MARS Roundhill Space & Technology ETF
Holds 30 stocks in space, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
MARS holds 30 stocks, and 100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500.
Key facts
ETFIQ Off-Index Score
91.4joint 1st of 349
MARS shares 0 of its 30 holdings with the S&P 500. Only 0.0% of its weight overlaps the index.
How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
That is the share of the 349 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing sitting at or below MARS. A position in this set, not a rating: it moves when the set moves, and it is not a figure to average against another desk's.
1st of 8 space ETFs by least weight in the S&P 500
Period by period
| Window | Total return | S&P 500 | Gap to S&P 500 | Gap to Nasdaq-100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | −24.5% | +3.3% | −27.8 pts | −23.8 pts |
| 6 months | +1.8% | +16.0% | −14.2 pts | −18.9 pts |
| Since launch | +1.9% | +12.8% | −10.9 pts | −15.8 pts |
In plain words
The top ten holdings are 68% of the fund across 30 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Mar 5, 2026 the fund returned +1.9% with distributions reinvested against +12.8% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 10.9 pts. It sits 44.6% below its all-time high of May 28, 2026.
| Theme (ETFIQ, editorial) | Space |
|---|---|
| Launched | Mar 5, 2026 |
| Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ) | 0.0% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ) | 100.0% |
| Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ) | 0.0% |
| Active share vs the Nasdaq-100 (ETFIQ) | 100.0% |
| Top ten holdings weight | 68.5% |
| Holdings | 30 |
| Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT) | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Top holdings | SPACEX 22.8%, Rocket Lab Corp 10.2%, AST SpaceMobile Inc 8.0%, Viasat Inc 5.5%, Planet Labs PBC 5.1%, Globalstar Inc 4.3%, Iridium Communications Inc 3.5%, MDA Space Ltd 3.2%, Intuitive Machines Inc 2.9%, Firefly Aerospace Inc 2.9% |
| Net assets (SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for Jun 30, 2026) | $75m |
| Below its all-time high (ETFIQ) | −44.6% |
| Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Jan 8, 2026) | 0.75% |
| Fee for the part that differs from the S&P 500, active expense ratio (ETFIQ) | 0.75% |
| Closest funds by holdings overlap | ORBX 82%, WARP 80%, UFO 54%, NASA 51%, FSPC 30% |
Holdings from the fund’s latest public SEC N-PORT filing; overlap and active share computed by ETFIQ against the IVV and QQQM books; returns from Tiingo end-of-day prices with distributions reinvested. How these figures are computed
Questions people ask
- How much of MARS is in S&P 500 companies?
- By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of MARS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 100%, so that share is the part doing something different.
- What does MARS hold?
- 30 positions as filed for Jun 30, 2026, with the top ten at 68% of the fund. The largest are SPACEX at 22.8%, Rocket Lab Corp at 10.2%, AST SpaceMobile Inc at 8.0%.
- Has MARS beaten the S&P 500?
- Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 MARS returned +1.9% with distributions reinvested, against +12.8% for the S&P 500, so it finished behind the index by 10.9 points.
- What does MARS cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.75% a year. Because 100% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.75%.
The words on this page
- Active share
- The part of the fund doing something the index is not, as a percentage. It is the part a fee is actually buying.
- Weight overlap
- The share of money two portfolios hold in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice.
- Already in the index
- The fund’s weight in securities the S&P 500 holds at all. A fund can be made entirely of index names and still have high active share, because it holds them at very different weights.
- Top ten
- What the ten largest positions add up to. The higher it is, the more the fund is a bet on a few companies rather than a theme.
Every term used here, defined in full on the thematic ETFs vocabulary page.
Where these figures came from
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