Do AIQ and ARKK hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 18% 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 ARKK?

AIQ has 65% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ARKK has 36%, so ARKK differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, AIQ or ARKK?

AIQ charges 0.68% a year and ARKK charges 0.75%, so AIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AIQ vs ARKK: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AIQ returned +21.3% to ARKK's −3.5%; 18% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $10.6bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF, and $6.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for ARK Innovation ETF.

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At a glance

64.7%

AIQ in the S&P 500

36.0%

ARKK in the S&P 500

+21.3%

AIQ total return, 1 year

−3.5%

ARKK total return, 1 year

AIQ · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 35% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

65% of AIQ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 35% is outside the index. Holdings as of May 31, 2026.

ARKK · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 64% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

36% of ARKK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AIQ costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 24.8 points; AIQ is 1.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AIQ vs ARKK: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AIQ	ARKK
Return
Measure	AIQ	ARKK
Total return, 1 year	+21.3%	−3.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AIQ	ARKK
Below its all-time high	8.2%, high on Jun 2, 2026	44.2%, high on Feb 12, 2021
Against its benchmark
Measure	AIQ	ARKK
What it tracks	Artificial intelligence	Broad innovation and megatrends
Against the S&P 500, 1 year		behind by 17.2 pts
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year		+13.7%
Against its benchmark, 1 year		behind by 17.2 pts
Cost and size
Measure	AIQ	ARKK
Expense ratio	0.68%	0.75%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$10.6bn	$6.5bn
Holdings
Measure	AIQ	ARKK
Holdings in common	18%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

May 25, 2018 to Oct 23, 2026 · 439 weekly returns

AIQ ARKK

Return

Total return edge AIQ +326.5% +102.7%

Annualized edge AIQ +18.7% +8.7%

Price return edge AIQ +314.4% +89.8%

Risk

Volatility edge AIQ 24.3% 42.0%

Max drawdown edge AIQ −44.1% −80.1%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AIQ 0.72 0.34

Sortino edge AIQ 1.09 0.51

Calmar edge AIQ 0.42 0.11

Reading

AIQ returned more: +326.5% to +102.7%. AIQ swung less: 24.3% to 42.0%. AIQ fell less at its worst: −44.1% to −80.1%.

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Risk and return: AIQ vs ARKK: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AIQ	ARKK	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+326.5%	+102.7%	AIQ	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+18.7%	+8.7%	AIQ	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+314.4%	+89.8%	AIQ	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	24.3%	42.0%	AIQ	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	16.0%	28.0%	AIQ	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−44.1%	−80.1%	AIQ	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.72	0.34	AIQ	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.09	0.51	AIQ	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.42	0.11	AIQ	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 439 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

18%

By the books each fund has filed, AIQ and ARKK hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AIQ ARKK

NVIDIA CORPORATION 2.70% 3.03%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.73% 2.30%

TESLA, INC. 2.29% 10.99%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 2.23% 2.70%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.30% 2.10%

BROADCOM INC. 3.24% 1.91%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4.80% 1.82%

SHOPIFY INC. 1.06% 3.14%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 3.02% 1.02%

COREWEAVE, INC. 0.31% 2.50%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AIQ

SK hynix Inc. 7.12%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5.76%

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.79%

INTEL CORPORATION 4.18%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 3.82%

ORACLE CORPORATION 2.99%

APPLE INC. 2.97%

ALPHABET INC. 2.72%

Only in ARKK

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 6.42%

TEMPUS AI INC-CL A 5.47%

CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP INC 4.79%

CRISPR THERAPEUTICS AG 4.32%

COINBASE GLOBAL INC -CLASS A 4.01%

OPENAI GROUP PBC SERIES C 3.79%

TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP 3.46%

ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC - A 2.92%

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Window by window

Window by window: AIQ vs ARKK: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	AIQ	ARKK	AIQ	ARKK
3 months	+15.0%	+22.0%	not measured	+15.9 pts vs VOO
6 months	+17.0%	+17.1%	not measured	+8.0 pts vs VOO
1 year	+21.3%	−3.5%	not measured	−17.2 pts vs VOO
3 years	+151.9%	+152.6%	not measured	+57.1 pts vs VOO
Since launchNot the same days: AIQ May 2018 · ARKK Oct 2014	+340.8%	+367.2%	not measured	−3.5 pts vs VOO

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Side by side

AIQ Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF · Holds 84 stocks in artificial intelligence, 65% of its weight in S&P 500 companies ARKK ARK Innovation ETF · Holds 46 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 36% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Global X ARK

Theme Artificial intelligence Broad innovation and megatrends

In the S&P 500 64.7% 36.0%

Active share vs the S&P 500 70.2% 85.3%

In the Nasdaq-100 55.8% 28.9%

Holdings 84 46

Top ten, share of the fund 42.7% 49.4%

Expense ratio 0.68% 0.75%

Fee for the differing part 0.97% 0.88%

Total return, 1 year +21.3% −3.5%

vs its benchmark not measured −17.2 pts vs VOO

Below its high −8.2% −44.2%

Net assets, AIQ as of Oct 12, 2026 and ARKK as of Oct 27, 2026 $10.6bn $6.6bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

18% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Client brief

No client brief for this pair: the two funds' holdings are dated 149 days apart.

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About each fund

AIQ

By weight, 65% of AIQ's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 70%. The top ten holdings are 43% of the fund across 84 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +21.3% with distributions reinvested. It sits 8.2% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

ARKK

By weight, 36% of ARKK's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 85%. The top ten holdings are 49% of the fund across 46 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned −3.5% with distributions reinvested against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, so a holder was behind by 17.2 pts. It sits 44.2% below its all-time high of Feb 12, 2021.

Questions people ask

Do AIQ and ARKK hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 18% 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 ARKK?: AIQ has 65% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ARKK has 36%, so ARKK differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIQ or ARKK?: AIQ charges 0.68% a year and ARKK charges 0.75%, so AIQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AIQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AIQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Global X page for AIQ ↗

ARKK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ARKK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ARK page for ARKK ↗

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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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