ETF comparison
GRID vs LIT
Both Thematic.
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund · Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF
Holdings overlap
5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GRID and LIT would leave roughly 2.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
GRID is 19 bps cheaper than LIT. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/yr more in fees for LIT.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with GRID vs LIT.
Top shared holdings
5 shared in total| # | Holding | In GRID | In LIT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TESLA INC | 1.93% | 3.77% | 1.93% |
| 2 | PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORP | 0.28% | 6.74% | 0.28% |
| 3 | BYD COMPANY LTD | 0.14% | 3.91% | 0.14% |
| 4 | SAMSUNG SDI COMPANY LTD | 0.08% | 4.04% | 0.08% |
| 5 | ENERSYS | 0.03% | 2.22% | 0.03% |
Only in GRID
117 total- EATON CORP PLC 8.52%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 8.29%
- ABB LTD (CH) 8.11%
- QUANTA SERVICES INC 8.10%
- JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC 7.99%
- NATIONAL GRID PLC 4.11%
- E.ON SE 3.88%
- PRYSMIAN SPA 3.87%
- NVENT ELECTRIC PLC 2.87%
- HUBBELL INC 2.61%
Only in LIT
36 total- RIO TINTO PLC 22.89%
- NAURA Technology Group Co., Ltd. 6.89%
- TDK CORPORATION 5.58%
- ALBEMARLE CORPORATION 4.53%
- Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. 4.14%
- LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD. 3.56%
- EVE Energy Co., Ltd. 3.53%
- Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. 3.13%
- PLS GROUP LIMITED 2.81%
- Ganfeng Lithium Group Co., Ltd. 2.56%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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