UFO vs WARP: which is really different?

UFO and WARP hold 47% of their weight in the same names. Procure Space ETF and VanEck Space ETF.

35.9%
UFO in the S&P 500
4.9%
WARP in the S&P 500
+19.0%
UFO total return, 1 year
−19.9%
WARP total return, since launch
UFO · 1 year to Sep 30, 202664% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
64% of its weight is outside the S&P 50036% of UFO's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index36%64%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 49% of the fund · 64 holdings filed Jul 31, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 1% in64% of its weight is outside the S&P 50036% of UFO's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index36%64%inoutside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 49% of the fund

36% of UFO's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index

WARP · 3 months to Sep 30, 202695% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
95% of its weight is outside the S&P 5005% of WARP's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 95% is outside the index5%95%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 74% of the fund · 20 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in95% of its weight is outside the S&P 5005% of WARP's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 95% is outside the index5%95%5% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 74% of the fund

5% of WARP's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 95% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · WARP scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
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, UFO and WARP hold 47% 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 Sep 30, 2026.

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47% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding UFO WARP
Rocket Lab Corp 5.06% 14.52%
Viasat Inc 5.94% 4.86%
EchoStar Corp 4.79% 4.89%
Globalstar Inc 5.32% 4.57%
Iridium Communications Inc 4.53% 4.58%
Planet Labs PBC 6.21% 4.29%
MDA Space Ltd 4.13% 4.62%
Firefly Aerospace Inc 3.90% 4.46%
AST SpaceMobile Inc 3.56% 6.46%
Intuitive Machines Inc 3.48% 3.44%
SES SA 4.03% 2.71%
Voyager Technologies Inc 1.72% 2.61%
Only in UFO
Sirius XM Holdings Inc 5.08%
Garmin Ltd 4.46%
Trimble Inc 4.27%
SKY Perfect JSAT Corp 3.52%
Boeing Co/The 2.35%
Airbus SE 2.17%
Honeywell International Inc 1.93%
L3Harris Technologies Inc 1.88%
Only in WARP
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 20.43%
Sky Perfect Jsat Holdings Inc 3.50%
Nextnav Inc 2.35%
Hawkeye 360 Inc 2.00%
Eutelsat Communications Sa 1.35%

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

47% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowUFOWARPUFOWARPUFOWARP
3 months−15.7%−18.7%−18.2 pts−21.2 pts−17.8 pts−20.8 pts
6 months−8.4%not published−25.4 ptsnot published−35.3 ptsnot published
1 year+19.0%not published+3.3 ptsnot published−4.8 ptsnot published
3 years+160.4%not published+75.5 ptsnot published+50.5 ptsnot published
Since launch
UFO Apr 2019 · WARP May 2026
+86.5%−19.9%−108.9 pts−24.7 pts−232.4 pts−26.6 pts

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

On the same fields

UFO
Procure Space ETF · Holds 64 stocks in space, 36% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
WARP
VanEck Space ETF · Holds 20 stocks in space, 5% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Procure VanEck
Theme Space Space
In the S&P 500 35.9% 4.9%
Active share vs the S&P 500 98.6% 100.0%
In the Nasdaq-100 1.1% 0.0%
Holdings 64 20
Top ten, share of the fund 48.5% 73.8%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.50%
Fee for the differing part 0.76% 0.50%
Total return, 1 year +19.0% −19.9% (since launch on May 7, 2026)
vs the S&P 500 +3.3 pts −24.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −4.8 pts −26.6 pts
Below its high −37.5% −47.2%
Net assets $587m $43m

UFO and WARP on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

UFO in plain words

By weight, 36% of UFO'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 48% of the fund across 64 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +19.0% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 3.3 pts. It sits 37.5% below its all-time high of May 28, 2026.

WARP in plain words

By weight, 5% of WARP'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 74% of the fund across 20 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Since it launched on May 7, 2026 the fund returned −19.9% with distributions reinvested against +4.8% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 24.7 pts. It sits 47.2% below its all-time high of May 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do UFO and WARP hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 47% 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, UFO or WARP?
UFO has 36% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WARP has 5%, so WARP differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, UFO or WARP?
UFO charges 0.75% a year and WARP charges 0.50%, so WARP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

ETFIQ, UFO against WARP, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/ufo-vs-warp

Open data

Free to use with attribution. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology.