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BAI vs XT
16% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BAI and XT hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | BAI | XT |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 5.43% | 4.02% |
| Alphabet Inc | 4.26% | 2.84% |
| Broadcom Inc | 5.97% | 2.23% |
| Tesla Inc | 1.68% | 3.52% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 1.15% | 1.67% |
| Micron Technology Inc | 3.21% | 0.77% |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc | 3.84% | 0.71% |
| Siemens Energy AG | 2.14% | 0.57% |
| Palantir Technologies Inc | 1.08% | 0.34% |
| Monolithic Power Systems Inc | 2.52% | 0.24% |
| Arista Networks Inc | 1.63% | 0.21% |
| Western Digital Corp | 2.30% | 0.20% |
| Only in BAI | Only in XT |
|---|---|
| SK hynix Inc 4.93% | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED 5.05% |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 4.64% | ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 4.00% |
| Tower Semiconductor Ltd 4.22% | MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.62% |
| Lam Research Corp 3.99% | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 3.41% |
| Lumentum Holdings Inc 3.32% | AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.18% |
| Elite Material Co Ltd 3.20% | JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.67% |
| Fabrinet 3.13% | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Compa 2.36% |
| Intel Corp 2.72% | Infineon Technologies AG 1.87% |
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 as filed for Apr 30, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | vs the S&P 500 | vs the Nasdaq-100 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAI | XT | BAI | XT | BAI | XT | |
| 3 months | −2.1% | +3.1% | −6.8 pts | −1.6 pts | −4.2 pts | +1.0 pts |
| 6 months | +36.4% | +18.7% | +21.2 pts | +3.5 pts | +16.2 pts | −1.5 pts |
| 1 year | +43.1% | +31.3% | +23.1 pts | +11.3 pts | +17.5 pts | +5.7 pts |
| 3 years | n/a | +62.6% | n/a | −15.3 pts | n/a | −30.9 pts |
| Since launch | +81.2% | +285.1% | +46.5 pts | −59.8 pts | +34.9 pts | −339.5 pts |
| BAI iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF | XT iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | iShares | iShares |
| Theme | Artificial intelligence | Broad innovation and megatrends |
| In the S&P 500 | 50.0% | 65.9% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 77.9% | 66.8% |
| In the Nasdaq-100 | 43.9% | 42.9% |
| Holdings | 45 | 218 |
| Top ten, share of the fund | 43.8% | 34.7% |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.46% |
| Fee for the differing part | not published | 0.69% |
| Total return, 1 year | +43.1% | +31.3% |
| vs the S&P 500 | +23.1 pts | +11.3 pts |
| vs the Nasdaq-100 | +17.5 pts | +5.7 pts |
| Below its high | −17.8% | −1.8% |
BAI in plain words
By weight, 50% of BAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 78%. The top ten holdings are 44% of the fund across 45 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +43.1% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 23.1 pts. It sits 17.8% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.
XT in plain words
By weight, 66% of XT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 67%. The top ten holdings are 35% of the fund across 218 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +31.3% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 11.3 pts.
Questions people ask
- Do BAI and XT hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 16% 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, BAI or XT?
- BAI has 50% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 66%, so BAI differs more from the index.
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Where these figures came from
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, BAI against XT, data as of Sep 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/BAI-XT.html Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.