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AIEQ vs PBOT: which is really different?

AIEQ and PBOT hold 16% of their weight in the same names.

Amplify AI Powered Equity ETF and Pictet AI & Automation ETF.

99.6%AIEQ in the S&P 500
61.0%PBOT in the S&P 500
+11.2%AIEQ total return, 1 year
+34.6%PBOT total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: PBOT scores higher

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

AIEQ 2.9PBOT 13.60.1, 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
PBOT39% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
61%39%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 82% · top ten 53% of the fund · 44 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 52% in61%39%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 82% · top ten 53% of the fund

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, AIEQ and PBOT hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIEQ and PBOT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAIEQPBOT
NVIDIA Corp4.44%3.15%
Broadcom Inc2.76%6.33%
Micron Technology Inc1.91%2.12%
F5 Inc2.61%1.12%
Netflix Inc4.92%1.02%
Palo Alto Networks Inc0.18%4.57%
Akamai Technologies Inc0.05%1.42%
Fortinet Inc0.05%2.40%
Only in each
Only in AIEQOnly in PBOT
TE Connectivity PLC 6.14%ALPHABET INC-CL A 6.86%
Chubb Ltd 4.99%KLA CORP 6.36%
GE Vernova Inc 4.61%TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 6.34%
Aflac Inc 4.42%ASML HOLDING NV /EUR/ 5.77%
Tyson Foods Inc 4.21%SNOWFLAKE INC 4.73%
Biogen Inc 3.56%CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC - A 4.64%
Alphabet Inc 3.38%INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG /EUR/ 3.91%
Microsoft Corp 3.31%CLOUDFLARE INC - CLASS A 2.93%

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 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AIEQ and PBOT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AIEQPBOTAIEQPBOTAIEQPBOT
3 months−0.3%+1.0%−2.5 pts−1.2 pts+2.2 pts+3.5 pts
6 months+14.8%+39.5%−3.2 pts+21.4 pts−9.4 pts+15.2 pts
1 year+11.2%not published−5.3 ptsnot published−10.5 ptsnot published
Since launch+42.7%+34.6%−17.4 pts+18.0 pts−28.1 pts+13.9 pts
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AIEQ and PBOT 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
PBOT
Pictet AI & Automation ETF
Holds 44 stocks in artificial intelligence, 61% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerAmplifyPictet
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50099.6%61.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50067.1%82.1%
In the Nasdaq-10034.8%52.2%
Holdings16344
Top ten, share of the fund44.0%52.6%
Expense ratio0.75%0.70%
Fee for the differing part1.12%0.85%
Total return, 1 year+11.2%+34.6% (since launch on Oct 16, 2025)
vs the S&P 500−5.3 pts+18.0 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−10.5 pts+13.9 pts
Below its high−4.0%−3.8%
Net assets$119m$14m

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.

PBOT in plain words

By weight, 61% of PBOT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 82%. The top ten holdings are 53% of the fund across 44 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Oct 16, 2025 the fund returned +34.6% with distributions reinvested against +16.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 18.0 pts.

Questions people ask

Do AIEQ and PBOT 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, AIEQ or PBOT?
AIEQ has 100% of its weight in S&P 500 names and PBOT has 61%, so PBOT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIEQ or PBOT?
AIEQ charges 0.75% a year and PBOT charges 0.70%, so PBOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AIEQ against PBOT, 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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