CRTC vs TECB: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Xtrackers US National Critical Technologies ETF

CRTCBNYSE Arca

iShares U.S. Tech Breakthrough Multisector ETF

TECBANYSE Arca

Overlap

36.4%by weight

Expense ratio

TECB −0.05pt a year

CRTC0.35%TECB0.30%

Avg volume · 30D

CRTC 2.7×the volume

CRTC25.4KTECB9.36K

CRTC vs TECB Performance

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

+9.1%CRTC+18.8%TECB

Expense ratio: CRTC 0.35%; TECB 0.30%, better
Fund size: CRTC $158M; TECB $493M
1Y total return: CRTC +9.1%; TECB +18.8%, better
Yield (12M): CRTC 0.95%, better; TECB 0.29%
Holdings: CRTC 208; TECB 173
Avg volume (30D): CRTC 25.4K sh, better; TECB 9.36K sh
NAV per share: CRTC $40.32; TECB $75.32
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for CRTC, TECB, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	CRTC	TECB
Cost30% weight	B60	A79Higher
Mission25% weight	C40	A92Higher
Risk15% weight	A77Higher	B55
Tradability15% weight	C45	A72Higher
Holdings10% weight	B68Higher	B61
Durability5% weight	A75	A91Higher

Rank among US Thematic funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. CRTC and TECB are both graded against the same 22 US Thematic funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Thematic⁠

Category · 22 funds

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TECB ranks 2nd and CRTC 5th of 22 funds in the US Thematic Category.

Rank 1ALRNDNYLI U.S. Large Cap R&D Leaders ETFScore 76
Rank 2ATECBiShares U.S. Tech Breakthrough Multisector ETFScore 71
Rank 3BLOHARoundhill HALO ETFScore 66
Rank 4BHOMZHoya Capital Housing ETFScore 64
Rank 5BCRTCXtrackers US National Critical Technologies ETFScore 62
Rank 6CFDNFirst Trust Dow Jones Internet Index FundScore 52

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

CRTCBXtrackers US National Critical Technologies ETF

TECBAiShares U.S. Tech Breakthrough Multisector ETF

In short

CRTC Less a tech fund than a national-security screen. CRTC holds developed-market large and mid caps tied to the 14 critical technology areas the Pentagon defined, then filters them by how entangled each company is with adversarial nations.

TECB Five breakthroughs (AI and robotics, cloud and data, cybersecurity, genomics, fintech) in one iShares index fund, priced well under the typical US thematic ETF. Multisector by design, so healthcare and finance names sit beside the chip and software crowd.

Stated mandate

CRTC The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Solactive Whitney U.S. Critical Technologies Index.

TECB TECB seeks to track an index of U.S. companies that may benefit from robotics and artificial intelligence, cloud and data technology, cybersecurity, genomics and immunology, and financial technology.

Why people hold it

CRTC Two screens, not one: association with a DoD-defined critical technology area, then a geostrategic risk rating on each company's exposure to adversarial versus Five Eyes countries.dws.com businesswire.com
The 14 areas run from biotechnology and quantum science to microelectronics and advanced materials, so the roughly 220 holdings reach well past software and chips.dws.com
Costs 0.35% a year against a 0.57% median for the US thematic funds we grade. Pays quarterly.
The portfolio closely matches the mandate in its prospectus, and it sits in the top quartile of its thematic peer group on our review.

TECB 0.30% a year, roughly half the median expense ratio in its US thematic peer group. With themes, cost is the one edge you keep no matter which breakthrough actually breaks through.
Roughly 170 stocks spread across five themes rather than a concentrated bet on one idea, so no single storyline carries the fund by itself.ishares.com
Rules pick the stocks, not a manager's mood: it follows the NYSE FactSet U.S. Tech Breakthrough Index and has tracked it tightly since the 2020 launch, among the cleaner builds in its thematic group.ishares.com

Worth knowing

CRTC Not the cheapest shelf in the aisle: peers LRND (0.14%) and TECB (0.30%) undercut it, though they screen for different things.
A smaller, thinly traded fund. The prospectus flags bid-ask spread costs, which tend to bite more in lightly traded names.dws.com
The security screen rests on J.H. Whitney's proprietary model and the index rebalances in May and November, so the roster can shift meaningfully at each reset.dws.com

TECB This is a growth-theme basket with no ballast. Five fast-moving innovation sleeves can swing harder than the broad market in both directions.
Volume is light next to the megacap tech giants. For quick in-and-out trades, the bid-ask spread can cost more than the fee does.
Cheap, but not the cheapest on the block: LRND charges 0.14% for a broad US R&D-leaders screen that overlaps some of the same territory.

Full CRTC profile⁠

Full TECB profile⁠

CRTC vs TECB Holdings

How CRTC and TECB differ

Overlap by weight

36.4%

Shared holdings make up 56.6% of TECB and 42.9% of CRTC.

Level by level

Holdings33 in both36.4%
Sector11 Sectors71.0%
Countryby domicile88.6%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in CRTC and TECB, widest gap first
Sector	More in CRTCMore in TECB	CRTC	TECB
Technology	TECB +18.3 points	40.8%	59.1%
Industrials	CRTC +9.5 points	10.8%	1.3%
Financials	TECB +9.3 points	0.1%	9.5%
Energy	CRTC +6.9 points	7.4%	0.5%
Communication	CRTC +4.7 points	14.6%	9.9%
Utilities	CRTC +4.6 points	4.6%	0.0%
Materials	CRTC +3.0 points	3.0%	0.0%
Real Estate	TECB +1.4 points	0.0%	1.4%
Consumer Discretionary	CRTC +0.3 points	5.2%	4.9%
Consumer Staples	Same weight	0.0%	0.0%
Health Care	Same weight	13.5%	13.5%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in CRTC and TECB, widest gap first
Country	More in CRTCMore in TECB	CRTC	TECB
United States	TECB +10.8 points	88.6%	99.4%
United Kingdom	CRTC +3.2 points	3.2%	0.0%
Canada	CRTC +2.8 points	2.8%	0.0%
Australia	CRTC +2.4 points	2.4%	0.0%
Spain	CRTC +0.7 points	0.7%	0.0%
Ireland	CRTC +0.7 points	0.7%	0.0%
Brazil	TECB +0.6 points	0.0%	0.6%
Other countries (8)	CRTC +1.6 points	1.6%	0.0%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

CRTC39.0%
TECB42.3%

Securities held

CRTC207
TECB171

Asset class

CRTC: Equity
TECB: Equity

Holdings

Only in CRTC174
In both33
Only in TECB138

Only in CRTC

174 securities, 56.7% of CRTC by weight

Exxonmobil Hldgs Corp Npv3.56%
AbbVie Inc2.39%
Chevron Corp2.15%
Cisco Systems Inc1.89%
Lam Research Corp1.37%
United Technologies Corp1.24%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc1.19%
Amgen Inc1.15%
GE Vernova1.05%
Gilead Sciences Inc0.97%
BHP Billiton Ltd0.94%
Kla-Tencor Corp0.94%
Shopify Inc0.91%
Verizon Communications Inc0.85%
Abbott Laboratories0.84%
Arista Networks Inc0.81%
NextEra Energy Inc0.80%
Pfizer Inc0.80%
Iberdrola SA0.73%
Lockheed Martin Corp0.69%
Danaher Corp0.68%
AT&T Inc0.67%
Boeing Co0.62%
Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC0.61%
Marathon Petroleum Corp0.61%
Dell Technologies Inc0.59%
Bp PLC0.59%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co0.58%
Automatic Data Process0.54%
Valero Energy Corp0.54%
Phillips 660.53%
Parker-Hannifin Corp0.52%
Southern Co0.50%
General Dynamics Corp0.46%
Gsk Plc0.45%
Suncor Energy Inc0.45%
Emerson Electric Co0.43%
Johnson Controls International PLC0.42%
Cloudflare Inc0.41%
Cadence Design Systems Inc0.41%
Freeport-McMorRan0.41%
Vertiv Holdings Co0.41%
Constellation Energy Corp0.40%
Comcast Corp-CL A0.37%
Motorola Solutions Inc0.37%
Illinois Tool Works Inc0.37%
National Grid PLC0.37%
BAE Systems PLC0.37%
Northrop Grumman Corp0.37%
Howmet Aerospace Inc0.37%

Only in TECB

138 securities, 43.3% of TECB by weight

Merck & Co Inc4.60%
Visa Class A4.51%
Apple4.17%
Mastercard Class A3.40%
Texas Instrument2.80%
Netflix2.67%
Intel Corporation2.47%
Qualcomm1.78%
Moderna1.60%
Sandisk1.30%
Western Digital Corp0.96%
Equinix Reit0.77%
Revolution Medicines0.72%
Mercadolibre0.59%
Baker Hughes Class A0.56%
Okta Class A0.55%
Digital Realty Trust Reit0.49%
Incyte Corp0.47%
Ebay0.41%
Exelixis Inc0.34%
PayPal Holdings0.33%
Everpure Inc Class A0.31%
Netapp Inc0.30%
Iron Mountain Inc0.26%
Block Class A0.26%
Twilio Class A0.24%
Caci International Inc Class A0.24%
Atlassian Corp Class A0.23%
Akamai Technologies Inc0.21%
Coinbase Global Class A0.20%
Hp Inc0.20%
Twist Bioscience0.18%
Fiserv Inc0.18%
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Class0.17%
Corpay0.17%
Godaddy Class A0.16%
Rubrik Class A0.14%
Coupang Class A0.14%
Sofi Technologies0.14%
Nutanix Class A0.14%
Affirm Holdings Class A0.14%
Lattice Semiconductor0.13%
Reddit Class A0.13%
Sentinelone Inc Class A0.13%
Qualys0.12%
Science Applications International0.10%
Toast Class A0.10%
Siriusxm Holdings0.10%
Cognex0.10%
Tradeweb Markets Inc Class A0.09%

Weight gaps

All 33 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in CRTC and TECB, widest gap first
Holding	More in CRTCMore in TECB	CRTC	TECB
Palo Alto NetworksPANW	TECB +3.35 points	1.36%	4.71%
Crowdstrike Holdings IncCRWD	TECB +2.79 points	1.13%	3.92%
Palantir Technologies Inc Class APLTR	TECB +2.28 points	1.86%	4.14%
Vertex PharmVRTX	TECB +2.15 points	0.66%	2.81%
Microsoft CorpMSFT	CRTC +1.70 points	6.36%	4.66%
Regeneron PharmaceuticalsREGN	TECB +1.43 points	0.43%	1.86%
Amazon.com IncAMZN	CRTC +1.29 points	4.92%	3.63%
Alphabet Class AGOOGL	CRTC +1.24 points	4.06%	2.82%
NVIDIA CorpNVDA	CRTC +1.23 points	4.94%	3.71%
Analog Devices IncADI	TECB +1.15 points	0.93%	2.08%
Meta Platform Inc Class AMETA	CRTC +1.05 points	4.91%	3.86%
Fortinet IncFTNT	TECB +0.94 points	0.38%	1.32%
Intuitive Surgical IncISRG	TECB +0.86 points	0.70%	1.56%
International Business Machine CorpIBM	TECB +0.75 points	1.12%	1.87%
Oracle CorpORCL	TECB +0.69 points	1.03%	1.72%
Adobe Systems IncADBE	TECB +0.58 points	0.46%	1.04%
salesforce.com IncCRM	TECB +0.56 points	0.84%	1.40%
ServiceNow IncNOW	TECB +0.34 points	0.49%	0.83%
AMETEK IncAME	TECB +0.31 points	0.25%	0.56%
Snowflake IncSNOW	TECB +0.31 points	0.48%	0.79%
Autodesk IncADSK	TECB +0.30 points	0.24%	0.54%
Zscaler IncZS	TECB +0.28 points	0.12%	0.40%
Advanced Micro DevAMD	TECB +0.25 points	3.77%	4.02%
Microchip Technology IncMCHP	TECB +0.23 points	0.19%	0.42%
IntuitINTU	TECB +0.18 points	0.42%	0.60%
MicroStrategy IncMSTR	TECB +0.13 points	0.20%	0.33%
MongoDB IncMDB	TECB +0.08 points	0.13%	0.21%
Coreweave Inc USD 0.0001CRWV	TECB +0.05 points	0.09%	0.14%
Broadridge Financial SolutionsBR	TECB +0.05 points	0.09%	0.14%
Global Payments IncGPN	TECB +0.04 points	0.11%	0.15%
Fidelity National InformationFIS	TECB +0.04 points	0.09%	0.13%
Ss&C Technologies HoldingsSSNC	TECB +0.04 points	0.07%	0.11%
Circle Internet Group In Usd 0.0001CRCL	TECB +0.02 points	0.07%	0.09%

All 209 CRTC holdings⁠All 173 TECB holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

CRTC vs TECB Cost

Overpaying CRTC vs TECB

$977

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

CRTC 0.35%
$7,126
TECB 0.30%
$6,149

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

CRTC 0.35%
TECB 0.30%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	CRTC	TECB	Overpaying
10	$634	$545	$89
20	$2,454	$2,113	$341
30	$7,126	$6,149	$977

Expense ratio

0.35%CRTC
0.30%TECB, cheaper

TECB0.30%CRTC0.35%

0.14%0.87%

Middle half of US Thematic funds
Median 0.35%

TECB 5th cheapest of 22 funds

CRTC 7th cheapest of 22 funds

CRTC vs TECB Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): CRTC 0.95%, better; TECB 0.29%
Payout (12M): CRTC $0.38; TECB $0.22
Last payment: CRTC $0.14; TECB $0.05
Ex-dividend: CRTC Sep 18, 2026; TECB Sep 15, 2026
Paid on: CRTC Sep 25, 2026; TECB Sep 18, 2026
Frequency: CRTC Quarterly; TECB Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2020 to 2026, same scale for both

CRTCQuarterly · 13 paymentsAll CRTC payments⁠

TECBQuarterly · 27 paymentsAll TECB payments⁠

CRTC vs TECB Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: CRTC 11.9%since Dec 2023TECB 19.7%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: CRTC 1.09since Dec 2023TECB 1.17
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: CRTC −19.1%since Nov 2023TECB −41.6%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: CRTC 0.95TECB 1.25; Market = 1

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