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 66% of the fund · 20 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in62% of its weight is outside the S&P 50038% of JOUL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 62% is outside the index38%62%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 66% of the fund

38% of JOUL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 62% is outside the index

POWR · 1 year to Sep 30, 202620% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
20% of its weight is outside the S&P 50081% of POWR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 20% is outside the index81%20%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 48% of the fund · 82 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 10% in20% of its weight is outside the S&P 50081% of POWR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 20% is outside the index81%20%in the S&P 50020% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 48% of the fund

81% of POWR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 20% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · JOUL 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, JOUL and POWR hold 29% 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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29% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding JOUL POWR
Eaton Corp PLC 14.62% 6.56%
GE Vernova Inc 12.91% 6.34%
Quanta Services Inc 5.75% 6.50%
nVent Electric PLC 5.33% 3.81%
Hubbell Inc 4.47% 3.51%
Valmont Industries Inc 4.43% 1.31%
Powell Industries Inc 3.58% 0.78%
MYR Group Inc 3.83% 0.67%
Itron Inc 3.77% 0.55%
Only in JOUL
Arcosa Inc 5.50%
Forgent Power Solutions Inc 4.30%
Atkore Inc 4.29%
Advanced Energy Industries Inc 4.04%
ESCO Technologies Inc 3.92%
Preformed Line Products Co 3.60%
American Superconductor Corp 3.19%
MasTec Inc 3.16%
Only in POWR
NEXTERA ENERGY 5.81%
EQT 4.45%
SOUTHERN 4.02%
DUKE ENERGY CORP 3.75%
CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP 3.53%
EXPAND ENERGY 2.85%
FIRST SOLAR 2.76%
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER INC 2.72%

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

29% 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
WindowJOULPOWRJOULPOWRJOULPOWR
3 months−13.6%−11.1%−16.1 pts−13.6 pts−15.7 pts−13.2 pts
6 monthsnot published−7.6%not published−24.6 ptsnot published−34.5 pts
1 yearnot published+2.8%not published−12.9 ptsnot published−20.9 pts
3 yearsnot published+8.7%not published−76.3 ptsnot published−101.3 pts
Since launch
JOUL May 2026 · POWR Feb 2012
−15.3%+64.8%−19.7 pts−577.6 pts−21.8 pts−1207.1 pts

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

On the same fields

JOUL
Corgi High Voltage Grid Equipment ETF · Holds 20 stocks in electrification and the grid, 38% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
POWR
iShares U.S. Power Infrastructure ETF · Holds 82 stocks in electrification and the grid, 80% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Corgi iShares
Theme Electrification and the grid Electrification and the grid
In the S&P 500 37.7% 80.5%
Active share vs the S&P 500 99.0% 96.9%
In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 9.9%
Holdings 20 82
Top ten, share of the fund 65.6% 48.3%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.39%
Fee for the differing part 0.35% 0.40%
Total return, 1 year −15.3% (since launch on May 6, 2026) +2.8%
vs the S&P 500 −19.7 pts −12.9 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −21.8 pts −20.9 pts
Below its high −18.3% −13.8%
Net assets $9m $426m

JOUL and POWR on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

JOUL in plain words

By weight, 38% of JOUL'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 20 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Since it launched on May 6, 2026 the fund returned −15.3% with distributions reinvested against +4.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 19.7 pts. It sits 18.3% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

POWR in plain words

By weight, 80% of POWR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 48% of the fund across 82 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 12.9 pts. It sits 13.8% below its all-time high of May 5, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do JOUL and POWR hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 29% 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, JOUL or POWR?
JOUL has 38% of its weight in S&P 500 names and POWR has 80%, so JOUL differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, JOUL or POWR?
JOUL charges 0.35% a year and POWR charges 0.39%, so JOUL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, JOUL against POWR, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/joul-vs-powr

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