GRID vs QQQ overlap - what they share and where they differ

GRID and QQQ share 8.6% of their weight across 9 common positions, read from what each fund reported to the SEC.

Each week Ploutos reads the reported positions of the largest US equity ETFs and measures, pair by pair, the weight they share: for every stock both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights counts. Two funds tracking the same index land near 100%. A sector fund inside a broad index fund lands at roughly that sector's weight.

GRID and QQQ

8.6%

9 shared positions

GRID

First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 119 positions · Jun 30, 2026

Top 10: 58.4%·Holdings of GRID

QQQ

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 101 positions · Jun 30, 2026

Top 10: 47.8%·Holdings of QQQ

Reported positions cover GRID 100%, QQQ 100% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

QQQ vs GRID side by side

GRIDFirst Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund

119

stock positions reported to the SEC

90.9% of its weight is in 110 names QQQ does not hold

QQQInvesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

101

stock positions reported to the SEC

83.2% of its weight is in 92 names GRID does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

GRID
QQQ
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
22.7%
70.7%
Industrials
11.0%
0.0%
Consumer Cyclical
2.0%
10.6%
Consumer Defensive
0.0%
5.5%
Utilities
4.8%
0.0%
Healthcare
0.4%
3.9%

The widest gap is Technology: QQQ has 48.1 points more of it.

The figures side by side

GRIDQQQ
Filing dateJun 30, 2026Jun 30, 2026
Stock positions reported119101
Weight of the ten largest58.4%47.8%
Largest positionEATON CORP PLC 8.5%NVDA 7.6%
Held alone110 positions, 90.9%92 positions, 83.2%
Covered by stock positions100%100%

Holdings they share

StockIn GRIDIn QQQCounted
TSLATESLA INC1.93%3.30%1.93%
NVDANVIDIA CORP1.90%7.60%1.90%
CSCOCISCO SYSTEMS INC1.67%2.01%1.67%
TXNTEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC0.98%1.17%0.98%
ADIANALOG DEVICES INC0.70%0.84%0.70%
QCOMQUALCOMM INC0.69%0.84%0.69%
HONHONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC0.27%0.31%0.27%
HONAHONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC0.27%0.30%0.27%
NXPINXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV0.23%0.31%0.23%

What each holds alone

The heaviest positions one fund reports and the other does not.

Only in GRID

EATON CORP PLC8.52%
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE8.29%
ABB LTD (CH)8.11%
PWRQUANTA SERVICES INC8.10%
JCIJOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC7.99%
NGGNATIONAL GRID PLC4.11%
E.ON SE3.88%
PRYSMIAN SPA3.87%
NVENT ELECTRIC PLC2.87%
HUBBHUBBELL INC2.61%

Only in QQQ

AAPLApple Inc.6.67%
GOOGLAlphabet Inc.6.29%
MUMicron Technology, Inc.5.64%
MSFTMicrosoft Corp.4.35%
AMDAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.4.10%
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.4.02%
INTCIntel Corp.3.04%
AVGOBroadcom Inc.2.81%
METAMeta Platforms, Inc.2.62%
AMATApplied Materials, Inc.2.49%

Questions people ask

Is GRID the same as QQQ?

8.6% of their weight sits in the same 9 holdings. GRID also reports EATON CORP PLC, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE, ABB LTD (CH), which the other does not. QQQ also reports AAPL, GOOGL, MU, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between GRID and QQQ measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 100% of GRID and 100% of QQQ, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, QQQ or GRID?

GRID reports 119 stock positions and QQQ reports 101. 90.9% of GRID's weight sits in names QQQ does not hold, and 83.2% of QQQ's weight in names GRID does not hold. The ten largest positions are 58.4% of GRID and 47.8% of QQQ.

How do GRID and QQQ differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: QQQ has 48.1 points more of it. Sectors come from each holding's SIC code in its SEC record, summed by the weight the fund reports.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each fund's own N-PORT filing to the SEC, which lists every position and its weight. The comparison uses every equity position the fund reports; cash, futures and bonds are not counted, which is why a coverage figure sits next to every result. Holdings change between filings.

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