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AIQ vs ITA

Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF and iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF, side by side on the themes desk.

0% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AIQ and ITA hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in AIQOnly in ITA
SK hynix Inc. 7.12%GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 22.63%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5.77%RTX CORPORATION 14.83%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4.81%THE BOEING COMPANY 8.90%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.80%TRANSDIGM GROUP INCORPORATED 4.59%
INTEL CORPORATION 4.18%HOWMET AEROSPACE INC. 4.50%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 3.83%GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION 4.34%
BROADCOM INC. 3.25%LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 4.05%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Compa 3.02%Northrop Grumman Corporation 3.92%

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.

Performance, window by window

AIQ and ITA over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AIQITAAIQITAAIQITA
3 months+2.9%−1.6%−1.8 pts−6.3 pts+0.8 pts−3.7 pts
6 months+31.0%−6.7%+15.8 pts−21.9 pts+10.8 pts−26.9 pts
1 year+42.9%+14.2%+22.9 pts−5.7 pts+17.3 pts−11.4 pts
3 years+124.2%+100.8%+46.3 pts+22.9 pts+30.8 pts+7.4 pts
Since launch+340.2%+937.0%+119.0 pts+125.7 pts−9.1 pts−747.0 pts
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AIQ and ITA on the themes desk fields, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AIQ
Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF
ITA
iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
IssuerGlobal XiShares
ThemeArtificial intelligenceDefense
In the S&P 50064.8%76.6%
Active share vs the S&P 50070.2%97.9%
In the Nasdaq-10055.9%3.2%
Holdings8449
Top ten, share of the fund42.7%75.2%
Expense ratio0.68%not published
Fee for the differing part0.97%not published
Total return, 1 year+42.9%+14.2%
vs the S&P 500+22.9 pts−5.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+17.3 pts−11.4 pts
Below its high−8.3%−10.9%

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.

ITA in plain words

By weight, 77% of ITA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 75% of the fund across 49 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +14.2% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 5.7 pts. It sits 10.9% below its all-time high of Aug 14, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AIQ and ITA hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, AIQ or ITA?
AIQ has 65% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ITA has 77%, so ITA differs more from the index.

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AIQ against ITA, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 4, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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