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NATO vs WAR: which is really different?

NATO and WAR hold 6% of their weight in the same names.

Themes Transatlantic Defense ETF and U.S. Global Technology and Aerospace & Defense ETF.

58.4%NATO in the S&P 500
38.3%WAR in the S&P 500
+0.6%NATO total return, 1 year
−9.7%WAR total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: NATO scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

NATO 44.5WAR 26.60.1, the lowest in this set91.8, the highest

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

NATO42% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
58%42%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 59% of the fund · 84 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 5% in58%42%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 98% · top ten 59% of the fund
WAR62% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 3 months to Sep 18, 2026
38%62%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 92% · top ten 61% of the fund · 28 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 32% in38%62%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 92% · top ten 61% of the fund

6% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, NATO and WAR hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions NATO and WAR both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingNATOWAR
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC8.01%4.09%
Axon Enterprise Inc1.73%8.76%
Karman Holdings Inc0.13%3.71%
Intuitive Machines Inc0.09%4.98%
Only in each
Only in NATOOnly in WAR
RTX Corp 8.53%Astera Labs Inc 9.50%
GE AEROSPACE 7.56%Micron Technology Inc 8.59%
Boeing Co/The 7.41%Mildef Group AB 7.21%
AIRBUS GROUP SE 6.44%DroneShield Ltd 5.04%
Safran SA 6.35%Teradyne Inc 4.96%
Lockheed Martin Corp 4.87%Electro Optic Systems Holdings 4.11%
BAE Systems PLC 4.16%Lattice Semiconductor Corp 4.08%
Howmet Aerospace Inc 4.07%BE Semiconductor Industries NV 3.84%

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 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

NATO and WAR over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
NATOWARNATOWARNATOWAR
3 months−6.6%−7.9%−8.9 pts−10.2 pts−4.1 pts−5.4 pts
6 months−3.4%not published−21.5 ptsnot published−27.7 ptsnot published
1 year+0.6%not published−16.0 ptsnot published−21.2 ptsnot published
Since launch+49.9%−9.7%+15.4 pts−11.7 pts+2.3 pts−8.6 pts
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NATO and WAR on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
NATO
Themes Transatlantic Defense ETF
Holds 84 stocks in defense, 58% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
WAR
U.S. Global Technology and Aerospace & Defense ETF
Holds 28 stocks in defense, 38% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerThemesU.S. Global
ThemeDefenseDefense
In the S&P 50058.4%38.3%
Active share vs the S&P 50097.6%92.4%
In the Nasdaq-1005.1%31.5%
Holdings8428
Top ten, share of the fund58.8%61.3%
Expense ratio0.35%0.60%
Fee for the differing part0.36%0.65%
Total return, 1 year+0.6%−9.7% (since launch on May 26, 2026)
vs the S&P 500−16.0 pts−11.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−21.2 pts−8.6 pts
Below its high−14.4%−13.8%
Net assets$95m$41m

NATO in plain words

By weight, 58% of NATO'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 59% of the fund across 84 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 21, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +0.6% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 16.0 pts. It sits 14.4% below its all-time high of Mar 2, 2026.

WAR in plain words

By weight, 38% of WAR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 92%. The top ten holdings are 61% of the fund across 28 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on May 26, 2026 the fund returned −9.7% with distributions reinvested against +2.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 11.7 pts. It sits 13.8% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do NATO and WAR hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 6% 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, NATO or WAR?
NATO has 58% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WAR has 38%, so NATO differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, NATO or WAR?
NATO charges 0.35% a year and WAR charges 0.60%, so NATO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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NATO against WAR, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, NATO against WAR, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/nato-vs-war Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

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