Do AINF and XAIX hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 8% 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 XAIX?

AINF has 35% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XAIX has 70%, so AINF differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, AINF or XAIX?

AINF charges 0.65% a year and XAIX charges 0.35%, so XAIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AINF vs XAIX: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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AINF and XAIX hold 8% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $443,594 for Defiance Inference AI Chip ETF and $159m for Xtrackers Artificial Intelligence and Big Data ETF.

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At a glance

35.3%

AINF in the S&P 500

70.1%

XAIX in the S&P 500

−3.9%

AINF total return, since launch, Aug 18, 2026

+31.5%

XAIX 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.

XAIX · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 30% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

70% of XAIX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 30% is outside the index. Holdings as of May 31, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XAIX costs 0.30 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AINF vs XAIX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AINF	XAIX
Return
Measure	AINF	XAIX
Total return, 1 year	not published	+31.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AINF	XAIX
Below its all-time high	13.7%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	AINF	XAIX
What it tracks	AI infrastructure and chips	Artificial intelligence
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year		+13.4%
Against its benchmark, 1 year		ahead by 18.1 pts
Cost and size
Measure	AINF	XAIX
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$443,594	$159m
Holdings
Measure	AINF	XAIX
Holdings in common	8%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AINF and XAIX hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AINF XAIX

Intel Corp 4.57% 4.89%

Nvidia Corp 10.13% 3.71%

Lattice Semiconductor Corp 3.90% 0.11%

Ambarella Inc 1.43% 0.03%

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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%

Winbond Electronics Corp 4.43%

Mediatek Inc 4.31%

Arm Holdings Plc 4.28%

Only in XAIX

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 8.98%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD 8.27%

SK HYNIX INC 7.65%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 4.11%

ALPHABET INC 3.97%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.84%

APPLE INC 3.75%

ORACLE CORP 3.53%

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Window by window: AINF vs XAIX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	AINF	XAIX	AINF	XAIX
3 months	–	+14.5%	–	+10.1 pts vs ACWI
6 months	–	+23.0%	–	+15.6 pts vs ACWI
1 year	–	+31.5%	–	+18.1 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: AINF Aug 2026 · XAIX Aug 2024	−3.9%	+101.3%	not measured	+52.1 pts vs ACWI

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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 XAIX Xtrackers Artificial Intelligence and Big Data ETF · Holds 91 stocks in artificial intelligence, 70% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Defiance Xtrackers

Theme AI infrastructure and chips Artificial intelligence

In the S&P 500 35.3% 70.1%

Active share vs the S&P 500 87.2% 72.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 39.5% 50.0%

Holdings 26 91

Top ten, share of the fund 69.4% 52.7%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.35%

Fee for the differing part 0.75% 0.49%

Total return, 1 year −3.9% (since launch, Aug 18, 2026) +31.5%

vs its benchmark not measured +18.1 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −13.7% −4.9%

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $443,594 $159m

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

8% 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.

XAIX

By weight, 70% of XAIX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 72%. The top ten holdings are 53% of the fund across 91 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +31.5% with distributions reinvested against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was ahead by 18.1 pts.

Questions people ask

Do AINF and XAIX hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 8% 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 XAIX?: AINF has 35% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XAIX has 70%, so AINF differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AINF or XAIX?: AINF charges 0.65% a year and XAIX charges 0.35%, so XAIX 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 →AINF on its own →XAIX on its own →AINF dividend history →AINF holdings →XAIX dividend history →XAIX holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AINF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AINF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Defiance page for AINF ↗

XAIX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XAIX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Xtrackers website ↗

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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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