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GRID vs LIT

Both Thematic.

First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund · Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
2.6 %

5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GRID and LIT would leave roughly 2.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

GRID only 97.3% Shared 2.6% LIT only 97.3%
In GRID only
116 positions
Shared
5 positions
In LIT only
36 positions

Side by side

GRID

First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund

First Trust · Thematic

63 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.56%
Net assets
$12.08B
TTM yield
0.78%
Top-10 conc.
56.5%
LIT

Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF

Global X · Thematic

46 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.75%
Net assets
$1.77B
TTM yield
0.71%
Top-10 conc.
60.1%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
25
76
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
67
34
Concentration
28
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Tracking quality
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GRID sub-score LIT

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

GRID is 19 bps cheaper than LIT. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/yr more in fees for LIT.

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

Top shared holdings

5 shared in total
# Holding In GRID In LIT Overlap
1 Tesla Inc 2.01% 2.29% 2.01%
2 BYD Co Ltd. 0.26% 2.59% 0.26%
3 Panasonic Holdings Corp. 0.21% 4.51% 0.21%
4 Samsung SDI Co Ltd. 0.09% 6.89% 0.09%
5 EnerSys 0.03% 2.47% 0.03%

Only in GRID

116 total
  • Eaton Corporation PLC 8.28%
  • Johnson Controls International PLC 7.90%
  • National Grid PLC 7.86%
  • ABB Ltd. 7.58%
  • Schneider Electric SE 7.26%
  • Prysmian S.p.A. 4.25%
  • Quanta Services, Inc. 4.24%
  • E.ON SE 4.10%
  • Hubbell Incorporated 2.87%
  • NVIDIA Corp. 2.14%

Only in LIT

36 total
  • RIO TINTO PLC 19.48%
  • ALBEMARLE CORPORATION 6.86%
  • Ganfeng Lithium Group Co., Ltd. 4.01%
  • PLS GROUP LIMITED 4.00%
  • Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. 3.91%
  • NAURA Technology Group Co., Ltd. 3.70%
  • Tianqi Lithium Corporation 3.38%
  • Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. 3.36%
  • TDK CORPORATION 3.25%
  • Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology Co., Ltd 2.91%

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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.