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AIHY vs CHAT: which is really different?

AIHY and CHAT hold 17% of their weight in the same names.

Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF and Roundhill Generative AI & Technology ETF.

81.8%AIHY in the S&P 500
47.9%CHAT in the S&P 500
+8.7%AIHY total return, 1 year
+52.0%CHAT 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 21CHAT 5.70.1, 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
CHAT52% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
48%52%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 72% · top ten 40% of the fund · 47 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 44% in48%52%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 72% · top ten 40% of the fund

17% 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 CHAT hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIHY and CHAT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAIHYCHAT
Alphabet Inc18.93%5.69%
Microsoft Corp21.81%3.72%
Amazon.com Inc18.94%3.42%
Meta Platforms Inc19.42%2.36%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd3.01%1.97%
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/20310.07%0.84%
Only in each
Only in AIHYOnly in CHAT
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 13.09%NVIDIA Corp 6.92%
Oracle Corp 2.67%SK hynix Inc 4.40%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.06%ASML Holding NV 3.27%
Cash & Other -0.02%Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.14%
Micron Technology Inc 3.09%
Nebius Group NV 3.02%
Astera Labs Inc 2.86%
SoftBank Group Corp 2.78%

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 CHAT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AIHYCHATAIHYCHATAIHYCHAT
3 monthsnot published−12.2%not published−14.5 ptsnot published−9.8 pts
6 monthsnot published+43.6%not published+25.6 ptsnot published+19.4 pts
1 yearnot published+52.0%not published+35.5 ptsnot published+30.3 pts
3 yearsnot published+237.0%not published+158.6 ptsnot published+138.8 pts
Since launch+8.7%+256.5%+6.7 pts+166.8 pts+7.0 pts+138.6 pts
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AIHY and CHAT 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
CHAT
Roundhill Generative AI & Technology ETF
Holds 47 stocks in artificial intelligence, 48% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerDefianceRoundhill
ThemeAI infrastructure and chipsArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50081.8%47.9%
Active share vs the S&P 50086.5%72.1%
In the Nasdaq-10079.1%44.1%
Holdings1047
Top ten, share of the fund100.0%39.5%
Expense ratio0.76%0.75%
Fee for the differing part0.88%1.04%
Total return, 1 year+8.7% (since launch on Jul 21, 2026)+52.0%
vs the S&P 500+6.7 pts+35.5 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+7.0 pts+30.3 pts
Below its high−0.6%−13.7%
Net assets$10m$1.8bn

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.

CHAT in plain words

By weight, 48% of CHAT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 72%. The top ten holdings are 40% of the fund across 47 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +52.0% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 35.5 pts. It sits 13.7% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AIHY and CHAT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 17% 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 CHAT?
AIHY has 82% of its weight in S&P 500 names and CHAT has 48%, so AIHY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIHY or CHAT?
AIHY charges 0.76% a year and CHAT charges 0.75%, so CHAT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AIHY against CHAT, 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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