Data as of .
AIHY vs AIPO: which is really different?
AIHY and AIPO hold 4% of their weight in the same names.
ETFIQ Off-Index Score: AIHY scores higher
How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
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
4% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, AIHY and AIPO hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | AIHY | AIPO |
|---|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc | 18.93% | 4.30% |
| First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 | 0.07% | 0.25% |
| Cash & Other | -0.02% | -0.01% |
| Only in AIHY | Only in AIPO |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Corp 21.81% | Eaton Corp Plc 8.31% |
| Meta Platforms Inc 19.42% | Quanta Services Inc 8.25% |
| Amazon.com Inc 18.94% | Ge Vernova Inc 8.03% |
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp 13.09% | Vertiv Holdings Co 6.56% |
| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 3.01% | Bloom Energy Corp 5.10% |
| Oracle Corp 2.67% | Nvidia Corp 4.04% |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.06% | Broadcom Inc 3.97% |
| Cameco Corp 3.54% |
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
| Window | Total return | vs the S&P 500 | vs the Nasdaq-100 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIHY | AIPO | AIHY | AIPO | AIHY | AIPO | |
| 3 months | not published | −16.1% | not published | −18.4 pts | not published | −13.7 pts |
| 6 months | not published | +15.1% | not published | −2.9 pts | not published | −9.1 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +29.3% | not published | +12.7 pts | not published | +7.5 pts |
| Since launch | +8.7% | +40.1% | +6.7 pts | +18.9 pts | +7.0 pts | +12.1 pts |
| AIHY Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF Holds 10 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips, 82% of its weight in S&P 500 companies | AIPO Defiance AI & Power Infrastructure ETF Holds 89 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips, 62% of its weight in S&P 500 companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Defiance | Defiance |
| Theme | AI infrastructure and chips | AI infrastructure and chips |
| In the S&P 500 | 81.8% | 61.8% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 86.5% | 86.1% |
| In the Nasdaq-100 | 79.1% | 20.6% |
| Holdings | 10 | 89 |
| Top ten, share of the fund | 100.0% | 55.1% |
| Expense ratio | 0.76% | 0.69% |
| Fee for the differing part | 0.88% | 0.80% |
| Total return, 1 year | +8.7% (since launch on Jul 21, 2026) | +29.3% |
| vs the S&P 500 | +6.7 pts | +12.7 pts |
| vs the Nasdaq-100 | +7.0 pts | +7.5 pts |
| Below its high | −0.6% | −18.0% |
| Net assets | $10m | $915m |
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.
AIPO in plain words
By weight, 62% of AIPO'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 55% of the fund across 89 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 21, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +29.3% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 12.7 pts. It sits 18.0% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Do AIHY and AIPO hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 4% 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, AIHY or AIPO?
- AIHY has 82% of its weight in S&P 500 names and AIPO has 62%, so AIHY differs more from the index.
- Which is cheaper, AIHY or AIPO?
- AIHY charges 0.76% a year and AIPO charges 0.69%, so AIPO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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