PAVE vs TOLZ: which is really different?
PAVE and TOLZ hold 3% of their weight in the same names, and PAVE returned +13.2% over the year. Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF and ProShares DJ Brookfield Global Infrastructure ETF.
TOLZ costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.1 points; PAVE is far larger, $13.6bn against $162m.
| PAVE | TOLZ | |
|---|---|---|
| Expense ratio | 0.47% | 0.46% |
| Net assets, PAVE as of Oct 8, 2026 and TOLZ as of Oct 9, 2026 | $13.6bn | $162m |
| Total return, 1 year | +13.2% | +8.1% |
| What it tracks | Infrastructure | Infrastructure |
| Holdings in common | 3% | |
| S&P 500, total return, 1 year | +17.3% | |
| Against the S&P 500, 1 year | behind by 4.1 pts | behind by 9.2 pts |
| Below its all-time high | 10.8%, high on Jun 25, 2026 | 7.5%, high on Mar 2, 2026 |
Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.
64% of PAVE's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 36% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.
34% of TOLZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 8, 2026.
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What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, PAVE and TOLZ hold 3% 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 Oct 8, 2026.
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3% in common
3% 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 | PAVE | TOLZ | PAVE | TOLZ | PAVE | TOLZ |
| 3 months | −5.7% | −5.5% | −9.1 pts | −8.8 pts | −9.4 pts | −9.1 pts |
| 6 months | −2.0% | −6.9% | −17.2 pts | −22.1 pts | −25.2 pts | −30.1 pts |
| 1 year | +13.2% | +8.1% | −4.1 pts | −9.2 pts | −10.4 pts | −15.5 pts |
| 3 years | +78.0% | +51.4% | −7.8 pts | −34.4 pts | −29.3 pts | −55.9 pts |
| Since launch PAVE Mar 2017 · TOLZ Mar 2014 | +285.0% | +111.3% | +1.6 pts | −308.8 pts | −228.9 pts | −740.8 pts |
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On the same fields
As of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
PAVE in plain words
By weight, 64% of PAVE's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 33% of the fund across 100 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +13.2% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 4.1 pts. It sits 10.8% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 2026.
TOLZ in plain words
By weight, 34% of TOLZ'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 39% of the fund across 115 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 the fund returned +8.1% with distributions reinvested against +17.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 9.2 pts. It sits 7.5% below its all-time high of Mar 2, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Do PAVE and TOLZ hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 3% 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.
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How this is computed
It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation.
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.
Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
ETFIQ, PAVE against TOLZ, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/pave-vs-tolz
ETFIQ. (Oct 9, 2026). PAVE against TOLZ. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/pave-vs-tolz
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