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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BAI returned +32.3% and IVV returned +17.6%, so BAI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BAI or IVV?

BAI charges 0.55% a year and IVV charges 0.03%, so IVV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 55% of BAI and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 22% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Are BAI and IVV the same kind of fund?

No. BAI is a thematic ETF and IVV 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 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

ETFIQetfiq.com · independent ETF data

BAI vs IVV: how they differ

Over the year BAI returned more, +32.3% against +17.6%, and IVV charges 0.03% against 0.55%.

iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF and iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BAI and IVV hold 22% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions BAI and IVV both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	BAI	IVV
NVIDIA	5.32%	8.06%
BROADCOM INC	4.75%	2.61%
ALPHABET CLASS A	2.45%	2.98%
MICROSOFT	2.12%	5.58%
AMAZON.COM INC	2.01%	3.76%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY	6.48%	1.68%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES	4.77%	1.25%
TESLA INC	0.94%	1.56%
INTEL CORPORATION	2.84%	0.76%
LAM RESEARCH	4.06%	0.57%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS	1.47%	0.42%
SANDISK	2.49%	0.38%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in BAI	Only in IVV
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.69%	APPLE 7.31%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 3.01%	ALPHABET CLASS C 2.38%
SNOWFLAKE 3.00%	META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.16%
ELITE MATERIAL 2.75%	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.45%
ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS 2.55%	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.42%
UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.05%	ELI LILLY 1.36%
TOWER SEMICONDUCTOR 1.97%	EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.05%
SK HYNIX 1.92%	JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.98%

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 dated Sep 10, 2026.

BAI and IVV on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BAI iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF	IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits	Thematic ETF	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	Artificial intelligence	S&P 500
Total return, 1 year	+32.3%	+17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+14.8 pts	+0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.03%
Already in the S&P 500	54.8%	100.0%
Holdings	52	505

BAI in plain words

By weight, 55% of BAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 76%. The top ten holdings are 42% of the fund across 52 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +32.3% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 14.8 pts. It sits 17.9% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

IVV in plain words

IVV is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 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

Which returned more over the last year, BAI or IVV?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BAI returned +32.3% and IVV returned +17.6%, so BAI returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BAI or IVV?: BAI charges 0.55% a year and IVV charges 0.03%, so IVV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BAI and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 55% of BAI and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 22% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
Are BAI and IVV the same kind of fund?: No. BAI is a thematic ETF and IVV is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Other comparisons

Where to next

Where these figures came from

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.

BAI against IVV, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, BAI against IVV, data as of Sep 13, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/bai-vs-ivv Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

A comparison is not a recommendation. Standards and sources