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AIRR vs ARTY: which is really different?

AIRR and ARTY hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and ARTY returned more over the year.

First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF and iShares Future AI & Tech ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

5.5%AIRR in the S&P 500
50.5%ARTY in the S&P 500
+15.0%AIRR total return, 1 year
+69.6%ARTY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: AIRR scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

AIRR 80.9ARTY 15.80.1, the lowest in this set91.4, the highest

A percentile among the 349 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All thematic ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

AIRR95% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
6%95%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 30% of the fund · 58 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in6%95%6% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 30% of the fund
ARTY50% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
51%50%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 83% · top ten 42% of the fund · 56 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 36% in51%50%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 83% · top ten 42% of the fund

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, AIRR and ARTY 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 AIRROnly in ARTY
STERLING INFRASTRUCTURE INC 6.00%NVIDIA 4.82%
ARGAN INC 4.73%TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.81%
COMFORT SYSTEMS USA INC 4.42%MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.61%
MASTEC INC 4.18%ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.59%
CH ROBINSON WORLDWIDE INC 4.08%SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 4.11%
OWENS CORNING 3.90%BROADCOM INC 4.10%
DYCOM INDUSTRIES INC 3.76%GLOBAL UNICHIP 4.04%
EMCOR GROUP INC 3.75%COREWEAVE CLASS A 3.87%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AIRR and ARTY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AIRRARTYAIRRARTYAIRRARTY
3 months−17.1%+3.1%−20.4 pts−0.2 pts−16.3 pts+3.9 pts
6 months−1.1%+56.0%−17.1 pts+40.0 pts−21.8 pts+35.3 pts
1 year+15.0%+69.6%−2.5 pts+52.1 pts−8.0 pts+46.7 pts
3 years+102.4%+143.8%+24.5 pts+65.9 pts+7.3 pts+48.7 pts
Since launch+460.7%+240.1%+56.4 pts+21.2 pts−312.8 pts−99.9 pts
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AIRR and ARTY on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AIRR
First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF
Holds 58 stocks in reshoring and manufacturing, 6% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
ARTY
iShares Future AI & Tech ETF
Holds 56 stocks in artificial intelligence, 50% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerFirst TrustiShares
ThemeReshoring and manufacturingArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 5005.5%50.5%
Active share vs the S&P 50099.9%82.9%
In the Nasdaq-1000.0%35.7%
Holdings5856
Top ten, share of the fund30.4%42.1%
Expense ratio0.69%0.47%
Fee for the differing part0.69%0.57%
Total return, 1 year+15.0%+69.6%
vs the S&P 500−2.5 pts+52.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−8.0 pts+46.7 pts
Below its high−19.5%−6.5%

AIRR in plain words

By weight, 6% of AIRR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 30% of the fund across 58 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 2.5 pts. It sits 19.5% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

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 83%. The top ten holdings are 42% of the fund across 56 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +69.6% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 52.1 pts. It sits 6.5% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AIRR and ARTY 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, AIRR or ARTY?
AIRR has 6% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ARTY has 50%, so AIRR differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIRR or ARTY?
AIRR charges 0.69% a year and ARTY charges 0.47%, so ARTY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AIRR against ARTY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 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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