Do QTUM and WQTM hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 34% 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, QTUM or WQTM?

QTUM has 35% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WQTM has 38%, so WQTM differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, QTUM or WQTM?

QTUM charges 0.40% a year and WQTM charges 0.45%, so QTUM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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QTUM vs WQTM: which is really different?

QTUM and WQTM hold 34% of their weight in the same names. Defiance Quantum ETF and WisdomTree Quantum Computing Fund.

35.0%

QTUM in the S&P 500

38.5%

WQTM in the S&P 500

+46.1%

QTUM total return, 1 year

+5.8%

WQTM total return, since launch

QTUM · 1 year to Sep 30, 202665% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

35% of QTUM's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 65% is outside the index

WQTM · 6 months to Sep 30, 202662% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

39% of WQTM's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 62% is outside the index

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

QTUM 14.5

WQTM 15.9

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, QTUM and WQTM hold 34% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 1, 2026.

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34% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding QTUM WQTM

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.56% 2.50%

Microsoft Corp 1.49% 2.52%

Nec Corp 1.40% 2.00%

Fujitsu Ltd 1.38% 2.50%

Ntt Inc 1.36% 1.99%

Hitachi Ltd 1.35% 1.98%

Nvidia Corp 1.31% 2.33%

Intel Corp 1.29% 3.05%

Amazon.com Inc 1.21% 2.47%

Asml Holding Nv 1.20% 1.83%

Applied Materials Inc 1.19% 2.45%

Lam Research Corp 1.18% 2.17%

Only in QTUM

Global Unichip Corp 2.29%

Cloudflare Inc 1.82%

Elastic Nv 1.74%

Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd 1.71%

Palantir Technologies Inc 1.65%

Nutanix Inc 1.63%

Snowflake Inc 1.63%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 1.62%

Only in WQTM

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC 2.59%

FORMFACTOR INC 1.86%

NOKIA OYJ (NOKIA CORP) 1.84%

CORNING INC 1.81%

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG 1.81%

SK TELECOM CO LTD 1.76%

GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC 1.67%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD 1.57%

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

34% 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	QTUM	WQTM	QTUM	WQTM	QTUM	WQTM
3 months	−5.2%	−12.9%	−7.7 pts	−15.4 pts	−7.3 pts	−15.0 pts
6 months	+39.4%	+28.9%	+22.4 pts	+11.9 pts	+12.5 pts	+2.0 pts
1 year	+46.1%	not published	+30.4 pts	not published	+22.3 pts	not published
3 years	+224.8%	not published	+139.8 pts	not published	+114.8 pts	not published
Since launch QTUM Sep 2018 · WQTM Oct 2025	+556.3%	+5.8%	+357.3 pts	−9.0 pts	+231.0 pts	−15.9 pts

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

On the same fields

QTUM

Defiance Quantum ETF · Holds 90 stocks in quantum computing, 35% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

WQTM

WisdomTree Quantum Computing Fund · Holds 46 stocks in quantum computing, 38% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Defiance WisdomTree

Theme Quantum computing Quantum computing

In the S&P 500 35.0% 38.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 82.6% 83.6%

In the Nasdaq-100 28.1% 26.4%

Holdings 90 46

Top ten, share of the fund 17.8% 39.7%

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.45%

Fee for the differing part 0.48% 0.54%

Total return, 1 year +46.1% +5.8% (since launch on Oct 9, 2025)

vs the S&P 500 +30.4 pts −9.0 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 +22.3 pts −15.9 pts

Below its high −9.7% −22.4%

Net assets $5.6bn $342m

QTUM and WQTM on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

QTUM in plain words

By weight, 35% of QTUM's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 83%. The top ten holdings are 18% of the fund across 90 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 1, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +46.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 30.4 pts. It sits 9.7% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

WQTM in plain words

By weight, 38% of WQTM's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 84%. The top ten holdings are 40% of the fund across 46 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Oct 9, 2025 the fund returned +5.8% with distributions reinvested against +14.8% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 9.0 pts. It sits 22.4% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do QTUM and WQTM hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 34% 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, QTUM or WQTM?: QTUM has 35% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WQTM has 38%, so WQTM differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, QTUM or WQTM?: QTUM charges 0.40% a year and WQTM charges 0.45%, so QTUM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

QTUM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗QTUM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Defiance page for QTUM ↗WQTM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗WQTM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗WisdomTree page for WQTM ↗

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