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PPA vs URA: which is really different?

PPA holds 71.8% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and URA 0.0%.

Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF and Global X Uranium ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

71.8%PPA in the S&P 500
0.0%URA in the S&P 500
+8.5%PPA total return, 1 year
+7.0%URA total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: URA scores higher

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

PPA 37.2URA 91.60.1, the lowest in this set91.6, the highest

A percentile among the 371 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 11, 2026
72%28%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 96% · top ten 54% of the fund · 62 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 5% in72%28%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 96% · top ten 54% of the fund
URA100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
0%100%0% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 61% of the fund · 58 holdings filed Sep 11, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in0%100%0% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 61% of the fund

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PPA and URA hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in PPAOnly in URA
RTX Corp 8.29%CAMECO CORP 22.39%
Boeing Co/The 7.05%SPROTT PHYSICAL URANIUM TR 6.46%
General Electric Co 6.94%NEXGEN ENERGY LTD 5.88%
Lockheed Martin Corp 6.59%OKLO INC 5.12%
General Dynamics Corp 4.97%URANIUM ENERGY CORP 4.72%
Northrop Grumman Corp 4.95%NAC KAZATOMPROM JSC-GDR REGS 4.42%
Howmet Aerospace Inc 3.92%PALADIN ENERGY LTD 3.15%
Parker-Hannifin Corp 3.84%ENERGY FUELS INC 3.09%

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 Sep 10, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

Performance, window by window

PPA and URA over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
PPAURAPPAURAPPAURA
3 months−7.0%−4.4%−10.3 pts−7.7 pts−6.2 pts−3.6 pts
6 months−6.5%−11.7%−22.5 pts−27.7 pts−27.2 pts−32.4 pts
1 year+8.5%+7.0%−9.0 pts−10.5 pts−14.4 pts−15.9 pts
3 years+100.5%+100.1%+22.6 pts+22.2 pts+5.4 pts+5.0 pts
Since launch+998.8%−34.6%+194.5 pts−758.0 pts−675.1 pts−1460.8 pts
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PPA and URA on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
PPA
Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF
Holds 62 stocks in defense, 72% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
URA
Global X Uranium ETF
Holds 58 stocks in nuclear and uranium, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerInvescoGlobal X
ThemeDefenseNuclear and uranium
In the S&P 50071.8%0.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50096.4%100.0%
In the Nasdaq-1004.9%0.0%
Holdings6258
Top ten, share of the fund53.7%60.9%
Expense ratio0.58%0.69%
Fee for the differing part0.60%0.69%
Total return, 1 year+8.5%+7.0%
vs the S&P 500−9.0 pts−10.5 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−14.4 pts−15.9 pts
Below its high−12.7%−50.4%

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 62 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +8.5% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 9.0 pts. It sits 12.7% below its all-time high of Mar 2, 2026.

URA in plain words

By weight, 0% of URA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 61% of the fund across 58 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 11, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +7.0% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 10.5 pts. It sits 50.4% below its all-time high of Feb 2, 2011.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, PPA or URA?
PPA has 72% of its weight in S&P 500 names and URA has 0%, so URA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, PPA or URA?
PPA charges 0.58% a year and URA charges 0.69%, 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 URA, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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