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AIQ vs ARTY: which is really different?

AIQ holds 55.9% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and ARTY 50.5%.

Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF and iShares Future AI & Tech ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

55.9%AIQ in the S&P 500
50.5%ARTY in the S&P 500
+35.7%AIQ total return, 1 year
+69.6%ARTY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: ARTY scores higher

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

AIQ 4.4ARTY 15.10.1, the lowest in this set91.6, the highest

A percentile among the 371 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

AIQ44% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
56%44%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 70% · top ten 32% of the fund · 89 holdings filed Sep 11, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 48% in56%44%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 70% · top ten 32% of the fund
ARTY50% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
51%50%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 83% · top ten 42% of the fund · 56 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 36% in51%50%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 83% · top ten 42% of the fund

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AIQ and ARTY hold 28% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIQ and ARTY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAIQARTY
ORACLE CORP3.44%3.22%
MICROSOFT CORP3.57%3.17%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A3.72%3.14%
NVIDIA CORP2.87%4.82%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC2.70%4.61%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES2.63%4.59%
BROADCOM INC2.53%4.10%
INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP1.82%2.15%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC1.65%3.50%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS1.48%2.53%
SNOWFLAKE INC0.91%2.09%
ACCENTURE PLC-CL A0.90%1.83%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in AIQOnly in ARTY
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 3.51%TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.81%
TESLA INC 3.14%GLOBAL UNICHIP 4.04%
NETFLIX INC 3.08%NAVER 3.63%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.02%SK HYNIX 2.88%
META PLATFORMS INC 2.94%ARISTA NETWORKS 2.74%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 2.92%ADVANTEST 2.57%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD 2.88%SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 2.49%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 2.86%ALCHIP TECHNOLOGIES 2.45%

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 10, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AIQ 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
AIQARTYAIQARTYAIQARTY
3 months0.0%+3.1%−3.3 pts−0.2 pts+0.8 pts+3.9 pts
6 months+32.3%+56.0%+16.3 pts+40.0 pts+11.6 pts+35.3 pts
1 year+35.7%+69.6%+18.2 pts+52.1 pts+12.7 pts+46.7 pts
3 years+127.6%+143.8%+49.7 pts+65.9 pts+32.5 pts+48.7 pts
Since launch+337.9%+240.1%+119.2 pts+21.2 pts−8.8 pts−99.9 pts
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AIQ and ARTY on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AIQ
Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF
Holds 89 stocks in artificial intelligence, 56% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
ARTY
iShares Future AI & Tech ETF
Holds 56 stocks in artificial intelligence, 50% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerGlobal XiShares
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50055.9%50.5%
Active share vs the S&P 50069.7%82.9%
In the Nasdaq-10047.5%35.7%
Holdings8956
Top ten, share of the fund32.2%42.1%
Expense ratio0.68%0.47%
Fee for the differing part0.98%0.57%
Total return, 1 year+35.7%+69.6%
vs the S&P 500+18.2 pts+52.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+12.7 pts+46.7 pts
Below its high−8.8%−6.5%

AIQ in plain words

By weight, 56% 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 32% of the fund across 89 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 11, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +35.7% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 18.2 pts. It sits 8.8% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

ARTY in plain words

By weight, 50% 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 56 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +69.6% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 52.1 pts. It sits 6.5% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, AIQ or ARTY?
AIQ has 56% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ARTY has 50%, so ARTY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIQ or ARTY?
AIQ charges 0.68% 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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AIQ against ARTY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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