Which returned more over the last year, AIQ or VTI?

In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AIQ returned +42.9% and VTI returned +20.0%, so AIQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, AIQ or VTI?

AIQ charges 0.68% a year and VTI charges 0.03%, so VTI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AIQ and VTI overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 65% of AIQ and 88% of VTI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 21% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Are AIQ and VTI the same kind of fund?

No. AIQ is a thematic ETF and VTI is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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AIQ vs VTI

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Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AIQ and VTI hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIQ and VTI both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	AIQ	VTI
ALPHABET INC.	2.72%	2.90%
NVIDIA CORPORATION	2.70%	6.37%
BROADCOM INC.	3.25%	2.48%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION	2.36%	3.84%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.	5.77%	1.80%
META PLATFORMS, INC.	2.31%	1.71%
TESLA, INC.	2.29%	1.64%
INTEL CORPORATION	4.18%	0.78%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.	3.83%	0.58%
NETFLIX, INC.	2.43%	0.42%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY, INC.	1.27%	0.37%
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORAT	2.04%	0.37%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in AIQ	Only in VTI
SK hynix Inc. 7.12%	Apple Inc 5.88%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4.81%	Amazon.com Inc 3.19%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.80%	Alphabet Inc 2.29%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Compa 3.02%	Eli Lilly & Co 1.41%
APPLE INC. 2.97%	Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.31%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.73%	Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.25%
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.84%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.12%
Tencent Holdings Limited 1.68%	Johnson & Johnson 0.85%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

AIQ and VTI on the fields both publish, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	AIQ Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF	VTI Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund
Where it sits	Themes desk	Core fund
Issuer	Global X	Vanguard
What it is	Artificial intelligence	US total market
Total return, 1 year	+42.9%	+20.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+20.0%	+20.0%
Gap to the S&P 500	+22.9 pts	+0.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.68%	0.03%
Already in the S&P 500	64.8%	88.3%
Holdings	84	3531

AIQ in plain words

By weight, 65% of AIQ's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 70%. The top ten holdings are 43% of the fund across 84 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +42.9% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 22.9 pts. It sits 8.3% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

VTI in plain words

VTI is a index equity fund tracking US total market. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +20.0% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3531 positions, with the top ten at 32.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AIQ or VTI?: In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AIQ returned +42.9% and VTI returned +20.0%, so AIQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, AIQ or VTI?: AIQ charges 0.68% a year and VTI charges 0.03%, so VTI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AIQ and VTI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 65% of AIQ and 88% of VTI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 21% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
Are AIQ and VTI the same kind of fund?: No. AIQ is a thematic ETF and VTI is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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