Do AIFD and TCAI hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 16% 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 TCAI?

AIFD has 74% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TCAI has 60%, so TCAI differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, AIFD or TCAI?

AIFD charges 0.75% a year and TCAI charges 0.65%, so TCAI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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AIFD vs TCAI: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, AIFD returned +21.7% to TCAI's +7.5%; 16% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $125m on Jul 31, 2026 for TCW Artificial Intelligence ETF, and $230m on Aug 31, 2026 for Tortoise AI Infrastructure ETF.

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At a glance

74.1%

AIFD in the S&P 500

60.4%

TCAI in the S&P 500

+21.7%

AIFD total return, 1 year

+7.5%

TCAI total return, 1 year

AIFD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 26% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

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

TCAI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 40% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

60% of TCAI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 40% is outside the index. Holdings as of Aug 31, 2026.

Pair scorecard

TCAI costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.2 points.

AIFD vs TCAI: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AIFD	TCAI
Return
Measure	AIFD	TCAI
Total return, 1 year	+21.7%	+7.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AIFD	TCAI
Below its all-time high	21.3%, high on Jun 2, 2026	39.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AIFD	TCAI
What it tracks	Artificial intelligence	AI infrastructure and chips
Cost and size
Measure	AIFD	TCAI
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.65%
Net assets, AIFD as of Jul 31, 2026 and TCAI as of Aug 31, 2026	$125m	$230m
Holdings
Measure	AIFD	TCAI
Holdings in common	16%

ETFIQ S&P 500 Difference Score · TCAI scores higher How much of its weight does it not share with the S&P 500?

IQ Themes Score21.9AIFD65.4TCAI

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

AIFD 21.9

TCAI 65.4

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

Risk and return

Aug 15, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 63 weekly returns

AIFD TCAI

Return

Total return edge TCAI +45.5% +54.1%

Annualized edge TCAI +36.3% +42.9%

Price return edge TCAI +45.5% +54.0%

Risk

Volatility edge AIFD 25.0% 36.7%

Max drawdown edge AIFD −15.1% −33.9%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AIFD 1.21 1.06

Sortino edge AIFD 1.83 1.51

Calmar edge AIFD 2.40 1.27

Reading

From Aug 2025 to Oct 2026, TCAI returned more: +54.1% to +45.5%. AIFD swung less: 25.0% to 36.7%. AIFD fell less at its worst: −15.1% to −33.9%.

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Risk and return: AIFD vs TCAI: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AIFD	TCAI	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+45.5%	+54.1%	TCAI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+36.3%	+42.9%	TCAI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+45.5%	+54.0%	TCAI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	25.0%	36.7%	AIFD	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	16.6%	25.7%	AIFD	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−15.1%	−33.9%	AIFD	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	1.21	1.06	AIFD	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.83	1.51	AIFD	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	2.40	1.27	AIFD	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 63 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

16%

By the books each fund has filed, AIFD and TCAI hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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16% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AIFD TCAI

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.82% 5.29%

VERTIV HOLDINGS CO-A 3.41% 5.59%

ARISTA NETWORKS INC 5.90% 2.49%

LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC 4.35% 1.88%

NEBIUS GROUP NV 1.51% 2.56%

NVIDIA CORP 6.83% 0.74%

CELESTICA INC 1.55% 0.40%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AIFD

PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 6.25%

BROADCOM INC 5.89%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 5.38%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 4.45%

AMAZON.COM INC 4.20%

DIGITALOCEAN HOLDINGS INC 3.75%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 3.36%

ASML HOLDING NV-NY REG SHS 2.94%

Only in TCAI

Dell Technologies Inc 6.37%

Sandisk Corp 4.25%

Ciena Corp 4.01%

Seagate Technology Holdings PL 3.83%

Quanta Services Inc 3.64%

nVent Electric PLC 3.42%

Western Digital Corp 3.18%

Constellation Energy Corp 3.07%

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Window by window

Window by window: AIFD vs TCAI: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return
Window	AIFD	TCAI
3 months	−14.4%	−25.9%
6 months	−9.4%	−28.8%
1 year	+21.7%	+7.5%
Since launchNot the same days: AIFD May 2024 · TCAI Aug 2025	+76.5%	+40.4%

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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 TCAI Tortoise AI Infrastructure ETF · Holds 46 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips, 60% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer TCW Tortoise

Theme Artificial intelligence AI infrastructure and chips

In the S&P 500 74.1% 60.4%

Active share vs the S&P 500 74.4% 93.3%

In the Nasdaq-100 59.1% 25.7%

Holdings 34 46

Top ten, share of the fund 52.8% 42.6%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.65%

Fee for the differing part 1.01% 0.70%

Total return, 1 year +21.7% +7.5%

vs its benchmark not measured not measured

Below its high −21.3% −39.3%

Net assets, AIFD as of Jul 31, 2026 and TCAI as of Aug 31, 2026 $125m $230m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

16% 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.

TCAI

By weight, 60% of TCAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 93%. The top ten holdings are 43% of the fund across 46 positions, as filed for Aug 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +7.5% with distributions reinvested. It sits 39.3% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AIFD and TCAI hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 16% 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 TCAI?: AIFD has 74% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TCAI has 60%, so TCAI differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIFD or TCAI?: AIFD charges 0.75% a year and TCAI charges 0.65%, so TCAI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AIFD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AIFD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

TCW website ↗

TCAI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

TCAI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Tortoise website ↗

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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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