Do AINF and AIS hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 19% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, AINF or AIS?

AINF has 35% of its weight in S&P 500 names and AIS has 42%, so AIS differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, AINF or AIS?

AINF charges 0.65% a year and AIS charges 0.75%, so AINF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AINF vs AIS: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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AINF and AIS hold 19% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets: $443,594 on Oct 27, 2026 for Defiance Inference AI Chip ETF, and $1.2bn on Oct 28, 2026 for VistaShares Artificial Intelligence Supercycle ETF.

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At a glance

35.3%

AINF in the S&P 500

42.2%

AIS in the S&P 500

−3.9%

AINF total return, since launch, Aug 18, 2026

+66.2%

AIS total return, 1 year

AINF · since launch to Oct 28, 2026 65% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

35% of AINF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 65% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 28, 2026.

AIS · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 58% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

42% of AIS's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 58% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AINF costs 0.10 points a year less.

AINF vs AIS: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AINF	AIS
Return
Measure	AINF	AIS
Total return, 1 year	not published	+66.2%
Drawdown
Measure	AINF	AIS
Below its all-time high	13.7%, high on Oct 6, 2026	24.6%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AINF	AIS
What it tracks	AI infrastructure and chips	Artificial intelligence
Cost and size
Measure	AINF	AIS
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.75%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$443,594	$1.1bn
Holdings
Measure	AINF	AIS
Holdings in common	19%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 28, 2026. Method

What they share

19%

By the books each fund has filed, AINF and AIS hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 28, 2026.

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19% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AINF AIS

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 9.87% 6.19%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 11.15% 3.98%

Intel Corp 4.57% 3.20%

Nvidia Corp 10.13% 2.14%

Arm Holdings Plc 4.28% 1.59%

Mediatek Inc 4.31% 1.11%

Broadcom Inc 10.69% 0.74%

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Only in AINF

Global Unichip Corp 5.18%

Advantest Corp 4.78%

Winbond Electronics Corp 4.43%

Lattice Semiconductor Corp 3.90%

Nebius Group Nv 3.71%

Coreweave Inc 3.29%

Advantech Co Ltd 2.84%

Alchip Technologies Ltd 2.61%

Only in AIS

Micron Technology Inc 7.56%

SK hynix Inc 7.41%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 4.49%

Semtech Corp 4.04%

Vertiv Holdings Co 3.40%

GE Vernova Inc 2.63%

Silicon Motion Technology Corp 2.51%

Foxconn Industrial Internet Co Ltd 2.25%

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Window by window: AINF vs AIS: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return
Window	AINF	AIS
3 months	–	+15.1%
6 months	–	+14.8%
1 year	–	+66.2%
Since launchNot the same days: AINF Aug 2026 · AIS Dec 2024	−3.9%	+165.9%

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Side by side

AINF Defiance Inference AI Chip ETF · Holds 26 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips, 35% of its weight in S&P 500 companies AIS VistaShares Artificial Intelligence Supercycle ETF · Holds 57 stocks in artificial intelligence, 42% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Defiance VistaShares

Theme AI infrastructure and chips Artificial intelligence

In the S&P 500 35.3% 42.2%

Active share vs the S&P 500 87.2% 88.7%

In the Nasdaq-100 39.5% 33.8%

Holdings 26 57

Top ten, share of the fund 69.4% 45.4%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.75%

Fee for the differing part 0.75% 0.85%

Total return, 1 year −3.9% (since launch, Aug 18, 2026) +66.2%

vs its benchmark not measured not measured

Below its high −13.7% −24.6%

Net assets, AINF as of Oct 27, 2026 and AIS as of Oct 28, 2026 $443,594 $1.2bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

19% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

AINF

By weight, 35% of AINF's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 87%. The top ten holdings are 69% of the fund across 26 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 28, 2026. Since it first traded on Aug 18, 2026 the fund returned −3.9% with distributions reinvested. It sits 13.7% below its all-time high of Oct 6, 2026.

AIS

By weight, 42% of AIS's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 89%. The top ten holdings are 45% of the fund across 57 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 28, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +66.2% with distributions reinvested. It sits 24.6% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AINF and AIS hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 19% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, AINF or AIS?: AINF has 35% of its weight in S&P 500 names and AIS has 42%, so AIS differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AINF or AIS?: AINF charges 0.65% a year and AIS charges 0.75%, so AINF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AINF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AINF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Defiance page for AINF ↗

AIS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AIS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

VistaShares page for AIS ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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