LITP vs WATS: which is really different?

LITP and WATS hold 7% of their weight in the same names. Sprott Lithium Miners ETF and Corgi Battery Energy Storage Systems ETF.

9.7%
LITP in the S&P 500
28.9%
WATS in the S&P 500
+9.9%
LITP total return, 1 year
−24.9%
WATS total return, since launch
LITP · 1 year to Sep 30, 202690% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
90% of its weight is outside the S&P 50010% of LITP's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 90% is outside the index10%90%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 71% of the fund · 38 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in90% of its weight is outside the S&P 50010% of LITP's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 90% is outside the index10%90%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 71% of the fund

10% of LITP's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 90% 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 · LITP 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, LITP and WATS hold 7% 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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7% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding LITP WATS
Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Sa 10.90% 4.01%
Albemarle Corp 9.67% 3.43%
Only in LITP
Ganfeng Lithium Group Co Ltd 9.88%
Pls Group Ltd 9.44%
Liontown Ltd 8.46%
Lithium Argentina Ag 4.89%
Igo Ltd 4.55%
Lithium Americas Corp 4.55%
Tianqi Lithium Corp 4.43%
Elevra Lithium Ltd 4.41%
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.

7% 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
WindowLITPWATSLITPWATSLITPWATS
3 months−26.2%−23.4%−28.7 pts−26.0 pts−28.3 pts−25.6 pts
6 months−31.9%not published−48.8 ptsnot published−58.7 ptsnot published
1 year+9.9%not published−5.8 ptsnot published−13.8 ptsnot published
3 years−25.8%not published−110.8 ptsnot published−135.8 ptsnot published
Since launch
LITP Feb 2023 · WATS May 2026
−46.8%−24.9%−138.7 pts−29.3 pts−189.2 pts−31.4 pts

LITP 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

LITP
Sprott Lithium Miners ETF · Holds 38 stocks in lithium and battery metals, 10% 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 Sprott Corgi
Theme Lithium and battery metals Electric vehicles and batteries
In the S&P 500 9.7% 28.9%
Active share vs the S&P 500 100.0% 98.1%
In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 17.0%
Holdings 38 24
Top ten, share of the fund 71.2% 65.2%
Expense ratio 0.65% 0.35%
Fee for the differing part 0.65% 0.36%
Total return, 1 year +9.9% −24.9% (since launch on May 6, 2026)
vs the S&P 500 −5.8 pts −29.3 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −13.8 pts −31.4 pts
Below its high −49.3% −38.3%
Net assets $33m $496,218

LITP and WATS on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

LITP in plain words

By weight, 10% of LITP'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 71% of the fund across 38 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +9.9% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 5.8 pts. It sits 49.3% 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 LITP and WATS hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 7% 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, LITP or WATS?
LITP has 10% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WATS has 29%, so LITP differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, LITP or WATS?
LITP charges 0.65% a year and WATS charges 0.35%, so WATS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, LITP against WATS, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/litp-vs-wats

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