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AIFD vs AIX: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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AIFD and AIX hold 31% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets: $125m on Jul 31, 2026 for TCW Artificial Intelligence ETF, and $446,975 on Nov 3, 2026 for Defiance US 100 Tech AI Moat ETF.

AIFD on its own →AIX on its own →
At a glance
74.1%
AIFD in the S&P 500
90.3%
AIX in the S&P 500
+21.7%
AIFD total return, 1 year
−11.6%
AIX total return, since launch, Jun 30, 2026
AIFD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 26% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
26% of its weight is outside the S&P 50074% of AIFD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 26% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.74%26%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 74% · top ten 53% of the fund · 34 holdings as filed for Jul 31, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 59% in26% of its weight is outside the S&P 50074% of AIFD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 26% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.74%26%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 74% · Nasdaq-100: 59% in

74% of AIFD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 26% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.

AIX · 3 months to Nov 4, 2026 10% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
10% of its weight is outside the S&P 50090% of AIX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 10% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.90%10%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutsideactive share 63% · top ten 55% of the fund · 30 holdings as published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 100% in10% of its weight is outside the S&P 50090% of AIX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 10% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.90%10%of its weight in S&P 500 companies10% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 63% · Nasdaq-100: 100% in

90% of AIX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 10% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AIX costs 0.10 points a year less.

AIFD vs AIX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
MeasureAIFDAIX
Return
Total return, 1 year+21.7%not published
Drawdown
Below its all-time high21.3%, high on Jun 2, 202613.6%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%0.65%
Net assets, AIFD as of Jul 31, 2026 and AIX as of Nov 3, 2026$125m$446,975
Holdings
Holdings in common31%
ETFIQ S&P 500 Difference Score · AIFD scores higher How much of its weight does it not share with the S&P 500?
IQ Themes Score21.9AIFD5.7AIX

How different its holdings are from the S&P 500, ranked against 114 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.4, the lowest in this set 99.6, the highest

Weight not shared with the S&P 500 only; it says nothing about returns, fees or whether the theme pays off. All thematic ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

31%

By the books each fund has filed, AIFD and AIX hold 31% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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31% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AIFD AIX
NVIDIA CORP 6.83% 4.93%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.82% 4.45%
BROADCOM INC 5.89% 4.37%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.20% 5.48%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 5.38% 4.01%
KLA CORP 2.49% 3.28%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 4.45% 2.36%
TESLA INC 1.61% 5.00%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A 1.48% 6.53%
MICROSOFT CORP 1.24% 6.96%
COREWEAVE INC-CL A 0.33% 0.43%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in AIFD
PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 6.25%
ARISTA NETWORKS INC 5.90%
LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC 4.35%
DIGITALOCEAN HOLDINGS INC 3.75%
VERTIV HOLDINGS CO-A 3.41%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 3.36%
ASML HOLDING NV-NY REG SHS 2.94%
DATADOG INC - CLASS A 2.74%
Only in AIX
Apple Inc 5.94%
Meta Platforms Inc 5.50%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 5.36%
Texas Instruments Inc 4.74%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 4.56%
Analog Devices Inc 3.27%
Arm Holdings Plc 3.09%
Qualcomm Inc 3.02%
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Window by window

Window by window: AIFD vs AIX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Total return
WindowAIFDAIX
3 months−14.4%−4.4%
6 months−9.4%–
1 year+21.7%–
Since launchNot the same days: AIFD May 2024 · AIX Jun 2026+76.5%−11.6%

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Side by side

AIFD TCW Artificial Intelligence ETF · Holds 34 stocks in artificial intelligence, 74% of its weight in S&P 500 companies AIX Defiance US 100 Tech AI Moat ETF · Holds 30 stocks in artificial intelligence, 90% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer TCW Defiance
Theme Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence
In the S&P 500 74.1% 90.3%
Active share vs the S&P 500 74.4% 63.4%
In the Nasdaq-100 59.1% 99.7%
Holdings 34 30
Top ten, share of the fund 52.8% 55.0%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.65%
Fee for the differing part 1.01% 1.03%
Total return, 1 year +21.7% −11.6% (since launch, Jun 30, 2026)
vs its benchmark not measured not measured
Below its high −21.3% −13.6%
Net assets, AIFD as of Jul 31, 2026 and AIX as of Nov 3, 2026 $125m $446,975

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

31% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund
AIFD

By weight, 74% 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 53% of the fund across 34 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +21.7% with distributions reinvested. It sits 21.3% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

AIX

By weight, 90% of AIX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 63%. The top ten holdings are 55% of the fund across 30 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026. Since it first traded on Jun 30, 2026 the fund returned −11.6% with distributions reinvested. It sits 13.6% below its all-time high of Oct 6, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AIFD and AIX hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 31% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, AIFD or AIX?
AIFD has 74% of its weight in S&P 500 names and AIX has 90%, so AIFD differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIFD or AIX?
AIFD charges 0.75% a year and AIX charges 0.65%, so AIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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AIFD on its own →AIX on its own →AIFD holdings →AIX holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
AIFD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
AIFD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
TCW website ↗
AIX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
AIX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Defiance page for AIX ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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