Do SIL and XT hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 0% 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, SIL or XT?

SIL has 0% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 66%, so SIL differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, SIL or XT?

SIL charges 0.65% a year and XT charges 0.46%, so XT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SIL vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIL returned +18.3% to XT's +22.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $4.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Silver Miners ETF, and $4.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF.

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At a glance

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SIL in the S&P 500

65.5%

XT in the S&P 500

+18.3%

SIL total return, 1 year

+22.1%

XT total return, 1 year

SIL · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

0% of SIL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.

XT · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 35% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

66% of XT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 35% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XT costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.8 points; SIL is 1.1 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

SIL vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	SIL	XT
Return
Measure	SIL	XT
Total return, 1 year	+18.3%	+22.1%
Drawdown
Measure	SIL	XT
Below its all-time high	34.2%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	SIL	XT
What it tracks	Silver miners	Broad innovation and megatrends
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+13.4%
Against its benchmark, 1 year	ahead by 4.9 pts	ahead by 8.7 pts
Cost and size
Measure	SIL	XT
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.46%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$4.4bn	$4.0bn
Holdings
Measure	SIL	XT
Holdings in common	0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Apr 2, 2015 to Oct 23, 2026 · 603 weekly returns · each against ACWI

SIL XT

Return

Total return edge XT +233.1% +292.0%

Annualized edge XT +10.9% +12.5%

Price return edge XT +187.1% +225.6%

Risk

Volatility edge XT 40.1% 19.0%

Max drawdown edge XT −62.7% −34.3%

Downside capture 95.2% 108.7%

Beta 1.00 1.11

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge XT 0.41 0.60

Sortino edge XT 0.60 0.87

Treynor 0.164 0.103

Calmar edge XT 0.17 0.36

Against the benchmark

Alpha +7.1% a year +1.1% a year

Alpha t-stat 0.66 0.61

Information ratio 0.19 0.33

Tracking error 36.7% 6.5%

Reading

XT returned more: +292.0% to +233.1%. XT swung less: 19.0% to 40.1%. XT fell less at its worst: −34.3% to −62.7%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: SIL vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	SIL	XT	ACWI	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+233.1%	+292.0%		XT	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.9%	+12.5%		XT	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+187.1%	+225.6%		XT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	40.1%	19.0%		XT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	27.1%	13.2%		XT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−62.7%	−34.3%		XT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	92.8%	123.1%	100.0%	XT	Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	95.2%	108.7%	100.0%	SIL	Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.00	1.11	1.00	SIL lower	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.16	0.89	1.00	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.41	0.60		XT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.60	0.87		XT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.164	0.103	0.092	SIL	Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.17	0.36		XT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	ACWI	ACWI	ACWI		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+7.1% a year	+1.1% a year	0.0%	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	0.66	0.61		Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−14.2% to +28.4%	−2.5% to +4.7%		Both include zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.19	0.33		XT	Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	36.7%	6.5%	0.0%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 603 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SIL and XT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SIL XT

Only in one fund ↓

Only in SIL

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 22.38%

Pan American Silver Corp. 12.54%

COEUR MINING, INC. 10.59%

INDUSTRIAS PENOLES, S.A.B. DE C.V. 5.21%

HECLA MINING COMPANY 4.63%

FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP. 4.47%

FRESNILLO PLC 4.30%

Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. 4.18%

Only in XT

TEXAS INSTRUMENT 4.56%

TESLA INC 4.45%

ELI LILLY 4.32%

MICROSOFT 4.11%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 3.67%

NVIDIA 3.66%

ANALOG DEVICES 3.33%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.02%

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Window by window

Window by window: SIL vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	SIL	XT	SIL	XT
3 months	+6.3%	+10.2%	+1.9 pts vs ACWI	+5.8 pts vs ACWI
6 months	−10.2%	+14.0%	−17.6 pts vs ACWI	+6.6 pts vs ACWI
1 year	+18.3%	+22.1%	+4.9 pts vs ACWI	+8.7 pts vs ACWI
3 years	+227.9%	+93.2%	+139.0 pts vs ACWI	+4.3 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: SIL Apr 2010 · XT Mar 2015	+109.0%	+297.8%	−286.2 pts vs ACWI	+71.7 pts vs ACWI

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Side by side

SIL Global X Silver Miners ETF · Holds 39 stocks in silver miners, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies XT iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF · Holds 197 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 66% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Global X iShares

Theme Silver miners Broad innovation and megatrends

In the S&P 500 0.0% 65.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 100.0% 69.2%

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 41.6%

Holdings 39 197

Top ten, share of the fund 76.3% 36.6%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.46%

Fee for the differing part 0.65% 0.66%

Total return, 1 year +18.3% +22.1%

vs its benchmark +4.9 pts vs ACWI +8.7 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −34.2% −0.5%

Net assets, SIL as of Oct 12, 2026 and XT as of Oct 27, 2026 $4.4bn $4.1bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

0% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-22D7E6004D

SIL and XT are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Theme. SIL covers Silver miners and XT covers Broad innovation and megatrends.
Concentration. The top ten holdings are 76.3% of SIL and 36.6% of XT, a gap of 39.7 points.
What each follows. SIL follows Silver miners and XT follows Broad innovation and megatrends.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

SIL

By weight, 0% of SIL'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 76% of the fund across 39 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +18.3% with distributions reinvested against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was ahead by 4.9 pts. It sits 34.2% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

By weight, 66% of XT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 69%. The top ten holdings are 37% of the fund across 197 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +22.1% with distributions reinvested against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index, so a holder was ahead by 8.7 pts.

Questions people ask

Do SIL and XT hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 0% 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, SIL or XT?: SIL has 0% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 66%, so SIL differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, SIL or XT?: SIL charges 0.65% a year and XT charges 0.46%, so XT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

SIL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Global X page for SIL ↗

XT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for XT ↗

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How this is computed

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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