Do AINF and NEWZ hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 3% 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 NEWZ?

AINF has 35% of its weight in S&P 500 names and NEWZ has 56%, so NEWZ differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, AINF or NEWZ?

AINF charges 0.65% a year and NEWZ 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 NEWZ: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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AINF and NEWZ hold 3% 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 $20m on Jul 31, 2026 for StockSnips AI-Powered Sentiment US All Cap ETF.

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At a glance

35.3%

AINF in the S&P 500

55.8%

NEWZ in the S&P 500

−3.9%

AINF total return, since launch, Aug 18, 2026

+2.1%

NEWZ 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.

NEWZ · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 44% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

56% of NEWZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 44% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AINF costs 0.10 points a year less.

AINF vs NEWZ: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AINF	NEWZ
Return
Measure	AINF	NEWZ
Total return, 1 year	not published	+2.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AINF	NEWZ
Below its all-time high	13.7%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AINF	NEWZ
What it tracks	AI infrastructure and chips	Artificial intelligence
Cost and size
Measure	AINF	NEWZ
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.75%
Net assets, AINF as of Oct 27, 2026 and NEWZ as of Jul 31, 2026	$443,594	$20m
Holdings
Measure	AINF	NEWZ
Holdings in common	3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AINF and NEWZ hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AINF NEWZ

Nvidia Corp 10.13% 3.39%

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Only in AINF

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 11.15%

Broadcom Inc 10.69%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 9.87%

Global Unichip Corp 5.18%

Advantest Corp 4.78%

Intel Corp 4.57%

Winbond Electronics Corp 4.43%

Mediatek Inc 4.31%

Only in NEWZ

NewMarket Corp 4.11%

Corpay Inc 3.77%

Solventum Corp 3.73%

Medpace Holdings Inc 3.67%

Capital One Financial Corp 3.56%

Maplebear Inc 3.55%

Kroger Co 3.50%

Arista Networks Inc 3.48%

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Window by window

Window by window: AINF vs NEWZ: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return
Window	AINF	NEWZ
3 months	–	+2.0%
6 months	–	+2.0%
1 year	–	+2.1%
Since launchNot the same days: AINF Aug 2026 · NEWZ Apr 2024	−3.9%	+19.6%

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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 NEWZ StockSnips AI-Powered Sentiment US All Cap ETF · Holds 30 stocks in artificial intelligence, 56% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Defiance StockSnips

Theme AI infrastructure and chips Artificial intelligence

In the S&P 500 35.3% 55.8%

Active share vs the S&P 500 87.2% 94.6%

In the Nasdaq-100 39.5% 13.2%

Holdings 26 30

Top ten, share of the fund 69.4% 36.3%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.75%

Fee for the differing part 0.75% 0.79%

Total return, 1 year −3.9% (since launch, Aug 18, 2026) +2.1%

vs its benchmark not measured not measured

Below its high −13.7% −4.8%

Net assets, AINF as of Oct 27, 2026 and NEWZ as of Jul 31, 2026 $443,594 $20m

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

3% 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.

NEWZ

By weight, 56% of NEWZ's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 95%. The top ten holdings are 36% of the fund across 30 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +2.1% with distributions reinvested.

Questions people ask

Do AINF and NEWZ hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 3% 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 NEWZ?: AINF has 35% of its weight in S&P 500 names and NEWZ has 56%, so NEWZ differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AINF or NEWZ?: AINF charges 0.65% a year and NEWZ charges 0.75%, so AINF 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 →AINF on its own →NEWZ on its own →AINF dividend history →AINF holdings →NEWZ dividend history →NEWZ holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AINF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AINF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Defiance page for AINF ↗

NEWZ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

NEWZ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

StockSnips page for NEWZ ↗

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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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