Data as of .
AIHY vs FAI: which is really different?
AIHY and FAI hold 33% of their weight in the same names.
ETFIQ Off-Index Score: AIHY scores higher
How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
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
33% 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 FAI hold 33% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | AIHY | FAI |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Corp | 21.81% | 9.42% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 18.94% | 7.78% |
| Alphabet Inc | 18.93% | 7.23% |
| Meta Platforms Inc | 19.42% | 4.25% |
| Oracle Corp | 2.67% | 3.92% |
| Space Exploration Technologies Corp | 13.09% | 1.46% |
| Only in AIHY | Only in FAI |
|---|---|
| Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 3.01% | NVIDIA Corporation 8.49% |
| Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.06% | Broadcom Inc. 7.39% |
| First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 0.07% | Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 5.12% |
| Cash & Other -0.02% | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 4.02% |
| Micron Technology, Inc. 3.88% | |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. 3.77% | |
| ASML Holding N.V. 3.31% | |
| Marvell Technology, Inc. 3.19% |
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
| Window | Total return | vs the S&P 500 | vs the Nasdaq-100 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIHY | FAI | AIHY | FAI | AIHY | FAI | |
| 3 months | not published | −0.5% | not published | −2.7 pts | not published | +2.0 pts |
| 6 months | not published | +44.6% | not published | +26.6 pts | not published | +20.4 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +38.0% | not published | +21.4 pts | not published | +16.2 pts |
| Since launch | +8.7% | +82.5% | +6.7 pts | +51.2 pts | +7.0 pts | +38.3 pts |
| AIHY Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF Holds 10 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips, 82% of its weight in S&P 500 companies | FAI First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelligence ETF Holds 54 stocks in artificial intelligence, 77% of its weight in S&P 500 companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Defiance | First Trust |
| Theme | AI infrastructure and chips | Artificial intelligence |
| In the S&P 500 | 81.8% | 76.9% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 86.5% | 70.0% |
| In the Nasdaq-100 | 79.1% | 73.5% |
| Holdings | 10 | 54 |
| Top ten, share of the fund | 100.0% | 61.5% |
| Expense ratio | 0.76% | 0.65% |
| Fee for the differing part | 0.88% | 0.93% |
| Total return, 1 year | +8.7% (since launch on Jul 21, 2026) | +38.0% |
| vs the S&P 500 | +6.7 pts | +21.4 pts |
| vs the Nasdaq-100 | +7.0 pts | +16.2 pts |
| Below its high | −0.6% | −4.8% |
| Net assets | $10m | $190m |
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.
FAI in plain words
By weight, 77% of FAI'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 62% of the fund across 54 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +38.0% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 21.4 pts.
Questions people ask
- Do AIHY and FAI hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 33% 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 FAI?
- AIHY has 82% of its weight in S&P 500 names and FAI has 77%, so AIHY differs more from the index.
- Which is cheaper, AIHY or FAI?
- AIHY charges 0.76% a year and FAI charges 0.65%, so FAI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
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