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AIHY vs FAI: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $16m for Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF and $245m for First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelligence ETF.

AIHY on its own →FAI on its own →
At a glance
AIHY · 3 months to Nov 4, 2026 Holdings are gross exposure, not a portfolio
Holdings are gross exposure, not a portfolioAIHY's holdings are gross exposure rather than a portfolio, so no S&P 500 share is published. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.holdings not yet filedHoldings are gross exposure, not a portfolioAIHY's holdings are gross exposure rather than a portfolio, so no S&P 500 share is published. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.holdings not yet filed

AIHY's holdings are gross exposure rather than a portfolio, so no S&P 500 share is published. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.

FAI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 24% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
24% of its weight is outside the S&P 50077% of FAI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 24% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.77%24%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 70% · top ten 62% of the fund · 50 holdings as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 77% in24% of its weight is outside the S&P 50077% of FAI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 24% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.77%24%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 70% · Nasdaq-100: 77% in

77% of FAI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 24% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FAI costs 0.11 points a year less; FAI is 15.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AIHY vs FAI: Holdings Overlap & Returns
MeasureAIHYFAI
Return
Total return, 1 yearnot published+19.9%
Drawdown
Below its all-time high8.2%, high on Oct 13, 202614.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Against its benchmark
What it tracksAI infrastructure and chipsArtificial intelligence
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearahead by 5.1 pts
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year+14.8%
Against its benchmark, 1 yearahead by 5.1 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.76%0.65%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$16m$245m
Holdings
Holdings in commonnot published

Method

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Window by window: AIHY vs FAI: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Total returnvs its benchmark
WindowAIHYFAIAIHYFAI
3 months+0.4%−5.9%not measured−5.8 pts vs VOO
6 months–+3.2%–−1.8 pts vs VOO
1 year–+19.9%–+5.1 pts vs VOO
Since launchNot the same days: AIHY Jul 2026 · FAI Nov 2024+5.4%+67.8%not measured+35.5 pts vs VOO

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Side by side

AIHY Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF · Holds 12 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips FAI First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelligence ETF · Holds 50 stocks in artificial intelligence, 76% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Defiance First Trust
Theme AI infrastructure and chips Artificial intelligence
In the S&P 500 not published 76.5%
Active share vs the S&P 500 not published 70.1%
In the Nasdaq-100 not published 77.3%
Holdings 12 50
Top ten, share of the fund not published 62.1%
Expense ratio 0.76% 0.65%
Fee for the differing part not published 0.93%
Total return, 1 year +5.4% (since launch, Jul 21, 2026) +19.9%
vs its benchmark not measured +5.1 pts vs VOO
Below its high −8.2% −14.0%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $16m $245m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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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.

FAI

By weight, 76% 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 50 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +19.9% with distributions reinvested against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, so a holder was ahead by 5.1 pts. It sits 14.0% below its all-time high of Oct 6, 2026.

Questions people ask

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 to next
All thematic ETFs ranked by the S&P 500 Difference Score →How the scores are computed →AIHY on its own →FAI on its own →AIHY holdings →FAI dividend history →FAI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
AIHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
AIHY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Defiance page for AIHY ↗
FAI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
FAI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
First Trust page for FAI ↗

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