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AIPO vs ARTY: which is really different?

AIPO and ARTY hold 15% of their weight in the same names, and ARTY returned more over the year.

Defiance AI & Power Infrastructure ETF and iShares Future AI & Tech ETF.

61.8%AIPO in the S&P 500
51.7%ARTY in the S&P 500
+29.3%AIPO total return, 1 year
+67.3%ARTY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: AIPO scores higher

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

AIPO 19.7ARTY 14.60.1, 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

AIPO38% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
62%38%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 86% · top ten 55% of the fund · 89 holdings filed Sep 21, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 21% in62%38%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 86% · top ten 55% of the fund
ARTY48% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
52%48%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 83% · top ten 43% of the fund · 65 holdings filed Sep 17, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 36% in52%48%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 83% · top ten 43% of the fund

15% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AIPO and ARTY hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIPO and ARTY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAIPOARTY
Nvidia Corp4.04%4.50%
Broadcom Inc3.97%4.54%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc2.53%5.29%
Constellation Energy Corp3.02%1.32%
Bloom Energy Corp5.10%1.30%
Marvell Technology Inc0.81%4.91%
Astera Labs Inc0.41%1.09%
Coreweave Inc0.34%4.09%
Only in each
Only in AIPOOnly in ARTY
Eaton Corp Plc 8.31%MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.52%
Quanta Services Inc 8.25%TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.52%
Ge Vernova Inc 8.03%ORACLE 4.18%
Vertiv Holdings Co 6.56%GLOBAL UNICHIP 3.51%
Alphabet Inc 4.30%SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 3.45%
Cameco Corp 3.54%NAVER 3.31%
Nvent Electric Plc 1.98%SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 2.67%
Hubbell Inc 1.83%ARISTA NETWORKS 2.66%

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 Sep 18, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AIPO and ARTY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AIPOARTYAIPOARTYAIPOARTY
3 months−16.1%−3.8%−18.4 pts−6.0 pts−13.7 pts−1.3 pts
6 months+15.1%+59.0%−2.9 pts+41.0 pts−9.1 pts+34.8 pts
1 year+29.3%+67.3%+12.7 pts+50.8 pts+7.5 pts+45.6 pts
3 yearsnot published+147.8%not published+69.4 ptsnot published+49.6 pts
Since launch+40.1%+242.0%+18.9 pts+23.4 pts+12.1 pts−102.0 pts
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AIPO and ARTY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AIPO
Defiance AI & Power Infrastructure ETF
Holds 89 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips, 62% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
ARTY
iShares Future AI & Tech ETF
Holds 65 stocks in artificial intelligence, 52% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerDefianceiShares
ThemeAI infrastructure and chipsArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50061.8%51.7%
Active share vs the S&P 50086.1%82.7%
In the Nasdaq-10020.6%36.2%
Holdings8965
Top ten, share of the fund55.1%42.5%
Expense ratio0.69%0.47%
Fee for the differing part0.80%0.57%
Total return, 1 year+29.3%+67.3%
vs the S&P 500+12.7 pts+50.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+7.5 pts+45.6 pts
Below its high−18.0%−5.9%
Net assets$915m$4.1bn

AIPO in plain words

By weight, 62% of AIPO's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 86%. The top ten holdings are 55% of the fund across 89 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 21, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +29.3% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 12.7 pts. It sits 18.0% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

ARTY in plain words

By weight, 52% of ARTY's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 83%. The top ten holdings are 42% of the fund across 65 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +67.3% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 50.8 pts. It sits 5.9% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AIPO and ARTY hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 15% 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, AIPO or ARTY?
AIPO has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ARTY has 52%, so AIPO differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIPO or ARTY?
AIPO charges 0.69% a year and ARTY charges 0.47%, so ARTY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AIPO against ARTY, 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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