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AIHY vs AIQ: which is really different?

AIHY and AIQ hold 23% of their weight in the same names.

Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF and Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF.

81.8%AIHY in the S&P 500
56.0%AIQ in the S&P 500
+8.7%AIHY total return, 1 year
+31.6%AIQ 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?

AIHY 21AIQ 4.40.1, 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

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
AIQ44% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
56%44%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 70% · top ten 32% of the fund · 95 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 48% in56%44%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 70% · top ten 32% of the fund

23% 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 AIQ hold 23% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIHY and AIQ both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAIHYAIQ
Microsoft Corp21.81%3.54%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp13.09%3.53%
Alphabet Inc18.93%3.01%
Meta Platforms Inc19.42%3.00%
Amazon.com Inc18.94%2.97%
Oracle Corp2.67%3.36%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd3.01%2.15%
Tencent Holdings Ltd2.06%2.57%
Only in each
Only in AIHYOnly in AIQ
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 0.07%PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A 3.94%
Cash & Other -0.02%TESLA INC 3.12%
INTEL CORP 2.96%
NVIDIA CORP 2.91%
APPLE INC 2.86%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 2.86%
NETFLIX INC 2.85%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.84%

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 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AIHY and AIQ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AIHYAIQAIHYAIQAIHYAIQ
3 monthsnot published−4.0%not published−6.3 ptsnot published−1.5 pts
6 monthsnot published+35.4%not published+17.4 ptsnot published+11.1 pts
1 yearnot published+31.6%not published+15.0 ptsnot published+9.8 pts
3 yearsnot published+131.6%not published+53.2 ptsnot published+33.5 pts
Since launch+8.7%+338.9%+6.7 pts+120.5 pts+7.0 pts−11.9 pts
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AIHY and AIQ on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AIHY
Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF
Holds 10 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips, 82% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
AIQ
Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF
Holds 95 stocks in artificial intelligence, 56% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerDefianceGlobal X
ThemeAI infrastructure and chipsArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50081.8%56.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50086.5%69.7%
In the Nasdaq-10079.1%47.8%
Holdings1095
Top ten, share of the fund100.0%32.3%
Expense ratio0.76%0.68%
Fee for the differing part0.88%0.98%
Total return, 1 year+8.7% (since launch on Jul 21, 2026)+31.6%
vs the S&P 500+6.7 pts+15.0 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+7.0 pts+9.8 pts
Below its high−0.6%−8.6%
Net assets$10m$10.2bn

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.

AIQ in plain words

By weight, 56% of AIQ's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 70%. The top ten holdings are 32% of the fund across 95 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +31.6% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 15.0 pts. It sits 8.6% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AIHY and AIQ hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 23% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, AIHY or AIQ?
AIHY has 82% of its weight in S&P 500 names and AIQ has 56%, so AIHY differs more from the index.
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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Where these figures came from

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AIHY against AIQ, 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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