POW vs VOLT: which is really different?

POW and VOLT hold 44% of their weight in the same names. VistaShares Electrification Supercycle ETF and Tema Electrification ETF.

31.3%
POW in the S&P 500
52.8%
VOLT in the S&P 500
+28.5%
POW total return, since launch
+23.6%
VOLT total return, 1 year
POW · 6 months to Sep 30, 202669% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
69% of its weight is outside the S&P 50031% of POW's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 69% is outside the index31%69%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 43% of the fund · 54 holdings filed Oct 1, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 7% in69% of its weight is outside the S&P 50031% of POW's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 69% is outside the index31%69%inoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 43% of the fund

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

VOLT · 1 year to Sep 30, 202647% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
47% of its weight is outside the S&P 50053% of VOLT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 47% is outside the index53%47%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 55% of the fund · 26 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 7% in47% of its weight is outside the S&P 50053% of VOLT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 47% is outside the index53%47%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 97% · top ten 55% of the fund

53% of VOLT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 47% 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?
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 VOLT hold 44% 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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44% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding POW VOLT
Quanta Services Inc 5.23% 5.55%
Eaton Corp PLC 4.86% 6.36%
nVent Electric PLC 4.20% 4.52%
Powell Industries Inc 3.56% 5.48%
Bel Fuse Inc 3.42% 6.73%
GE Vernova Inc 3.37% 4.37%
Bloom Energy Corp 3.27% 4.45%
Hubbell Inc 2.94% 4.47%
American Electric Power Co Inc 2.68% 4.87%
NextEra Energy Inc 2.03% 4.93%
ABB Ltd 1.94% 2.99%
Xcel Energy Inc 2.07% 1.94%
Only in POW
Delta Electronics Inc 5.82%
Prysmian SpA 4.22%
LS Electric Co Ltd 3.98%
Hyosung Heavy Industries Corp 3.85%
Siemens Energy AG 2.91%
Forgent Power Solutions Inc 2.66%
Hammond Power Solutions Inc 2.62%
Vicor Corp 2.37%
Only in VOLT
ENERGY TRANSFER LP 5.16%
OGE ENERGY CORP 4.48%
IDACORP INC 4.38%
ENTERGY CORP 3.60%
NISOURCE INC 3.00%
WILLIAMS COS INC/THE 2.24%
CATERPILLAR INC 2.18%
ANTHROPIC SPV EXPOSURE 2.14%

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

44% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowPOWVOLTPOWVOLTPOWVOLT
3 months−13.0%−12.3%−15.6 pts−14.8 pts−15.2 pts−14.4 pts
6 months+5.5%+1.8%−11.5 pts−15.2 pts−21.4 pts−25.1 pts
1 yearnot published+23.6%not published+7.9 ptsnot published−0.2 pts
Since launch
POW Oct 2025 · VOLT Dec 2024
+28.5%+40.6%+16.3 pts+12.2 pts+11.1 pts−2.2 pts

POW and VOLT 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
VOLT
Tema Electrification ETF · Holds 26 stocks in electrification and the grid, 53% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer VistaShares Tema
Theme Electrification and the grid Electrification and the grid
In the S&P 500 31.3% 52.8%
Active share vs the S&P 500 97.8% 96.9%
In the Nasdaq-100 7.4% 6.8%
Holdings 54 26
Top ten, share of the fund 42.5% 54.8%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.75%
Fee for the differing part 0.77% 0.77%
Total return, 1 year +28.5% (since launch on Oct 28, 2025) +23.6%
vs the S&P 500 +16.3 pts +7.9 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 +11.1 pts −0.2 pts
Below its high −22.3% −15.7%
Net assets $62m $727m

POW and VOLT 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.

VOLT in plain words

By weight, 53% of VOLT'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 55% of the fund across 26 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +23.6% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 7.9 pts. It sits 15.7% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do POW and VOLT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 44% 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 VOLT?
POW has 31% of its weight in S&P 500 names and VOLT has 53%, so POW differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, POW or VOLT?
POW charges 0.75% a year and VOLT charges 0.75%, so POW is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

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

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