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AIEQ vs AIHY: which is really different?

AIEQ and AIHY hold 7% of their weight in the same names.

Amplify AI Powered Equity ETF and Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF.

99.6%AIEQ in the S&P 500
81.8%AIHY in the S&P 500
+11.2%AIEQ total return, 1 year
+8.7%AIHY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: AIHY scores higher

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

AIEQ 2.9AIHY 210.1, the lowest in this set91.8, the highest

A percentile among the 379 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

AIEQ0% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
100%0%of its weight in S&P 500 companies0% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 67% · top ten 44% of the fund · 163 holdings filed Sep 21, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 35% in100%0%of its weight in S&P 500 companies0% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 67% · top ten 44% of the fund
AIHY18% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
82%18%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 87% · top ten 100% of the fund · 10 holdings filed Sep 21, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 79% in82%18%in the S&P 50018% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 87% · top ten 100% of the fund

7% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AIEQ and AIHY hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIEQ and AIHY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAIEQAIHY
Alphabet Inc3.38%18.93%
Microsoft Corp3.31%21.81%
Meta Platforms Inc0.60%19.42%
Amazon.com Inc0.05%18.94%
Cash & Other-0.01%-0.02%
Only in each
Only in AIEQOnly in AIHY
TE Connectivity PLC 6.14%Space Exploration Technologies Corp 13.09%
Chubb Ltd 4.99%Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 3.01%
Netflix Inc 4.92%Oracle Corp 2.67%
GE Vernova Inc 4.61%Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.06%
NVIDIA Corp 4.44%First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 0.07%
Aflac Inc 4.42%
Tyson Foods Inc 4.21%
Biogen Inc 3.56%

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 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AIEQ and AIHY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AIEQAIHYAIEQAIHYAIEQAIHY
3 months−0.3%not published−2.5 ptsnot published+2.2 ptsnot published
6 months+14.8%not published−3.2 ptsnot published−9.4 ptsnot published
1 year+11.2%not published−5.3 ptsnot published−10.5 ptsnot published
Since launch+42.7%+8.7%−17.4 pts+6.7 pts−28.1 pts+7.0 pts
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AIEQ and AIHY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AIEQ
Amplify AI Powered Equity ETF
Holds 163 stocks in artificial intelligence, 100% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
AIHY
Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF
Holds 10 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips, 82% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerAmplifyDefiance
ThemeArtificial intelligenceAI infrastructure and chips
In the S&P 50099.6%81.8%
Active share vs the S&P 50067.1%86.5%
In the Nasdaq-10034.8%79.1%
Holdings16310
Top ten, share of the fund44.0%100.0%
Expense ratio0.75%0.76%
Fee for the differing part1.12%0.88%
Total return, 1 year+11.2%+8.7% (since launch on Jul 21, 2026)
vs the S&P 500−5.3 pts+6.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−10.5 pts+7.0 pts
Below its high−4.0%−0.6%
Net assets$119m$10m

AIEQ in plain words

By weight, 100% of AIEQ'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 44% of the fund across 163 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 21, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +11.2% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 5.3 pts.

AIHY in plain words

By weight, 82% of AIHY's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 86%. The top ten holdings are 100% of the fund across 10 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 21, 2026. Since it launched on Jul 21, 2026 the fund returned +8.7% with distributions reinvested against +2.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 6.7 pts.

Questions people ask

Do AIEQ and AIHY hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 7% 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, AIEQ or AIHY?
AIEQ has 100% of its weight in S&P 500 names and AIHY has 82%, so AIHY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIEQ or AIHY?
AIEQ charges 0.75% a year and AIHY charges 0.76%, so AIEQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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AIEQ against AIHY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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