Do NASA and UFO hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 32% 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, NASA or UFO?

NASA has 3% of its weight in S&P 500 names and UFO has 36%, so NASA differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, NASA or UFO?

NASA charges 0.75% a year and UFO charges 0.75%, so NASA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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NASA vs UFO: which is really different?

NASA and UFO hold 32% of their weight in the same names. Tema Space Innovators ETF and Procure Space ETF.

2.6%

NASA in the S&P 500

35.9%

UFO in the S&P 500

−4.8%

NASA total return, since launch

+19.0%

UFO total return, 1 year

NASA · 6 months to Sep 30, 202697% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

3% of NASA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 97% is outside the index

UFO · 1 year to Sep 30, 202664% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

36% of UFO's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · NASA scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

NASA 82.3

UFO 56.7

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, NASA and UFO hold 32% 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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

50%

half

32% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding NASA UFO

VIASAT INC 5.19% 5.94%

ROCKET LAB CORP 10.35% 5.06%

FIREFLY AEROSPACE INC 3.81% 3.90%

AST SPACEMOBILE INC 6.94% 3.56%

INTUITIVE MACHINES INC 3.44% 3.48%

MDA SPACE LTD 2.99% 4.13%

VOYAGER TECHNOLOGIES INC 3.11% 1.72%

PLANET LABS PBC 1.55% 6.21%

BLACKSKY TECHNOLOGY INC 2.24% 1.33%

REDWIRE CORP 0.98% 0.89%

QPS HOLDINGS INC 1.57% 0.80%

ASTROSCALE HOLDINGS INC 2.33% 0.80%

Only in NASA

SPACEX SPV EXPOSURE 16.75%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 7.46%

UNIVERSAL MICROWAVE TECHNOLOGY INC 4.88%

FILTRONIC PLC 3.89%

5N PLUS INC 3.38%

LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC 2.17%

WIN SEMICONDUCTORS CORP 1.82%

AIXTRON SE 1.60%

Only in UFO

Globalstar Inc 5.32%

Sirius XM Holdings Inc 5.08%

Iridium Communications Inc 4.53%

Garmin Ltd 4.46%

Trimble Inc 4.27%

SES SA 4.03%

SKY Perfect JSAT Corp 3.52%

Boeing Co/The 2.35%

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

32% 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	NASA	UFO	NASA	UFO	NASA	UFO
3 months	−18.6%	−15.7%	−21.2 pts	−18.2 pts	−20.8 pts	−17.8 pts
6 months	−9.3%	−8.4%	−26.3 pts	−25.4 pts	−36.1 pts	−35.3 pts
1 year	not published	+19.0%	not published	+3.3 pts	not published	−4.8 pts
3 years	not published	+160.4%	not published	+75.5 pts	not published	+50.5 pts
Since launch NASA Mar 2026 · UFO Apr 2019	−4.8%	+86.5%	−22.7 pts	−108.9 pts	−33.3 pts	−232.4 pts

NASA and UFO over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

NASA

Tema Space Innovators ETF · Holds 35 stocks in space, 3% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

UFO

Procure Space ETF · Holds 64 stocks in space, 36% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Tema Procure

Theme Space Space

In the S&P 500 2.6% 35.9%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.9% 98.6%

In the Nasdaq-100 2.2% 1.1%

Holdings 35 64

Top ten, share of the fund 66.1% 48.5%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.75%

Fee for the differing part 0.75% 0.76%

Total return, 1 year −4.8% (since launch on Mar 31, 2026) +19.0%

vs the S&P 500 −22.7 pts +3.3 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −33.3 pts −4.8 pts

Below its high −42.8% −37.5%

Net assets $1.1bn $587m

NASA and UFO on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

NASA in plain words

By weight, 3% of NASA'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 66% of the fund across 35 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Since it launched on Mar 31, 2026 the fund returned −4.8% with distributions reinvested against +17.9% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 22.7 pts. It sits 42.8% below its all-time high of May 27, 2026.

UFO in plain words

By weight, 36% of UFO'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 48% of the fund across 64 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +19.0% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 3.3 pts. It sits 37.5% below its all-time high of May 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do NASA and UFO hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 32% 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, NASA or UFO?: NASA has 3% of its weight in S&P 500 names and UFO has 36%, so NASA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, NASA or UFO?: NASA charges 0.75% a year and UFO charges 0.75%, so NASA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

NASA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗NASA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Tema page for NASA ↗UFO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗UFO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Procure website ↗

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ETFIQ, NASA against UFO, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/nasa-vs-ufo

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