Data as of .
MISL vs TSSD: which is really different?
MISL and TSSD hold 41% of their weight in the same names.
ETFIQ Off-Index Score: MISL scores higher
How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
A percentile among the 379 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
41% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, MISL and TSSD hold 41% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | MISL | TSSD |
|---|---|---|
| RTX Corporation | 8.30% | 7.08% |
| Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) | 11.75% | 6.78% |
| Lockheed Martin Corporation | 4.27% | 5.51% |
| Northrop Grumman Corporation | 4.10% | 4.00% |
| General Dynamics Corporation | 3.95% | 4.91% |
| L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | 3.57% | 4.08% |
| Curtiss-Wright Corporation | 2.37% | 2.76% |
| Leidos Holdings, Inc. | 1.81% | 1.29% |
| Moog Inc. | 1.31% | 1.00% |
| CACI International Inc. | 1.56% | 0.96% |
| Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. | 1.00% | 0.94% |
| Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 1.21% | 0.88% |
| Only in MISL | Only in TSSD |
|---|---|
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Class A) 8.81% | Palo Alto Networks Inc 9.71% |
| The Boeing Company 7.48% | Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 7.25% |
| GE Aerospace 7.34% | Fortinet Inc 5.76% |
| HEICO Corporation 3.56% | Cloudflare Inc 4.76% |
| Howmet Aerospace Inc. 3.56% | Axon Enterprise Inc 4.58% |
| TransDigm Group Incorporated 3.53% | Teledyne Technologies Inc 2.90% |
| Rocket Lab Corporation 3.34% | Okta Inc 2.12% |
| AST SpaceMobile, Inc. 2.56% | VeriSign Inc 2.06% |
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | vs the S&P 500 | vs the Nasdaq-100 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MISL | TSSD | MISL | TSSD | MISL | TSSD | |
| 3 months | −8.7% | +12.0% | −10.9 pts | +9.7 pts | −6.2 pts | +14.5 pts |
| 6 months | −7.5% | +18.0% | −25.5 pts | −0.1 pts | −31.7 pts | −6.3 pts |
| 1 year | +6.4% | not published | −10.2 pts | not published | −15.4 pts | not published |
| 3 years | +93.1% | not published | +14.7 pts | not published | −5.1 pts | not published |
| Since launch | +109.5% | +20.2% | −0.6 pts | +8.4 pts | −56.0 pts | +3.4 pts |
| MISL First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF Holds 40 stocks in defense, 62% of its weight in S&P 500 companies | TSSD Truth Social American Security & Defense ETF Holds 62 stocks in defense, 72% of its weight in S&P 500 companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | First Trust | Yorkville |
| Theme | Defense | Defense |
| In the S&P 500 | 62.4% | 71.5% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 97.5% | 97.5% |
| In the Nasdaq-100 | 11.8% | 35.8% |
| Holdings | 40 | 62 |
| Top ten, share of the fund | 63.1% | 60.4% |
| Expense ratio | 0.60% | 0.65% |
| Fee for the differing part | 0.62% | 0.67% |
| Total return, 1 year | +6.4% | +20.2% (since launch on Dec 30, 2025) |
| vs the S&P 500 | −10.2 pts | +8.4 pts |
| vs the Nasdaq-100 | −15.4 pts | +3.4 pts |
| Below its high | −16.9% | −7.1% |
| Net assets | $704m | $7m |
MISL in plain words
By weight, 62% of MISL'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 63% of the fund across 40 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +6.4% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 10.2 pts. It sits 16.9% below its all-time high of Jan 16, 2026.
TSSD in plain words
By weight, 72% of TSSD'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 60% of the fund across 62 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Dec 30, 2025 the fund returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested against +11.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 8.4 pts. It sits 7.1% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Do MISL and TSSD hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 41% 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, MISL or TSSD?
- MISL has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TSSD has 72%, so MISL differs more from the index.
- Which is cheaper, MISL or TSSD?
- MISL charges 0.60% a year and TSSD charges 0.65%, so MISL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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