QTEC vs QTUM overlap - what they share and where they differ

QTEC and QTUM share 30.4% of their weight across 25 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.

QTEC and QTUM

30.4%

25 shared positions

QTEC

First Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 46 positions · Jun 30, 2026

Top 10: 28.7%·Holdings of QTEC

QTUM

Defiance Quantum ETF

Reported positions cover 99% of the fund, 86 positions · Jun 30, 2026

Top 10: 16.9%·Holdings of QTUM

Reported positions cover QTEC 100%, QTUM 99% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

QTUM vs QTEC side by side

QTECFirst Trust NASDAQ-100-Technology Sector Index Fund

46

stock positions reported to the SEC

42.8% of its weight is in 21 names QTUM does not hold

QTUMDefiance Quantum ETF

86

stock positions reported to the SEC

68.9% of its weight is in 61 names QTEC does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

QTEC
QTUM
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
91.0%
60.8%
Healthcare
4.9%
5.6%
Industrials
0.0%
4.3%
Communication Services
2.0%
0.0%
Consumer Cyclical
0.0%
1.1%

The widest gap is Technology: QTEC has 30.2 points more of it.

The figures side by side

QTECQTUM
Filing dateJun 30, 2026Jun 30, 2026
Stock positions reported4686
Weight of the ten largest28.7%16.9%
Largest positionAMAT 3.4%ARQIT QUANTUM INC 2.4%
Held alone21 positions, 42.8%61 positions, 68.9%
Covered by stock positions100%99%

Holdings they share

StockIn QTECIn QTUMCounted
ALABASTERA LABS INC2.95%1.55%1.55%
AMATAPPLIED MATERIALS INC3.37%1.55%1.55%
KLACKLA CORP3.29%1.50%1.50%
TERTERADYNE INC2.71%1.48%1.48%
LRCXLAM RESEARCH CORP2.85%1.43%1.43%
INTCINTEL CORP2.55%1.39%1.39%
NBISNEBIUS GROUP NV2.50%1.39%1.39%
MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC2.49%1.37%1.37%
AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC2.36%1.36%1.36%
MRVLMARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC3.04%1.25%1.25%

What each holds alone

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

Only in QTEC

SNDKSANDISK CORP2.81%
PANWPALO ALTO NETWORKS INC2.54%
WDCWESTERN DIGITAL CORP2.52%
DASHDOORDASH INC2.43%
FTNTFORTINET INC2.33%
STXSEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC2.30%
DDOGDATADOG INC2.21%
CRWDCROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC2.19%
ROPROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC2.18%
SHOPSHOPIFY INC2.01%

Only in QTUM

ARQIT QUANTUM INC2.41%
HQHorizon Quantum Holdings LTD2.38%
QNTQuantinuum Inc1.57%
MKSIMKS Inc1.50%
ONTOOnto Innovation Inc1.49%
BTQBTQ Technologies Corp1.37%
TOKYO ELECTRON LTD1.31%
GLOBAL UNICHIP CORP1.26%
TSMC1.24%
LSCCLattice Semiconductor Corp1.23%

Questions people ask

Is QTEC the same as QTUM?

30.4% of their weight sits in the same 25 holdings. QTEC also reports SNDK, PANW, WDC, which the other does not. QTUM also reports ARQIT QUANTUM INC, HQ, QNT, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between QTEC and QTUM 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 QTEC and 99% of QTUM, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, QTUM or QTEC?

QTEC reports 46 stock positions and QTUM reports 86. 42.8% of QTEC's weight sits in names QTUM does not hold, and 68.9% of QTUM's weight in names QTEC does not hold. The ten largest positions are 28.7% of QTEC and 16.9% of QTUM.

How do QTEC and QTUM differ by sector?

The widest gap is Technology: QTEC has 30.2 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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