Which is cheaper, AIHY or AIQ?

AIHY charges 0.76% a year and AIQ charges 0.68%, so AIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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AIHY vs AIQ: Holdings Overlap & Returns

AIHY and AIQ are compared on the fields both publish.

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Net assets: $16m on Nov 3, 2026 for Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF, and $10.6bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF.

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At a glance

AIHY · 3 months to Nov 4, 2026 Holdings are gross exposure, not a portfolio

AIHY's holdings are gross exposure rather than a portfolio, so no S&P 500 share is published. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.

AIQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 38% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

62% of AIQ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 38% is outside the index. Holdings as of Aug 31, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AIQ costs 0.08 points a year less.

AIHY vs AIQ: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AIHY	AIQ
Return
Measure	AIHY	AIQ
Total return, 1 year	not published	+16.2%
Drawdown
Measure	AIHY	AIQ
Below its all-time high	8.2%, high on Oct 13, 2026	14.6%, high on Jun 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AIHY	AIQ
What it tracks	AI infrastructure and chips	Artificial intelligence
Cost and size
Measure	AIHY	AIQ
Expense ratio	0.76%	0.68%
Net assets, AIHY as of Nov 3, 2026 and AIQ as of Oct 12, 2026	$16m	$10.6bn
Holdings
Measure	AIHY	AIQ
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Risk and return

Jul 31, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026 · 13 weekly returns

AIHY AIQ

Return

Total return edge AIQ −1.5% +2.1%

Price return edge AIQ −1.5% +2.1%

Risk

Max drawdown edge AIQ −11.8% −9.7%

Reading

From Jul 2026 to Oct 2026, AIQ returned more: +2.1% to −1.5%. AIQ fell less at its worst: −9.7% to −11.8%.

Full scorecard

3 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: AIHY vs AIQ: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AIHY	AIQ	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	−1.5%	+2.1%	AIQ	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Price return	−1.5%	+2.1%	AIQ	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Max drawdown	−11.8%	−9.7%	AIQ	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.

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

Window by window

Window by window: AIHY vs AIQ: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return
Window	AIHY	AIQ
3 months	+0.4%	−4.0%
6 months	–	−0.7%
1 year	–	+16.2%
3 years	–	+117.7%
Since launchNot the same days: AIHY Jul 2026 · AIQ May 2018	+5.4%	+309.8%

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Side by side

AIHY Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF · Holds 12 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips AIQ Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF · Holds 88 stocks in artificial intelligence, 62% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Defiance Global X

Theme AI infrastructure and chips Artificial intelligence

In the S&P 500 not published 61.8%

Active share vs the S&P 500 not published 68.8%

In the Nasdaq-100 not published 55.5%

Holdings 12 88

Top ten, share of the fund not published 32.4%

Expense ratio 0.76% 0.68%

Fee for the differing part not published 0.99%

Total return, 1 year +5.4% (since launch, Jul 21, 2026) +16.2%

vs its benchmark not measured not measured

Below its high −8.2% −14.6%

Net assets, AIHY as of Nov 3, 2026 and AIQ as of Oct 12, 2026 $16m $10.6bn

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Client brief

No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for AIHY.

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About each fund

AIHY

AIHY holds 12 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026, and the book is gross exposure rather than a portfolio. Since it first traded on Jul 21, 2026 the fund returned +5.4% with distributions reinvested. It sits 8.2% below its all-time high of Oct 13, 2026.

AIQ

By weight, 62% of AIQ's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 69%. The top ten holdings are 32% of the fund across 88 positions, as filed for Aug 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +16.2% with distributions reinvested. It sits 14.6% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, AIHY or AIQ?: AIHY charges 0.76% a year and AIQ charges 0.68%, so AIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AIHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AIHY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Defiance page for AIHY ↗

AIQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AIQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Global X page for AIQ ↗

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