ETF comparison

QTUMvsXLK

Thematic vs Technology.

Defiance Quantum ETF · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
23.2%

25 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of QTUM and XLK would leave roughly23.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

QTUM only 76.1%Shared 23.2%XLK only 76.7%
In QTUM only
61 positions
Shared
25 positions
In XLK only
50 positions

Side by side

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%
XLK

State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

State Street · Technology

82composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$121.44B
TTM yield
0.43%
Top-10 conc.
64.5%

Sub-score comparison

60
Cost
92
76
Tax efficiency
85
89
Liquidity
100
72
Concentration
22
Tracking quality
QTUMsub-scoreXLK

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

Cost difference

XLK is 32 bps cheaper than QTUM. On a $100,000 position that's about $320/yr more in fees for QTUM.

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 QTUM vs XLK.

Top shared holdings

25 shared in total
#HoldingIn QTUMIn XLKOverlap
1Applied Materials Inc1.55%3.20%1.55%
2KLA Corp1.50%2.20%1.50%
3Lam Research Corp1.43%3.02%1.43%
4Intel Corp1.39%3.68%1.39%
5Micron Technology Inc1.37%5.42%1.37%
6Advanced Micro Devices Inc1.36%5.28%1.36%
7Marvell Technology Inc1.25%1.45%1.25%
8Texas Instruments Inc1.12%1.51%1.12%
9IBM1.10%1.47%1.10%
10Broadcom Inc1.08%5.41%1.08%
11Analog Devices Inc1.07%1.08%1.07%
12NVIDIA Corp1.06%14.65%1.06%

Only in QTUM

61 total
  • Arqit Quantum Inc2.41%
  • Horizon Quantum Holdings LTD2.38%
  • Quantinuum Inc1.57%
  • Astera Labs Inc1.55%
  • MKS Inc1.50%
  • Onto Innovation Inc1.49%
  • Nebius Group NV1.39%
  • BTQ Technologies Corp1.37%
  • Tokyo Electron Ltd1.31%
  • Global Unichip Corp1.26%

Only in XLK

50 total
  • Apple Inc12.85%
  • Sandisk Corp1.88%
  • Palo Alto Networks Inc1.54%
  • Western Digital Corp1.23%
  • Amphenol Corp1.21%
  • Seagate Technology Holdings PLC1.21%
  • Corning Inc1.11%
  • Crowdstrike Holdings Inc1.08%
  • Arista Networks Inc0.98%
  • AppLovin Corp0.77%

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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.