Do LIMI 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, LIMI or LIT?

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

Which is cheaper, LIMI or LIT?

LIMI charges 0.35% a year and LIT charges 0.75%, so LIMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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LIMI vs LIT: which is really different?

LIMI and LIT hold 13% of their weight in the same names. Themes Lithium & Battery Metal Miners ETF and Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF.

7.5%

LIMI in the S&P 500

8.6%

LIT in the S&P 500

+12.1%

LIMI total return, 1 year

+21.2%

LIT total return, 1 year

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

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 · LIMI scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

LIMI 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, LIMI 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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13% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding LIMI LIT

Albemarle Corp 7.46% 4.17%

PLS Group Ltd 9.08% 2.64%

Mineral Resources Ltd 3.10% 2.07%

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de C 1.33% 3.09%

IGO Ltd 3.57% 1.02%

Liontown Ltd 3.88% 0.44%

AMG Critical Materials NV 0.96% 0.38%

Lithium Americas Corp 3.16% 0.28%

Lithium Argentina AG 2.53% 0.25%

Elevra Lithium Ltd 3.11% 0.20%

Sigma Lithium Corp 0.97% 0.17%

PMET Resources Inc 1.58% 0.15%

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%

Xiamen Tungsten Co Ltd 3.44%

CAPCHEM 3.35%

Core Lithium Ltd 2.96%

GEM Co Ltd 2.51%

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	LIMI	LIT	LIMI	LIT	LIMI	LIT
3 months	−15.3%	−12.3%	−21.4 pts	−14.8 pts	−20.8 pts	−14.4 pts
6 months	−16.6%	−7.7%	−38.8 pts	−24.7 pts	−49.2 pts	−34.6 pts
1 year	+12.1%	+21.2%	−6.4 pts	+5.5 pts	−14.0 pts	−2.6 pts
3 years	not published	+27.4%	not published	−57.6 pts	not published	−82.6 pts
Since launch LIMI Sep 2024 · LIT Jul 2010	+62.3%	+159.4%	+24.2 pts	−661.0 pts	+7.4 pts	−1587.0 pts

LIMI 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

LIMI

Themes Lithium & Battery Metal Miners ETF · Holds 41 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 Themes Global X

Theme Lithium and battery metals Lithium and battery metals

In the S&P 500 7.5% 8.6%

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

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 4.4%

Holdings 41 48

Top ten, share of the fund 52.6% 67.1%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.75%

Fee for the differing part 0.35% 0.76%

Total return, 1 year +12.1% +21.2%

vs the S&P 500 −6.4 pts +5.5 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −14.0 pts −2.6 pts

Below its high −36.3% −26.0%

Net assets $2m $1.4bn

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

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.

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 LIMI 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, LIMI or LIT?: LIMI has 8% of its weight in S&P 500 names and LIT has 9%, so LIMI differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, LIMI or LIT?: LIMI charges 0.35% a year and LIT charges 0.75%, so LIMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

LIMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗LIMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Themes page for LIMI ↗LIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗LIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Global X page for LIT ↗

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

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