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PPA vs TSSD: which is really different?

PPA and TSSD hold 43% of their weight in the same names.

Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF and Truth Social American Security & Defense ETF.

71.7%PPA in the S&P 500
71.5%TSSD in the S&P 500
+6.0%PPA total return, 1 year
+20.2%TSSD total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: TSSD scores higher

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

PPA 36.9TSSD 43.30.1, 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

PPA28% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
72%28%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 96% · top ten 54% of the fund · 63 holdings filed Sep 19, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 5% in72%28%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 96% · top ten 54% of the fund
TSSD29% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
72%29%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 60% of the fund · 62 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 36% in72%29%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 98% · top ten 60% of the fund

43% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PPA and TSSD hold 43% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions PPA and TSSD both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingPPATSSD
RTX Corp8.16%7.08%
Lockheed Martin Corp6.67%5.51%
General Dynamics Corp4.99%4.91%
Northrop Grumman Corp5.04%4.00%
L3Harris Technologies Inc3.73%4.08%
Axon Enterprise Inc2.96%4.58%
Palantir Technologies Inc1.93%6.78%
Curtiss-Wright Corp1.45%2.76%
Leidos Holdings Inc1.22%1.29%
CACI International Inc1.20%0.96%
BWX Technologies Inc0.89%1.72%
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc1.05%0.88%
Only in each
Only in PPAOnly in TSSD
Boeing Co/The 6.87%Palo Alto Networks Inc 9.71%
General Electric Co 6.77%Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 7.25%
Howmet Aerospace Inc 3.97%Fortinet Inc 5.76%
Parker-Hannifin Corp 3.89%Cloudflare Inc 4.76%
Honeywell Aerospace Inc 3.53%Okta Inc 2.12%
Elbit Systems Ltd 3.50%VeriSign Inc 2.06%
TransDigm Group Inc 2.92%F5 Inc 1.79%
Amphenol Corp 2.65%Akamai Technologies Inc 1.72%

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 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

PPA and TSSD over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
PPATSSDPPATSSDPPATSSD
3 months−8.8%+12.0%−11.0 pts+9.7 pts−6.3 pts+14.5 pts
6 months−5.5%+18.0%−23.5 pts−0.1 pts−29.7 pts−6.3 pts
1 year+6.0%not published−10.6 ptsnot published−15.8 ptsnot published
3 years+98.2%not published+19.8 ptsnot published+0.1 ptsnot published
Since launch+985.0%+20.2%+181.5 pts+8.4 pts−705.2 pts+3.4 pts
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PPA and TSSD on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
PPA
Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF
Holds 63 stocks in defense, 72% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
TSSD
Truth Social American Security & Defense ETF
Holds 62 stocks in defense, 72% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerInvescoYorkville
ThemeDefenseDefense
In the S&P 50071.7%71.5%
Active share vs the S&P 50096.4%97.5%
In the Nasdaq-1004.9%35.8%
Holdings6362
Top ten, share of the fund53.6%60.4%
Expense ratio0.58%0.65%
Fee for the differing part0.60%0.67%
Total return, 1 year+6.0%+20.2% (since launch on Dec 30, 2025)
vs the S&P 500−10.6 pts+8.4 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−15.8 pts+3.4 pts
Below its high−13.8%−7.1%
Net assets$7.6bn$7m

PPA in plain words

By weight, 72% 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 54% of the fund across 63 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 19, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +6.0% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 10.6 pts. It sits 13.8% below its all-time high of Mar 2, 2026.

TSSD in plain words

By weight, 72% 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 launched on Dec 30, 2025 the fund returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested against +11.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 8.4 pts. It sits 7.1% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do PPA and TSSD hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 43% 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, PPA or TSSD?
PPA has 72% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TSSD has 72%, 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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Where these figures came from

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PPA against TSSD, 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.

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