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AINT vs BAI: which is really different?

AINT and BAI hold 11% of their weight in the same names.

FINQ DOLLAR NEUTRAL U.S. Large Cap AI-Managed Equity ETF and iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF.

100.0%AINT in the S&P 500
55.6%BAI in the S&P 500
+26.2%AINT total return, 1 year
+32.2%BAI 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 10.4BAI 8.60.1, 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
BAI44% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
56%44%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 76% · top ten 42% of the fund · 55 holdings filed Sep 17, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 50% in56%44%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 76% · top ten 42% of the fund

11% 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 BAI hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AINT and BAI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAINTBAI
NVIDIA Corp8.53%5.31%
Microsoft Corp8.20%2.09%
Amazon.com Inc8.40%1.99%
Palo Alto Networks Inc9.21%1.54%
Only in each
Only in AINTOnly in BAI
AppLovin Corp 8.86%MICRON TECHNOLOGY 6.62%
Mastercard Inc 8.44%ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 5.20%
Meta Platforms Inc 8.41%TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.68%
DoorDash Inc 8.27%BROADCOM INC 4.61%
Booking Holdings Inc 8.06%LAM RESEARCH 3.85%
Netflix Inc 7.94%SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 3.05%
Boston Scientific Corp 7.91%INTEL CORPORATION 3.01%
Uber Technologies Inc 7.77%SNOWFLAKE 2.97%

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 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AINT and BAI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AINTBAIAINTBAIAINTBAI
3 months+12.0%−15.2%+9.8 pts−17.4 pts+14.5 pts−12.7 pts
6 months+27.2%+34.8%+9.2 pts+16.8 pts+2.9 pts+10.6 pts
1 yearnot published+32.2%not published+15.7 ptsnot published+10.4 pts
Since launch+26.2%+83.4%+15.1 pts+49.9 pts+7.6 pts+36.7 pts
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AINT and BAI 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
BAI
iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF
Holds 55 stocks in artificial intelligence, 56% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerFINQiShares
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 500100.0%55.6%
Active share vs the S&P 50080.2%76.4%
In the Nasdaq-10075.9%50.0%
Holdings1255
Top ten, share of the fund84.3%42.2%
Expense ratio1.25%0.55%
Fee for the differing part1.56%0.72%
Total return, 1 year+26.2% (since launch on Feb 6, 2026)+32.2%
vs the S&P 500+15.1 pts+15.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+7.6 pts+10.4 pts
Below its high−2.6%−16.8%
Net assets$7m$14.4bn

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.

BAI in plain words

By weight, 56% of BAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 76%. The top ten holdings are 42% of the fund across 55 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +32.2% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 15.7 pts. It sits 16.8% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AINT and BAI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 11% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, AINT or BAI?
AINT has 100% of its weight in S&P 500 names and BAI has 56%, so AINT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AINT or BAI?
AINT charges 1.25% a year and BAI charges 0.55%, so BAI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AINT against BAI, 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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