Which is cheaper, AIHY or WDRN?

AIHY charges 0.76% a year and WDRN charges 0.45%, so WDRN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Thematic ETFs

AIHY vs WDRN: Holdings Overlap & Returns

AIHY and WDRN are compared on the fields both publish.

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Net assets: $16m on Nov 3, 2026 for Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF, and $18m on Jun 30, 2026 for WisdomTree Physical AI, Humanoids, and Drones Fund.

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At a glance

AIHY · 3 months to Nov 4, 2026 Holdings are gross exposure, not a portfolio

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

WDRN · 3 months to Nov 4, 2026 77% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

23% of WDRN's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 77% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.

Pair scorecard

WDRN costs 0.31 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AIHY vs WDRN: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AIHY	WDRN
Drawdown
Measure	AIHY	WDRN
Below its all-time high	8.2%, high on Oct 13, 2026	33.0%, high on Jun 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AIHY	WDRN
What it tracks	AI infrastructure and chips	Artificial intelligence
Cost and size
Measure	AIHY	WDRN
Expense ratio	0.76%	0.45%
Net assets, AIHY as of Nov 3, 2026 and WDRN as of Jun 30, 2026	$16m	$18m
Holdings
Measure	AIHY	WDRN
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Risk and return

Jul 31, 2026 to Oct 30, 2026 · 13 weekly returns

AIHY WDRN

Return

Total return edge AIHY −1.5% −9.6%

Price return edge AIHY −1.5% −9.6%

Risk

Max drawdown edge AIHY −11.8% −20.6%

Reading

From Jul 2026 to Oct 2026, AIHY returned more: −1.5% to −9.6%. AIHY fell less at its worst: −11.8% to −20.6%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: AIHY vs WDRN: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AIHY	WDRN	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	−1.5%	−9.6%	AIHY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Price return	−1.5%	−9.6%	AIHY	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Max drawdown	−11.8%	−20.6%	AIHY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 13 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Window by window

Window by window: AIHY vs WDRN: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	AIHY	WDRN	AIHY	WDRN
3 months	+0.4%	−18.2%	not measured	−16.9 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: AIHY Jul 2026 · WDRN May 2026	+5.4%	−25.6%	not measured	−27.4 pts vs ACWI

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Side by side

AIHY Defiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETF · Holds 12 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips WDRN WisdomTree Physical AI, Humanoids, and Drones Fund · Holds 63 stocks in artificial intelligence, 23% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Defiance WisdomTree

Theme AI infrastructure and chips Artificial intelligence

In the S&P 500 not published 23.0%

Active share vs the S&P 500 not published 92.6%

In the Nasdaq-100 not published 15.2%

Holdings 12 63

Top ten, share of the fund not published 35.8%

Expense ratio 0.76% 0.45%

Fee for the differing part not published 0.49%

Total return, 1 year +5.4% (since launch, Jul 21, 2026) −25.6% (since launch, May 14, 2026)

vs its benchmark not measured −27.4 pts vs ACWI (since launch, May 14, 2026)

Below its high −8.2% −33.0%

Net assets, AIHY as of Nov 3, 2026 and WDRN as of Jun 30, 2026 $16m $18m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Client brief

No client brief for this pair: ETFIQ prints no one-year total return for AIHY or WDRN.

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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.

WDRN

By weight, 23% of WDRN's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 93%. The top ten holdings are 36% of the fund across 63 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it first traded on May 14, 2026 the fund returned −25.6% with distributions reinvested. It sits 33.0% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, AIHY or WDRN?: AIHY charges 0.76% a year and WDRN charges 0.45%, so WDRN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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All thematic ETFs ranked by the S&P 500 Difference Score →How the scores are computed →AIHY on its own →WDRN on its own →AIHY holdings →WDRN holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AIHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AIHY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Defiance page for AIHY ↗

WDRN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

WDRN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

WisdomTree page for WDRN ↗

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How this is computed

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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