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AIFD vs AIHY: which is really different?

AIFD and AIHY hold 13% of their weight in the same names.

TCW Artificial Intelligence ETF and Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF.

77.7%AIFD in the S&P 500
81.8%AIHY in the S&P 500
+48.4%AIFD 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?

AIFD 6.5AIHY 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

AIFD22% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
78%22%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 74% · top ten 56% of the fund · 32 holdings filed Apr 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 58% in78%22%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 74% · top ten 56% 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

13% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AIFD and AIHY hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIFD and AIHY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAIFDAIHY
AMAZON.COM INC4.42%18.94%
MICROSOFT CORP1.17%21.81%
ORACLE CORP1.12%2.67%
Only in each
Only in AIFDOnly in AIHY
NVIDIA CORP 7.32%Meta Platforms Inc 19.42%
LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC 7.23%Alphabet Inc 18.93%
BROADCOM INC 6.80%Space Exploration Technologies Corp 13.09%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 6.27%Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 3.01%
ARISTA NETWORKS INC 6.08%Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.06%
VERTIV HOLDINGS CO-A 5.00%First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 0.07%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 4.73%Cash & Other -0.02%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.20%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AIFD 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
AIFDAIHYAIFDAIHYAIFDAIHY
3 months−5.1%not published−7.3 ptsnot published−2.6 ptsnot published
6 months+34.1%not published+16.1 ptsnot published+9.9 ptsnot published
1 year+48.4%not published+31.9 ptsnot published+26.6 ptsnot published
Since launch+105.1%+8.7%+53.3 pts+6.7 pts+39.3 pts+7.0 pts
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AIFD and AIHY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AIFD
TCW Artificial Intelligence ETF
Holds 32 stocks in artificial intelligence, 78% 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
IssuerTCWDefiance
ThemeArtificial intelligenceAI infrastructure and chips
In the S&P 50077.7%81.8%
Active share vs the S&P 50073.7%86.5%
In the Nasdaq-10058.2%79.1%
Holdings3210
Top ten, share of the fund55.9%100.0%
Expense ratio0.75%0.76%
Fee for the differing part1.02%0.88%
Total return, 1 year+48.4%+8.7% (since launch on Jul 21, 2026)
vs the S&P 500+31.9 pts+6.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+26.6 pts+7.0 pts
Below its high−8.5%−0.6%
Net assets$107m$10m

AIFD in plain words

By weight, 78% of AIFD's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 74%. The top ten holdings are 56% of the fund across 32 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +48.4% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 31.9 pts. It sits 8.5% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

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 AIFD and AIHY hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 13% 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, AIFD or AIHY?
AIFD has 78% of its weight in S&P 500 names and AIHY has 82%, so AIHY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIFD or AIHY?
AIFD charges 0.75% a year and AIHY charges 0.76%, so AIFD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AIFD 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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