JOUL vs VOLT: which is really different?

JOUL and VOLT hold 33% of their weight in the same names. Corgi High Voltage Grid Equipment ETF and Tema Electrification ETF.

37.7%
JOUL in the S&P 500
52.8%
VOLT in the S&P 500
−15.3%
JOUL total return, since launch
+23.6%
VOLT 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

VOLT · 1 year to Sep 30, 202647% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
47% of its weight is outside the S&P 50053% of VOLT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 47% is outside the index53%47%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 55% of the fund · 26 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 7% in47% of its weight is outside the S&P 50053% of VOLT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 47% is outside the index53%47%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 97% · top ten 55% of the fund

53% of VOLT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 47% 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 VOLT hold 33% 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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33% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding JOUL VOLT
Eaton Corp PLC 14.62% 6.36%
Quanta Services Inc 5.75% 5.55%
nVent Electric PLC 5.33% 4.52%
Hubbell Inc 4.47% 4.47%
GE Vernova Inc 12.91% 4.37%
Advanced Energy Industries Inc 4.04% 3.99%
Powell Industries Inc 3.58% 5.48%
Only in JOUL
Arcosa Inc 5.50%
Valmont Industries Inc 4.43%
Forgent Power Solutions Inc 4.30%
Atkore Inc 4.29%
ESCO Technologies Inc 3.92%
MYR Group Inc 3.83%
Itron Inc 3.77%
Preformed Line Products Co 3.60%
Only in VOLT
BEL FUSE INC 6.73%
AMPHENOL CORP 6.70%
ENERGY TRANSFER LP 5.16%
NEXTERA ENERGY INC 4.93%
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INC 4.87%
OGE ENERGY CORP 4.48%
BLOOM ENERGY CORP 4.45%
IDACORP INC 4.38%

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

33% 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
WindowJOULVOLTJOULVOLTJOULVOLT
3 months−13.6%−12.3%−16.1 pts−14.8 pts−15.7 pts−14.4 pts
6 monthsnot published+1.8%not published−15.2 ptsnot published−25.1 pts
1 yearnot published+23.6%not published+7.9 ptsnot published−0.2 pts
Since launch
JOUL May 2026 · VOLT Dec 2024
−15.3%+40.6%−19.7 pts+12.2 pts−21.8 pts−2.2 pts

JOUL and VOLT 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
VOLT
Tema Electrification ETF · Holds 26 stocks in electrification and the grid, 53% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Corgi Tema
Theme Electrification and the grid Electrification and the grid
In the S&P 500 37.7% 52.8%
Active share vs the S&P 500 99.0% 96.9%
In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 6.8%
Holdings 20 26
Top ten, share of the fund 65.6% 54.8%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.75%
Fee for the differing part 0.35% 0.77%
Total return, 1 year −15.3% (since launch on May 6, 2026) +23.6%
vs the S&P 500 −19.7 pts +7.9 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −21.8 pts −0.2 pts
Below its high −18.3% −15.7%
Net assets $9m $727m

JOUL and VOLT 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.

VOLT in plain words

By weight, 53% of VOLT'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 55% of the fund across 26 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +23.6% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 7.9 pts. It sits 15.7% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do JOUL and VOLT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 33% 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 VOLT?
JOUL has 38% of its weight in S&P 500 names and VOLT has 53%, so JOUL differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, JOUL or VOLT?
JOUL charges 0.35% a year and VOLT charges 0.75%, so JOUL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, JOUL against VOLT, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/joul-vs-volt

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