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AIQ vs DRAM: which is really different?

AIQ holds 55.9% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and DRAM 20.0%.

Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF and Roundhill Memory ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

55.9%AIQ in the S&P 500
20.0%DRAM in the S&P 500
+35.7%AIQ total return, 1 year
+112.9%DRAM total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: DRAM scores higher

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

AIQ 4.4DRAM 38.90.1, 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
DRAM80% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 3 months to Sep 11, 2026
20%80%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 97% of the fund · 13 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 20% in20%80%inoutside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 97% of the fund

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AIQ and DRAM hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIQ and DRAM both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAIQDRAM
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS1.48%5.32%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in AIQOnly in DRAM
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A 3.72%TREASURY BILL 27.17%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.57%SK hynix Inc 20.19%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 3.51%Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 18.26%
ORACLE CORP 3.44%Sandisk Corp 6.62%
TESLA INC 3.14%Kioxia Holdings Corp 5.54%
NETFLIX INC 3.08%Western Digital Corp 5.46%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.02%GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc 3.90%
META PLATFORMS INC 2.94%Micron Technology Inc 2.58%

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 11, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AIQ and DRAM over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AIQDRAMAIQDRAMAIQDRAM
3 months0.0%−9.1%−3.3 pts−12.4 pts+0.8 pts−8.3 pts
6 months+32.3%not published+16.3 ptsnot published+11.6 ptsnot published
1 year+35.7%not published+18.2 ptsnot published+12.7 ptsnot published
3 years+127.6%not published+49.7 ptsnot published+32.5 ptsnot published
Since launch+337.9%+112.9%+119.2 pts+96.1 pts−8.8 pts+90.6 pts
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AIQ and DRAM 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
DRAM
Roundhill Memory ETF
Holds 13 stocks in memory and storage, 20% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerGlobal XRoundhill
ThemeArtificial intelligenceMemory and storage
In the S&P 50055.9%20.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50069.7%96.8%
In the Nasdaq-10047.5%20.0%
Holdings8913
Top ten, share of the fund32.2%97.3%
Expense ratio0.68%0.65%
Fee for the differing part0.98%0.67%
Total return, 1 year+35.7%+112.9% (since launch on Apr 2, 2026)
vs the S&P 500+18.2 pts+96.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+12.7 pts+90.6 pts
Below its high−8.8%−26.8%

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.

DRAM in plain words

By weight, 20% of DRAM's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 97% of the fund across 13 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Apr 2, 2026 the fund returned +112.9% with distributions reinvested against +16.8% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 96.1 pts. It sits 26.8% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, AIQ or DRAM?
AIQ has 56% of its weight in S&P 500 names and DRAM has 20%, so DRAM differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIQ or DRAM?
AIQ charges 0.68% a year and DRAM charges 0.65%, so DRAM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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AIQ against DRAM, 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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