Are AIQ and IVV in the same category?

AIQ is a thematic ETF and IVV is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AIQ returned +21.3% and IVV +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, AIQ or IVV?

IVV is cheaper, by 0.65 percentage points a year. That is about $65 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 65% of AIQ and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AIQ vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AIQ returned +21.3% to IVV's +13.7%, and IVV charges 0.03% to AIQ's 0.68%.

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Net assets: $10.6bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF, and $885.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

+21.3%

AIQ total return, 1 year

+13.7%

IVV total return, 1 year

0.68%

AIQ expense ratio

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IVV costs 0.65 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.6 points; IVV is far larger, $896.3bn against $10.6bn.

AIQ vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AIQ	IVV
Return
Measure	AIQ	IVV
Total return, 1 year	+21.3%	+13.7%
Drawdown
Measure	AIQ	IVV
Below its all-time high	8.2%, high on Jun 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AIQ	IVV
What it tracks	Artificial intelligence	S&P 500
Cost and size
Measure	AIQ	IVV
Expense ratio	0.68%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$10.6bn	$896.3bn
Active share vs the S&P 500	70%
Holdings
Measure	AIQ	IVV
Holdings in common	28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	43%	38.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

May 25, 2018 to Oct 23, 2026 · 439 weekly returns

AIQ IVV

Return

Total return edge AIQ +326.5% +218.9%

Annualized edge AIQ +18.7% +14.7%

Price return edge AIQ +314.4% +178.6%

Risk

Volatility edge IVV 24.3% 18.1%

Max drawdown edge IVV −44.1% −31.8%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AIQ (slight) 0.72 0.70

Sortino edge AIQ (slight) 1.09 1.00

Calmar edge IVV (slight) 0.42 0.46

Reading

AIQ returned more: +326.5% to +218.9%. IVV swung less: 18.1% to 24.3%. IVV fell less at its worst: −31.8% to −44.1%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: AIQ vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AIQ	IVV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+326.5%	+218.9%	AIQ	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+18.7%	+14.7%	AIQ	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+314.4%	+178.6%	AIQ	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	24.3%	18.1%	IVV	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	16.0%	12.6%	IVV	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−44.1%	−31.8%	IVV	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.72	0.70	AIQ (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.09	1.00	AIQ (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.42	0.46	IVV (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 439 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

28%

By the books each fund has filed, AIQ and IVV hold 28% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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28% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AIQ IVV

APPLE INC. 2.97% 7.61%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.73% 3.73%

ALPHABET INC. 2.72% 2.83%

NVIDIA CORPORATION 2.70% 7.92%

BROADCOM INC. 3.24% 2.45%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2.35% 5.93%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.30% 2.05%

TESLA, INC. 2.29% 1.73%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5.76% 1.57%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4.80% 1.37%

INTEL CORPORATION 4.18% 0.70%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2.23% 0.69%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AIQ

SK hynix Inc. 7.12%

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.79%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 3.02%

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.83%

Tencent Holdings Limited 1.68%

Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.66%

SAP SE 1.51%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1.37%

Only in IVV

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.26%

ELI LILLY 1.54%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.52%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.34%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.11%

VISA CLASS A 1.03%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.97%

WALMART 0.80%

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Side by side

AIQ Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Thematic ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Global X iShares

What it is Artificial intelligence Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +21.3% +13.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.6% (SPY)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs SPY

Expense ratio 0.68% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 64.7% 99.8%

Holdings 84 505

Net assets, AIQ as of Oct 12, 2026 and IVV as of Oct 27, 2026 $10.6bn $885.1bn

AIQ and IVV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Client brief

No client brief for this pair: the two funds' holdings are dated 149 days apart.

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About each fund

AIQ

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 Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +21.3% with distributions reinvested. It sits 8.2% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Are AIQ and IVV in the same category?: AIQ is a thematic ETF and IVV is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, AIQ or IVV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AIQ returned +21.3% and IVV +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, AIQ or IVV?: IVV is cheaper, by 0.65 percentage points a year. That is about $65 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AIQ and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 65% of AIQ and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AIQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AIQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Global X page for AIQ ↗

IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IVV ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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