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AIHY vs ARTY: which is really different?

AIHY and ARTY hold 6% of their weight in the same names.

Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF and iShares Future AI & Tech ETF.

81.8%AIHY in the S&P 500
51.7%ARTY in the S&P 500
+8.7%AIHY total return, 1 year
+67.3%ARTY 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 21ARTY 14.60.1, 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
ARTY48% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
52%48%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 83% · top ten 43% of the fund · 65 holdings filed Sep 17, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 36% in52%48%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 83% · top ten 43% of the fund

6% 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 ARTY hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIHY and ARTY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAIHYARTY
Oracle Corp2.67%4.18%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp13.09%2.67%
Microsoft Corp21.81%2.64%
Only in each
Only in AIHYOnly in ARTY
Meta Platforms Inc 19.42%ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 5.29%
Amazon.com Inc 18.94%MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 4.91%
Alphabet Inc 18.93%BROADCOM INC 4.54%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 3.01%MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.52%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.06%TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.52%
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 0.07%NVIDIA 4.50%
Cash & Other -0.02%COREWEAVE CLASS A 4.09%
GLOBAL UNICHIP 3.51%

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 ARTY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AIHYARTYAIHYARTYAIHYARTY
3 monthsnot published−3.8%not published−6.0 ptsnot published−1.3 pts
6 monthsnot published+59.0%not published+41.0 ptsnot published+34.8 pts
1 yearnot published+67.3%not published+50.8 ptsnot published+45.6 pts
3 yearsnot published+147.8%not published+69.4 ptsnot published+49.6 pts
Since launch+8.7%+242.0%+6.7 pts+23.4 pts+7.0 pts−102.0 pts
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AIHY and ARTY 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
ARTY
iShares Future AI & Tech ETF
Holds 65 stocks in artificial intelligence, 52% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerDefianceiShares
ThemeAI infrastructure and chipsArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50081.8%51.7%
Active share vs the S&P 50086.5%82.7%
In the Nasdaq-10079.1%36.2%
Holdings1065
Top ten, share of the fund100.0%42.5%
Expense ratio0.76%0.47%
Fee for the differing part0.88%0.57%
Total return, 1 year+8.7% (since launch on Jul 21, 2026)+67.3%
vs the S&P 500+6.7 pts+50.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+7.0 pts+45.6 pts
Below its high−0.6%−5.9%
Net assets$10m$4.1bn

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.

ARTY in plain words

By weight, 52% of ARTY's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 83%. The top ten holdings are 42% of the fund across 65 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +67.3% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 50.8 pts. It sits 5.9% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AIHY and ARTY hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 6% 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 ARTY?
AIHY has 82% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ARTY has 52%, so AIHY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIHY or ARTY?
AIHY charges 0.76% a year and ARTY charges 0.47%, so ARTY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AIHY against ARTY, 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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