Data as of Sep 4, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
ARTY vs QQQ
iShares Future AI & Tech ETF and Invesco QQQ Trust.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, ARTY and QQQ hold 23% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | ARTY | QQQ |
|---|---|---|
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 5.39% | 4.80% |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | 4.37% | 8.16% |
| ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 5.24% | 3.70% |
| BROADCOM INC. | 4.25% | 3.37% |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 2.38% | 5.32% |
| PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 2.18% | 1.58% |
| SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMIT | 2.80% | 0.84% |
| WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION | 2.92% | 0.79% |
| MARVELL TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 4.54% | 0.78% |
| CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORPORATION. | 1.60% | 0.46% |
| WORKDAY, INC. | 0.82% | 0.14% |
| Only in ARTY | Only in QQQ |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Compa 4.84% | Apple Inc. 7.29% |
| COREWEAVE, INC. 4.27% | Amazon.com, Inc. 4.62% |
| SK hynix Inc. 3.63% | Alphabet Inc. 3.52% |
| SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC. 3.19% | Tesla, Inc. 3.46% |
| Global Unichip Corp 3.14% | Alphabet Inc. 3.26% |
| ORACLE CORPORATION 3.05% | Meta Platforms, Inc. 2.97% |
| NAVER Corporation 3.00% | Intel Corp. 2.52% |
| INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORAT 2.55% | Walmart Inc. 2.48% |
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.
| ARTY iShares Future AI & Tech ETF | QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Themes desk | Core fund |
| Issuer | iShares | Invesco |
| What it is | Artificial intelligence | Nasdaq-100, book from QQQM |
| Total return, 1 year | +79.1% | +25.6% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | +59.1 pts | +5.6 pts |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.18% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 49.7% | 96.7% |
| Holdings | 61 | 101 |
ARTY in plain words
By weight, 50% of ARTY's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 84%. The top ten holdings are 43% of the fund across 61 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +79.1% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 59.1 pts. It sits 5.6% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.
QQQ in plain words
QQQ is a index equity fund tracking Nasdaq-100, book from QQQM. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 it returned +25.6% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500 and +25.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 47.5%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 4, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, ARTY or QQQ?
- In the year to Sep 4, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ARTY returned +79.1% and QQQ returned +25.6%, so ARTY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- How much do ARTY and QQQ overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 50% of ARTY and 97% of QQQ by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 23% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
- Are ARTY and QQQ the same kind of fund?
- No. ARTY is a thematic ETF and QQQ 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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