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AIHY vs LQAI: which is really different?

AIHY and LQAI hold 12% of their weight in the same names.

Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF and LG QRAFT AI-Powered U.S. Large Cap Core ETF.

81.8%AIHY in the S&P 500
89.9%LQAI in the S&P 500
+8.7%AIHY total return, 1 year
+17.3%LQAI 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 21LQAI 1.60.1, 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
LQAI10% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
90%10%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutsideactive share 62% · top ten 40% of the fund · 100 holdings filed Apr 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 58% in90%10%of its weight in S&P 500 companies10% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 62% · top ten 40% of the fund

12% 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 LQAI hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIHY and LQAI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAIHYLQAI
Microsoft Corp21.81%3.40%
Amazon.com Inc18.94%3.25%
Meta Platforms Inc19.42%2.60%
Alphabet Inc18.93%2.42%
Oracle Corp2.67%0.13%
Only in each
Only in AIHYOnly in LQAI
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 13.09%NVIDIA CORP 5.99%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 3.01%MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.92%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.06%TESLA INC 5.88%
First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/2031 0.07%SANDISK CORP 5.44%
Cash & Other -0.02%BROADCOM INC 2.85%
APPLE INC 2.64%
KENVUE INC 2.22%
FORD MOTOR CO 2.15%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AIHY and LQAI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AIHYLQAIAIHYLQAIAIHYLQAI
3 monthsnot published−3.4%not published−5.6 ptsnot published−0.9 pts
6 monthsnot published+20.9%not published+2.9 ptsnot published−3.3 pts
1 yearnot published+17.3%not published+0.8 ptsnot published−4.4 pts
Since launch+8.7%+88.0%+6.7 pts+7.2 pts+7.0 pts−8.7 pts
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AIHY and LQAI 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
LQAI
LG QRAFT AI-Powered U.S. Large Cap Core ETF
Holds 100 stocks in artificial intelligence, 90% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerDefianceQraft
ThemeAI infrastructure and chipsArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50081.8%89.9%
Active share vs the S&P 50086.5%62.1%
In the Nasdaq-10079.1%58.2%
Holdings10100
Top ten, share of the fund100.0%40.4%
Expense ratio0.76%0.75%
Fee for the differing part0.88%1.21%
Total return, 1 year+8.7% (since launch on Jul 21, 2026)+17.3%
vs the S&P 500+6.7 pts+0.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+7.0 pts−4.4 pts
Below its high−0.6%−4.2%
Net assets$10m$2m

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.

LQAI in plain words

By weight, 90% of LQAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 62%. The top ten holdings are 40% of the fund across 100 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts.

Questions people ask

Do AIHY and LQAI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 12% 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 LQAI?
AIHY has 82% of its weight in S&P 500 names and LQAI has 90%, so AIHY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIHY or LQAI?
AIHY charges 0.76% a year and LQAI charges 0.75%, so LQAI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AIHY against LQAI, 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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