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AINT vs ALAI: which is really different?

AINT and ALAI hold 24% of their weight in the same names.

FINQ DOLLAR NEUTRAL U.S. Large Cap AI-Managed Equity ETF and Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETF.

100.0%AINT in the S&P 500
60.0%ALAI in the S&P 500
+26.2%AINT total return, 1 year
+25.6%ALAI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: AINT scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

AINT 10.4ALAI 2.20.1, 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

AINT0% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
100%0%of its weight in S&P 500 companies0% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 80% · top ten 84% of the fund · 12 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 76% in100%0%of its weight in S&P 500 companies0% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 80% · top ten 84% of the fund
ALAI40% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
60%40%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 65% · top ten 51% of the fund · 79 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 54% in60%40%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 65% · top ten 51% of the fund

24% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AINT and ALAI hold 24% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AINT and ALAI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAINTALAI
NVIDIA Corp8.53%12.01%
Amazon.com Inc8.40%5.27%
Microsoft Corp8.20%4.69%
Meta Platforms Inc8.41%3.78%
AppLovin Corp8.86%2.05%
Only in each
Only in AINTOnly in ALAI
Palo Alto Networks Inc 9.21%TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPA 5.85%
Mastercard Inc 8.44%ALPHABET INC 4.64%
DoorDash Inc 8.27%WESTERN DIGITAL CORP 4.26%
Booking Holdings Inc 8.06%NEBIUS GROUP NV 4.04%
Netflix Inc 7.94%BROADCOM INC 3.70%
Boston Scientific Corp 7.91%SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 3.03%
Uber Technologies Inc 7.77%Anthropic PBC 2.87%
APPLE INC 2.78%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AINT and ALAI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AINTALAIAINTALAIAINTALAI
3 months+12.0%−2.2%+9.8 pts−4.4 pts+14.5 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+27.2%+38.0%+9.2 pts+19.9 pts+2.9 pts+13.7 pts
1 yearnot published+25.6%not published+9.1 ptsnot published+3.9 pts
Since launch+26.2%+132.7%+15.1 pts+81.4 pts+7.6 pts+66.9 pts
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AINT and ALAI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AINT
FINQ DOLLAR NEUTRAL U.S. Large Cap AI-Managed Equity ETF
Holds 12 stocks in artificial intelligence, 100% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
ALAI
Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETF
Holds 79 stocks in artificial intelligence, 60% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerFINQAlger
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 500100.0%60.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50080.2%65.2%
In the Nasdaq-10075.9%54.4%
Holdings1279
Top ten, share of the fund84.3%51.3%
Expense ratio1.25%0.58%
Fee for the differing part1.56%0.89%
Total return, 1 year+26.2% (since launch on Feb 6, 2026)+25.6%
vs the S&P 500+15.1 pts+9.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+7.6 pts+3.9 pts
Below its high−2.6%−2.2%
Net assets$7m$451m

AINT in plain words

By weight, 100% of AINT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 80%. The top ten holdings are 84% of the fund across 12 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Feb 6, 2026 the fund returned +26.2% with distributions reinvested against +11.2% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 15.1 pts.

ALAI in plain words

By weight, 60% of ALAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 65%. The top ten holdings are 51% of the fund across 79 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +25.6% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 9.1 pts.

Questions people ask

Do AINT and ALAI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 24% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, AINT or ALAI?
AINT has 100% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ALAI has 60%, so AINT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AINT or ALAI?
AINT charges 1.25% a year and ALAI charges 0.58%, so ALAI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AINT against ALAI, 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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