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TSSD vs WDGF: which is really different?

TSSD and WDGF hold 38% of their weight in the same names.

Truth Social American Security & Defense ETF and WisdomTree Global Defense Fund.

71.5%TSSD in the S&P 500
34.9%WDGF in the S&P 500
+20.2%TSSD total return, 1 year
−0.4%WDGF total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: WDGF scores higher

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

TSSD 43.3WDGF 54.50.1, 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

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
WDGF65% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
35%65%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 44% of the fund · 115 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 5% in35%65%inoutside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 44% of the fund

38% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, TSSD and WDGF hold 38% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions TSSD and WDGF both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingTSSDWDGF
RTX Corp7.08%5.46%
Lockheed Martin Corp5.51%4.94%
General Dynamics Corp4.91%5.19%
Palantir Technologies Inc6.78%4.73%
Northrop Grumman Corp4.00%4.92%
L3Harris Technologies Inc4.08%3.33%
Curtiss-Wright Corp2.76%1.81%
BWX Technologies Inc1.72%1.14%
CACI International Inc0.96%0.70%
Planet Labs PBC1.08%0.68%
Kratos Defense & Security Solu0.94%0.65%
Huntington Ingalls Industries0.88%0.61%
Only in each
Only in TSSDOnly in WDGF
Palo Alto Networks Inc 9.71%BAE SYSTEMS PLC 5.04%
Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 7.25%RHEINMETALL AG 4.27%
Fortinet Inc 5.76%THALES SA 3.35%
Cloudflare Inc 4.76%ROLLS-ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC 3.04%
Axon Enterprise Inc 4.58%TRANSDIGM GROUP INC 2.75%
Teledyne Technologies Inc 2.90%BOEING COMPANY (THE) 2.55%
Okta Inc 2.12%HANWHA AEROSPACE CO LTD 2.51%
VeriSign Inc 2.06%ROCKET LAB CORP 2.33%

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.

Performance, window by window

TSSD and WDGF over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
TSSDWDGFTSSDWDGFTSSDWDGF
3 months+12.0%−2.8%+9.7 pts−5.1 pts+14.5 pts−0.3 pts
6 months+18.0%−8.3%−0.1 pts−26.3 pts−6.3 pts−32.5 pts
1 yearnot published−0.4%not published−17.0 ptsnot published−22.2 pts
Since launch+20.2%+0.5%+8.4 pts−17.0 pts+3.4 pts−23.1 pts
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TSSD and WDGF on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
TSSD
Truth Social American Security & Defense ETF
Holds 62 stocks in defense, 72% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
WDGF
WisdomTree Global Defense Fund
Holds 115 stocks in defense, 35% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerYorkvilleWisdomTree
ThemeDefenseDefense
In the S&P 50071.5%34.9%
Active share vs the S&P 50097.5%98.3%
In the Nasdaq-10035.8%4.7%
Holdings62115
Top ten, share of the fund60.4%44.3%
Expense ratio0.65%0.45%
Fee for the differing part0.67%0.46%
Total return, 1 year+20.2% (since launch on Dec 30, 2025)−0.4%
vs the S&P 500+8.4 pts−17.0 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+3.4 pts−22.2 pts
Below its high−7.1%−14.8%
Net assets$7m$5m

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.

WDGF in plain words

By weight, 35% of WDGF'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 44% of the fund across 115 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned −0.4% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 17.0 pts. It sits 14.8% below its all-time high of Mar 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do TSSD and WDGF hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 38% 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, TSSD or WDGF?
TSSD has 72% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WDGF has 35%, so WDGF differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, TSSD or WDGF?
TSSD charges 0.65% a year and WDGF charges 0.45%, so WDGF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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TSSD against WDGF, 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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