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AIQ vs AIX: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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AIQ and AIX hold 44% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets: $10.6bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF, and $446,975 on Nov 3, 2026 for Defiance US 100 Tech AI Moat ETF.

AIQ on its own →AIX on its own →
At a glance
61.8%
AIQ in the S&P 500
90.3%
AIX in the S&P 500
+16.2%
AIQ total return, 1 year
−11.6%
AIX total return, since launch, Jun 30, 2026
AIQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 38% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
38% of its weight is outside the S&P 50062% of AIQ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 38% is outside the index. Holdings as of Aug 31, 2026.62%38%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 69% · top ten 32% of the fund · 88 holdings as filed for Aug 31, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 56% in38% of its weight is outside the S&P 50062% of AIQ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 38% is outside the index. Holdings as of Aug 31, 2026.62%38%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 69% · Nasdaq-100: 56% in

62% of AIQ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 38% is outside the index. Holdings as of Aug 31, 2026.

AIX · 3 months to Nov 4, 2026 10% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
10% of its weight is outside the S&P 50090% of AIX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 10% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.90%10%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutsideactive share 63% · top ten 55% of the fund · 30 holdings as published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 100% in10% of its weight is outside the S&P 50090% of AIX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 10% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.90%10%of its weight in S&P 500 companies10% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 63% · Nasdaq-100: 100% in

90% of AIX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 10% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AIX costs 0.03 points a year less.

AIQ vs AIX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
MeasureAIQAIX
Return
Total return, 1 year+16.2%not published
Drawdown
Below its all-time high14.6%, high on Jun 2, 202613.6%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.68%0.65%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026$10.6bn$501,195
Holdings
Holdings in common44%
ETFIQ S&P 500 Difference Score · AIQ scores higher How much of its weight does it not share with the S&P 500?
IQ Themes Score12.7AIQ5.7AIX

How different its holdings are from the S&P 500, ranked against 114 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. 100 is best. How it is computed

0.4, the lowest in this set 99.6, the highest

Weight not shared with the S&P 500 only; it says nothing about returns, fees or whether the theme pays off. All thematic ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

44%

By the books each fund has filed, AIQ and AIX hold 44% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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44% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AIQ AIX
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4.12% 6.53%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.62% 6.96%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 3.31% 4.56%
TESLA, INC. 3.14% 5.00%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.03% 5.48%
ALPHABET INC. 2.91% 4.01%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 2.88% 4.93%
APPLE INC. 2.69% 5.94%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.64% 4.45%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.58% 5.50%
BROADCOM INC. 2.57% 4.37%
INTEL CORPORATION 2.44% 2.69%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in AIQ
ORACLE CORPORATION 3.39%
NETFLIX, INC. 3.21%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 2.81%
Tencent Holdings Limited 2.78%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 2.73%
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 2.67%
SK hynix Inc. 2.55%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.16%
Only in AIX
Texas Instruments Inc 4.74%
Kla Corp 3.28%
Analog Devices Inc 3.27%
Arm Holdings Plc 3.09%
T-mobile Us Inc 2.85%
Automatic Data Processing Inc 2.04%
Mercadolibre Inc 1.56%
Monolithic Power Systems Inc 1.13%
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Window by window

Window by window: AIQ vs AIX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Total return
WindowAIQAIX
3 months−4.0%−4.4%
6 months−0.7%–
1 year+16.2%–
3 years+117.7%–
Since launchNot the same days: AIQ May 2018 · AIX Jun 2026+309.8%−11.6%

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Side by side

AIQ Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF · Holds 88 stocks in artificial intelligence, 62% of its weight in S&P 500 companies AIX Defiance US 100 Tech AI Moat ETF · Holds 30 stocks in artificial intelligence, 90% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Global X Defiance
Theme Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence
In the S&P 500 61.8% 90.3%
Active share vs the S&P 500 68.8% 63.4%
In the Nasdaq-100 55.5% 99.7%
Holdings 88 30
Top ten, share of the fund 32.4% 55.0%
Expense ratio 0.68% 0.65%
Fee for the differing part 0.99% 1.03%
Total return, 1 year +16.2% −11.6% (since launch, Jun 30, 2026)
vs its benchmark not measured not measured
Below its high −14.6% −13.6%
Net assets, AIQ as of Oct 12, 2026 and AIX as of Nov 3, 2026 $10.6bn $446,975

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

44% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund
AIQ

By weight, 62% of AIQ's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 69%. The top ten holdings are 32% of the fund across 88 positions, as filed for Aug 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +16.2% with distributions reinvested. It sits 14.6% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

AIX

By weight, 90% of AIX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 63%. The top ten holdings are 55% of the fund across 30 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026. Since it first traded on Jun 30, 2026 the fund returned −11.6% with distributions reinvested. It sits 13.6% below its all-time high of Oct 6, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AIQ and AIX hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 44% 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, AIQ or AIX?
AIQ has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and AIX has 90%, so AIQ differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIQ or AIX?
AIQ charges 0.68% a year and AIX charges 0.65%, so AIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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AIQ on its own →AIX on its own →AIQ dividend history →AIQ holdings →AIX holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
AIQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
AIQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Global X page for AIQ ↗
AIX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
AIX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Defiance page for AIX ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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