Do SEA and SHPP hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 20% 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, SEA or SHPP?

SEA has 9% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SHPP has 35%, so SEA differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, SEA or SHPP?

SEA charges 0.60% a year and SHPP charges 0.60%, so SEA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SEA vs SHPP: which is really different?

SEA and SHPP hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and SEA returned +51.8% over the year. U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF and Pacer Industrials and Logistics ETF.

9.2%

SEA in the S&P 500

34.9%

SHPP in the S&P 500

+51.8%

SEA total return, 1 year

+20.8%

SHPP total return, 1 year

SEA · 1 year to Sep 30, 202691% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

9% of SEA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 91% is outside the index

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

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

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

SEA 74.4

SHPP 62.3

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, SEA and SHPP hold 20% 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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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20% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding SEA SHPP

Deutsche Post AG 3.21% 3.28%

United Parcel Service Inc 3.15% 5.85%

FedEx Corp 2.95% 6.90%

DSV A/S 3.10% 2.84%

Kuehne + Nagel International A 4.21% 1.36%

Brambles Ltd 3.33% 1.07%

Expeditors International of Wa 3.12% 0.96%

Nippon Yusen KK 1.92% 0.76%

ZTO Express Cayman Inc 3.17% 0.71%

OOIL 5.03% 0.56%

SITC International Holdings Co 4.95% 0.54%

J&T Global Express Ltd 3.18% 0.48%

Only in SEA

DHT Holdings Inc 5.22%

International Seaways Inc 4.96%

Global Ship Lease Inc 4.11%

Wan Hai Lines Ltd 3.98%

Scorpio Tankers Inc 3.82%

Teekay Corp Ltd 3.55%

BW LPG Ltd 3.45%

SF Holding Co Ltd 3.11%

Only in SHPP

ABB Ltd 11.00%

Union Pacific Corp 10.30%

SAP SE 8.36%

CSX Corp 4.08%

Canadian Pacific Kansas City L 3.78%

Norfolk Southern Corp 3.74%

Canadian National Railway Co 3.33%

Celestica Inc 2.28%

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

20% 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	SEA	SHPP	SEA	SHPP	SEA	SHPP
3 months	+23.6%	−0.2%	+21.0 pts	−2.7 pts	+21.4 pts	−2.3 pts
6 months	+18.6%	+11.0%	+1.6 pts	−6.0 pts	−8.3 pts	−15.8 pts
1 year	+51.8%	+20.8%	+36.1 pts	+5.1 pts	+28.0 pts	−3.0 pts
3 years	+86.4%	+44.1%	+1.4 pts	−40.9 pts	−23.6 pts	−65.9 pts
Since launch SEA Jan 2022 · SHPP Jun 2022	+66.9%	+51.8%	−15.0 pts	−50.0 pts	−43.5 pts	−102.1 pts

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

On the same fields

SEA

U.S. Global Sea to Sky Cargo ETF · Holds 29 stocks in shipping, aviation and logistics, 9% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

SHPP

Pacer Industrials and Logistics ETF · Holds 113 stocks in shipping, aviation and logistics, 35% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer U.S. Global Pacer

Theme Shipping, aviation and logistics Shipping, aviation and logistics

In the S&P 500 9.2% 34.9%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.7% 99.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 7.1%

Holdings 29 113

Top ten, share of the fund 46.3% 56.9%

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.60%

Fee for the differing part 0.60% 0.61%

Total return, 1 year +51.8% +20.8%

vs the S&P 500 +36.1 pts +5.1 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 +28.0 pts −3.0 pts

Below its high −2.5% −7.0%

Net assets $18m $2m

SEA and SHPP on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

SEA in plain words

By weight, 9% of SEA'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 46% of the fund across 29 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +51.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 36.1 pts.

SHPP in plain words

By weight, 35% of SHPP's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 57% of the fund across 113 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +20.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 5.1 pts. It sits 7.0% below its all-time high of Aug 21, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do SEA and SHPP hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 20% 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, SEA or SHPP?: SEA has 9% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SHPP has 35%, so SEA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, SEA or SHPP?: SEA charges 0.60% a year and SHPP charges 0.60%, so SEA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SEA on its own →SHPP on its own →How every figure is computed →Standards and sources →

Where these figures came from

SEA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SEA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗U.S. Global website ↗SHPP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SHPP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Pacer website ↗

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ETFIQ, SEA against SHPP, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/sea-vs-shpp

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