ETF comparison

GRIDvsQTUM

Both Thematic.

First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund · Defiance Quantum ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
9.7%

16 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GRID and QTUM would leave roughly9.7%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

GRID only 90.1%Shared 9.7%QTUM only 89.6%
In GRID only
106 positions
Shared
16 positions
In QTUM only
70 positions

Side by side

GRID

First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund

First Trust · Thematic

63composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.56%
Net assets
$11.84B
TTM yield
0.81%
Top-10 conc.
58.4%
QTUM

Defiance Quantum ETF

Defiance · Thematic

72composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$5.56B
TTM yield
0.81%
Top-10 conc.
29.3%

Sub-score comparison

44
Cost
60
76
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
89
31
Concentration
72
Tracking quality
GRIDsub-scoreQTUM

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

QTUM is 16 bps cheaper than GRID. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/yr more in fees for GRID.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with GRID vs QTUM.

Top shared holdings

16 shared in total
#HoldingIn GRIDIn QTUMOverlap
1ABB LTD (CH)8.11%1.16%1.16%
2NVIDIA CORP1.90%1.06%1.06%
3CISCO SYSTEMS INC1.67%1.05%1.05%
4TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC0.98%1.12%0.98%
5INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP0.95%1.10%0.95%
6ORACLE CORP1.04%0.77%0.77%
7ANALOG DEVICES INC0.70%1.07%0.70%
8QUALCOMM INC0.69%1.03%0.69%
9HITACHI LTD0.51%0.98%0.51%
10INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG0.46%1.14%0.46%
11MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP0.31%1.11%0.31%
12HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC0.27%0.58%0.27%

Only in GRID

106 total
  • EATON CORP PLC8.52%
  • SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE8.29%
  • QUANTA SERVICES INC8.10%
  • JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC7.99%
  • NATIONAL GRID PLC4.11%
  • E.ON SE3.88%
  • PRYSMIAN SPA3.87%
  • NVENT ELECTRIC PLC2.87%
  • HUBBELL INC2.61%
  • TESLA INC1.93%

Only in QTUM

70 total
  • Arqit Quantum Inc2.41%
  • Horizon Quantum Holdings LTD2.38%
  • Quantinuum Inc1.57%
  • Astera Labs Inc1.55%
  • Applied Materials Inc1.55%
  • KLA Corp1.50%
  • MKS Inc1.50%
  • Onto Innovation Inc1.49%
  • Teradyne Inc1.48%
  • Lam Research Corp1.43%

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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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.