LIMI vs WATS: which is really different?

LIMI and WATS hold 5% of their weight in the same names. Themes Lithium & Battery Metal Miners ETF and Corgi Battery Energy Storage Systems ETF.

7.5%
LIMI in the S&P 500
28.9%
WATS in the S&P 500
+12.1%
LIMI total return, 1 year
−24.9%
WATS total return, since launch
LIMI · 1 year to Sep 25, 202693% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
93% of its weight is outside the S&P 5008% of LIMI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 93% is outside the index8%93%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 53% of the fund · 41 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in93% of its weight is outside the S&P 5008% of LIMI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 93% is outside the index8%93%8% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 53% of the fund

8% of LIMI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 93% is outside the index

WATS · 3 months to Sep 30, 202671% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
71% of its weight is outside the S&P 50029% of WATS's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 71% is outside the index29%71%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 65% of the fund · 24 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 17% in71% of its weight is outside the S&P 50029% of WATS's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 71% is outside the index29%71%inoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 65% of the fund

29% of WATS's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 71% 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?
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 WATS hold 5% 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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5% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding LIMI WATS
Albemarle Corp 7.46% 3.43%
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de C 1.33% 4.01%
Only in LIMI
PLS Group Ltd 9.08%
TINCI 7.02%
Tianqi Lithium Corp 5.52%
Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co Ltd 5.35%
Ganfeng Lithium Group Co Ltd 3.88%
Liontown Ltd 3.88%
IGO Ltd 3.57%
Xiamen Tungsten Co Ltd 3.44%
Only in WATS
Tesla Inc 17.02%
Bloom Energy Corp 12.36%
Enphase Energy Inc 6.12%
EnerSys 5.76%
Energy Vault Holdings Inc 4.58%
AES Corp/The 4.33%
Generac Holdings Inc 4.09%
Sunrun Inc 3.50%

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

5% 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
WindowLIMIWATSLIMIWATSLIMIWATS
3 months−15.3%−23.4%−21.4 pts−26.0 pts−20.8 pts−25.6 pts
6 months−16.6%not published−38.8 ptsnot published−49.2 ptsnot published
1 year+12.1%not published−6.4 ptsnot published−14.0 ptsnot published
Since launch
LIMI Sep 2024 · WATS May 2026
+62.3%−24.9%+24.2 pts−29.3 pts+7.4 pts−31.4 pts

LIMI and WATS 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
WATS
Corgi Battery Energy Storage Systems ETF · Holds 24 stocks in electric vehicles and batteries, 29% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Themes Corgi
Theme Lithium and battery metals Electric vehicles and batteries
In the S&P 500 7.5% 28.9%
Active share vs the S&P 500 100.0% 98.1%
In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 17.0%
Holdings 41 24
Top ten, share of the fund 52.6% 65.2%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.35%
Fee for the differing part 0.35% 0.36%
Total return, 1 year +12.1% −24.9% (since launch on May 6, 2026)
vs the S&P 500 −6.4 pts −29.3 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −14.0 pts −31.4 pts
Below its high −36.3% −38.3%
Net assets $2m $496,218

LIMI and WATS 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.

WATS in plain words

By weight, 29% of WATS'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 65% of the fund across 24 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Since it launched on May 6, 2026 the fund returned −24.9% with distributions reinvested against +4.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 29.3 pts. It sits 38.3% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do LIMI and WATS hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 5% 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 WATS?
LIMI has 8% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WATS has 29%, so LIMI differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, LIMI or WATS?
LIMI charges 0.35% a year and WATS charges 0.35%, so LIMI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, LIMI against WATS, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/limi-vs-wats

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