Do POW and POWR hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 37% 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, POW or POWR?

POW has 31% of its weight in S&P 500 names and POWR has 80%, so POW differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, POW or POWR?

POW charges 0.75% a year and POWR charges 0.39%, so POWR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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POW vs POWR: which is really different?

POW and POWR hold 37% of their weight in the same names. VistaShares Electrification Supercycle ETF and iShares U.S. Power Infrastructure ETF.

31.3%

POW in the S&P 500

80.5%

POWR in the S&P 500

+28.5%

POW total return, since launch

+2.8%

POWR total return, 1 year

POW · 6 months to Sep 30, 202669% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

31% of POW's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 69% is outside the index

POWR · 1 year to Sep 30, 202620% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

81% of POWR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 20% is outside the index

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

POW 46.9

POWR 39.6

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, POW and POWR hold 37% 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 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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37% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding POW POWR

Quanta Services Inc 5.23% 6.50%

Eaton Corp PLC 4.86% 6.56%

nVent Electric PLC 4.20% 3.81%

GE Vernova Inc 3.37% 6.34%

Hubbell Inc 2.94% 3.51%

American Electric Power Co Inc 2.68% 2.72%

NextEra Energy Inc 2.03% 5.81%

Xcel Energy Inc 2.07% 1.86%

Vistra Corp 1.41% 1.84%

Constellation Energy Corp 1.39% 3.53%

Exelon Corp 1.24% 1.76%

Eversource Energy 1.16% 1.02%

Only in POW

Delta Electronics Inc 5.82%

Prysmian SpA 4.22%

LS Electric Co Ltd 3.98%

Hyosung Heavy Industries Corp 3.85%

Bel Fuse Inc 3.42%

Bloom Energy Corp 3.27%

Siemens Energy AG 2.91%

Forgent Power Solutions Inc 2.66%

Only in POWR

EQT 4.45%

SOUTHERN 4.02%

DUKE ENERGY CORP 3.75%

EXPAND ENERGY 2.85%

FIRST SOLAR 2.76%

DOMINION ENERGY 2.24%

ENTERGY CORP 1.95%

GENERAC HOLDINGS 1.79%

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

37% 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	POW	POWR	POW	POWR	POW	POWR
3 months	−13.0%	−11.1%	−15.6 pts	−13.6 pts	−15.2 pts	−13.2 pts
6 months	+5.5%	−7.6%	−11.5 pts	−24.6 pts	−21.4 pts	−34.5 pts
1 year	not published	+2.8%	not published	−12.9 pts	not published	−20.9 pts
3 years	not published	+8.7%	not published	−76.3 pts	not published	−101.3 pts
Since launch POW Oct 2025 · POWR Feb 2012	+28.5%	+64.8%	+16.3 pts	−577.6 pts	+11.1 pts	−1207.1 pts

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

On the same fields

POW

VistaShares Electrification Supercycle ETF · Holds 54 stocks in electrification and the grid, 31% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

POWR

iShares U.S. Power Infrastructure ETF · Holds 82 stocks in electrification and the grid, 80% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer VistaShares iShares

Theme Electrification and the grid Electrification and the grid

In the S&P 500 31.3% 80.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 97.8% 96.9%

In the Nasdaq-100 7.4% 9.9%

Holdings 54 82

Top ten, share of the fund 42.5% 48.3%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.39%

Fee for the differing part 0.77% 0.40%

Total return, 1 year +28.5% (since launch on Oct 28, 2025) +2.8%

vs the S&P 500 +16.3 pts −12.9 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 +11.1 pts −20.9 pts

Below its high −22.3% −13.8%

Net assets $62m $426m

POW and POWR on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

POW in plain words

By weight, 31% of POW'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 42% of the fund across 54 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 1, 2026. Since it launched on Oct 28, 2025 the fund returned +28.5% with distributions reinvested against +12.2% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 16.3 pts. It sits 22.3% below its all-time high of May 11, 2026.

POWR in plain words

By weight, 80% of POWR'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 48% of the fund across 82 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 12.9 pts. It sits 13.8% below its all-time high of May 5, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do POW and POWR hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 37% 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, POW or POWR?: POW has 31% of its weight in S&P 500 names and POWR has 80%, so POW differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, POW or POWR?: POW charges 0.75% a year and POWR charges 0.39%, so POWR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

POW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗POW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VistaShares page for POW ↗POWR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗POWR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for POWR ↗

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ETFIQ, POW against POWR, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/pow-vs-powr

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