ETF comparison
GRID vs QTUM
Both Thematic.
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund · Defiance Quantum ETF
Holdings overlap
16 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GRID and QTUM would leave roughly 9.7% 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
QTUM is 16 bps cheaper than GRID. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for GRID.
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Top shared holdings
16 shared in total| # | Holding | In GRID | In QTUM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ABB LTD (CH) | 8.11% | 1.16% | 1.16% |
| 2 | NVIDIA CORP | 1.90% | 1.06% | 1.06% |
| 3 | CISCO SYSTEMS INC | 1.67% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 4 | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC | 0.98% | 1.12% | 0.98% |
| 5 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP | 0.95% | 1.10% | 0.95% |
| 6 | ORACLE CORP | 1.04% | 0.77% | 0.77% |
| 7 | ANALOG DEVICES INC | 0.70% | 1.07% | 0.70% |
| 8 | QUALCOMM INC | 0.69% | 1.03% | 0.69% |
| 9 | HITACHI LTD | 0.51% | 0.98% | 0.51% |
| 10 | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | 0.46% | 1.14% | 0.46% |
| 11 | MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP | 0.31% | 1.11% | 0.31% |
| 12 | HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC | 0.27% | 0.58% | 0.27% |
Only in GRID
106 total- EATON CORP PLC 8.52%
- SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 8.29%
- 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%
- TESLA INC 1.93%
Only in QTUM
70 total- Arqit Quantum Inc 2.41%
- Horizon Quantum Holdings LTD 2.38%
- Quantinuum Inc 1.57%
- Astera Labs Inc 1.55%
- Applied Materials Inc 1.55%
- KLA Corp 1.50%
- MKS Inc 1.50%
- Onto Innovation Inc 1.49%
- Teradyne Inc 1.48%
- Lam Research Corp 1.43%
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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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