Which is cheaper, AIHY or AIUP?

AIHY charges 0.76% a year and AIUP charges 0.70%, so AIUP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Thematic ETFs

AIHY vs AIUP: Holdings Overlap & Returns

AIHY and AIUP 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 $4.0m on Jun 30, 2026 for FINQ FIRST U.S. Large Cap AI-Managed Equity 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.

AIUP · 6 months to Nov 4, 2026 0% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

100% of AIUP's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 0% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AIUP costs 0.06 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AIHY vs AIUP: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AIHY	AIUP
Drawdown
Measure	AIHY	AIUP
Below its all-time high	8.2%, high on Oct 13, 2026	27.4%, high on Sep 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AIHY	AIUP
What it tracks	AI infrastructure and chips	Artificial intelligence
Cost and size
Measure	AIHY	AIUP
Expense ratio	0.76%	0.70%
Net assets, AIHY as of Nov 3, 2026 and AIUP as of Jun 30, 2026	$16m	$4.0m
Holdings
Measure	AIHY	AIUP
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Risk and return

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

AIHY AIUP

Return

Total return edge AIHY −1.5% −7.6%

Price return edge AIHY −1.5% −7.6%

Risk

Max drawdown edge AIHY −11.8% −20.3%

Reading

From Jul 2026 to Oct 2026, AIHY returned more: −1.5% to −7.6%. AIHY fell less at its worst: −11.8% to −20.3%.

Full scorecard

3 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: AIHY vs AIUP: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AIHY	AIUP	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	−1.5%	−7.6%	AIHY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Price return	−1.5%	−7.6%	AIHY	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Max drawdown	−11.8%	−20.3%	AIHY	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 AIUP: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	AIHY	AIUP	AIHY	AIUP
3 months	+0.4%	−19.8%	not measured	−19.7 pts vs VOO
6 months	–	−11.9%	–	−16.9 pts vs VOO
Since launchNot the same days: AIHY Jul 2026 · AIUP Feb 2026	+5.4%	−3.2%	not measured	−15.1 pts vs VOO

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Side by side

AIHY Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF · Holds 12 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips AIUP FINQ FIRST U.S. Large Cap AI-Managed Equity ETF · Holds 15 stocks in artificial intelligence, 100% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Defiance FINQ

Theme AI infrastructure and chips Artificial intelligence

In the S&P 500 not published 100.0%

Active share vs the S&P 500 not published 76.1%

In the Nasdaq-100 not published 77.3%

Holdings 12 15

Top ten, share of the fund not published 77.7%

Expense ratio 0.76% 0.70%

Fee for the differing part not published 0.92%

Total return, 1 year +5.4% (since launch, Jul 21, 2026) −3.2% (since launch, Feb 6, 2026)

vs its benchmark not measured −15.1 pts vs VOO (since launch, Feb 6, 2026)

Below its high −8.2% −27.4%

Net assets, AIHY as of Nov 3, 2026 and AIUP as of Jun 30, 2026 $16m $4.0m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Client brief

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

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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.

AIUP

By weight, 100% of AIUP's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 76%. The top ten holdings are 78% of the fund across 15 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on Feb 6, 2026 the fund returned −3.2% with distributions reinvested. It sits 27.4% below its all-time high of Sep 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, AIHY or AIUP?: AIHY charges 0.76% a year and AIUP charges 0.70%, so AIUP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

All thematic ETFs ranked by the S&P 500 Difference Score →How the scores are computed →AIHY on its own →AIUP on its own →AIHY holdings →AIUP holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AIHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AIHY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Defiance page for AIHY ↗

AIUP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AIUP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

FINQ website ↗

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How this is computed

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