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PPA vs TSSD: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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PPA and TSSD hold 40% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets: $7.7bn on Nov 3, 2026 for Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF, and $7.0m on Jun 30, 2026 for Truth Social American Security & Defense ETF.

At a glance
77.0%
PPA in the S&P 500
71.4%
TSSD in the S&P 500
+1.6%
PPA total return, 1 year
+17.1%
TSSD total return, since launch, Dec 30, 2025
PPA · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 23% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
23% of its weight is outside the S&P 50077% of PPA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 23% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.77%23%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 96% · top ten 62% of the fund · 70 holdings as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 9% in23% of its weight is outside the S&P 50077% of PPA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 23% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.77%23%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 96% · Nasdaq-100: 9% in

77% of PPA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 23% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.

TSSD · 6 months to Nov 4, 2026 29% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
29% of its weight is outside the S&P 50071% of TSSD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 29% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.71%29%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 60% of the fund · 62 holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 34% in29% of its weight is outside the S&P 50071% of TSSD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 29% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.71%29%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 98% · Nasdaq-100: 34% in

71% of TSSD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 29% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.

Pair scorecard

PPA costs 0.07 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

PPA vs TSSD: Holdings Overlap & Returns
MeasurePPATSSD
Return
Total return, 1 year+1.6%not published
Drawdown
Below its all-time high14.9%, high on Mar 2, 20269.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Against its benchmark
What it tracksDefenseDefense
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearbehind by 13.2 pts
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year+14.8%
Against its benchmark, 1 yearbehind by 13.2 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.58%0.65%
Net assets, PPA as of Nov 3, 2026 and TSSD as of Jun 30, 2026$7.7bn$7.0m
Holdings
Holdings in common40%
ETFIQ S&P 500 Difference Score · TSSD scores higher How much of its weight does it not share with the S&P 500?
IQ Themes Score74.1PPA84.2TSSD

How different its holdings are from the S&P 500, ranked against 114 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.4, the lowest in this set 99.6, the highest

Weight not shared with the S&P 500 only; it says nothing about returns, fees or whether the theme pays off. All thematic ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

40%

By the books each fund has filed, PPA and TSSD hold 40% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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40% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first PPA TSSD
RTX Corp 9.45% 7.08%
Lockheed Martin Corp 9.58% 5.50%
General Dynamics Corp 5.62% 4.91%
L3Harris Technologies Inc 4.22% 4.08%
Northrop Grumman Corp 5.12% 4.00%
Axon Enterprise Inc 1.97% 4.57%
Palantir Technologies Inc 1.50% 6.78%
Curtiss-Wright Corp 1.05% 2.76%
Leidos Holdings Inc 0.99% 1.29%
CACI International Inc 0.98% 0.96%
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc 1.01% 0.88%
Teledyne Technologies Inc 0.73% 2.90%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in PPA
General Electric Co 8.89%
Boeing Co 7.76%
Howmet Aerospace Inc 3.90%
Honeywell Aerospace Inc 3.70%
TransDigm Group Inc 3.59%
Parker-Hannifin Corp 3.47%
Elbit Systems Ltd 2.83%
Amphenol Corp 2.25%
Only in TSSD
Palo Alto Networks Inc 9.70%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 7.24%
Fortinet Inc 5.75%
Cloudflare Inc 4.75%
Okta Inc 2.12%
VeriSign Inc 2.06%
F5 Inc 1.79%
Akamai Technologies Inc 1.72%
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Window by window: PPA vs TSSD: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Total returnvs its benchmark
WindowPPATSSDPPATSSD
3 months−14.0%−4.9%−13.9 pts vs IVVnot measured
6 months−6.3%+19.4%−11.3 pts vs IVVnot measured
1 year+1.6%–−13.2 pts vs IVV–
3 years+90.4%–+7.0 pts vs IVV–
Since launchNot the same days: PPA Oct 2005 · TSSD Dec 2025+1,183.3%+17.1%not measurednot measured

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Side by side

PPA Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF · Holds 70 stocks in defense, 77% of its weight in S&P 500 companies TSSD Truth Social American Security & Defense ETF · Holds 62 stocks in defense, 71% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Theme Defense Defense
In the S&P 500 77.0% 71.4%
Active share vs the S&P 500 96.4% 97.6%
In the Nasdaq-100 8.8% 34.0%
Holdings 70 62
Top ten, share of the fund 61.8% 60.4%
Expense ratio 0.58% 0.65%
Fee for the differing part 0.60% 0.67%
Total return, 1 year +1.6% +17.1% (since launch, Dec 30, 2025)
vs its benchmark −13.2 pts vs IVV not measured
Below its high −14.9% −9.4%
Net assets, PPA as of Nov 3, 2026 and TSSD as of Jun 30, 2026 $7.7bn $7.0m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

40% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund
PPA

By weight, 77% of PPA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 96%. The top ten holdings are 62% of the fund across 70 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +1.6% with distributions reinvested against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, so a holder was behind by 13.2 pts. It sits 14.9% below its all-time high of Mar 2, 2026.

TSSD

By weight, 71% of TSSD'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 60% of the fund across 62 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Dec 30, 2025 the fund returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. It sits 9.4% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do PPA and TSSD hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 40% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, PPA or TSSD?
PPA has 77% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TSSD has 71%, so TSSD differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, PPA or TSSD?
PPA charges 0.58% a year and TSSD charges 0.65%, so PPA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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