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AIHY vs AIX: which is really different?

AIHY and AIX hold 25% of their weight in the same names.

Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF and Defiance US 100 Tech AI Moat ETF.

81.8%AIHY in the S&P 500
88.0%AIX in the S&P 500
+8.7%AIHY total return, 1 year
−4.6%AIX 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 21AIX 20.1, 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
AIX12% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · since launch to Sep 18, 2026
88%12%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutsideactive share 64% · top ten 53% of the fund · 32 holdings filed Sep 21, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 94% in88%12%of its weight in S&P 500 companies12% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 64% · top ten 53% of the fund

25% 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 AIX hold 25% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIHY and AIX both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAIHYAIX
Microsoft Corp21.81%5.73%
Meta Platforms Inc19.42%5.38%
Amazon.com Inc18.94%4.84%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp13.09%4.75%
Alphabet Inc18.93%4.49%
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/20310.07%0.04%
Cash & Other-0.02%0.07%
Only in each
Only in AIHYOnly in AIX
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 3.01%Palantir Technologies Inc 6.26%
Oracle Corp 2.67%Advanced Micro Devices Inc 5.69%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.06%Apple Inc 5.30%
Micron Technology Inc 5.27%
Nvidia Corp 5.07%
Intel Corp 4.64%
Broadcom Inc 4.44%
Tesla Inc 4.38%

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

AIHY and AIX over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AIHYAIXAIHYAIXAIHYAIX
Since launch+8.7%−4.6%+6.7 pts−6.9 pts+7.0 pts−2.6 pts
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AIHY and AIX 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
AIX
Defiance US 100 Tech AI Moat ETF
Holds 32 stocks in artificial intelligence, 88% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerDefianceDefiance
ThemeAI infrastructure and chipsArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50081.8%88.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50086.5%64.0%
In the Nasdaq-10079.1%94.3%
Holdings1032
Top ten, share of the fund100.0%52.9%
Expense ratio0.76%0.65%
Fee for the differing part0.88%1.02%
Total return, 1 year+8.7% (since launch on Jul 21, 2026)−4.6% (since launch on Jun 30, 2026)
vs the S&P 500+6.7 pts−6.9 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+7.0 pts−2.6 pts
Below its high−0.6%−4.6%
Net assets$10m$482,327

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.

AIX in plain words

By weight, 88% of AIX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 64%. The top ten holdings are 53% of the fund across 32 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 21, 2026. Since it launched on Jun 30, 2026 the fund returned −4.6% with distributions reinvested against +2.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 6.9 pts.

Questions people ask

Do AIHY and AIX hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 25% 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 AIX?
AIHY has 82% of its weight in S&P 500 names and AIX has 88%, so AIHY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIHY or AIX?
AIHY charges 0.76% a year and AIX charges 0.65%, so AIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AIHY against AIX, 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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