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AIQ vs FDN: which is really different?

FDN holds 82.4% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and AIQ 55.9%.

Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF and First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

55.9%AIQ in the S&P 500
82.4%FDN in the S&P 500
+35.7%AIQ total return, 1 year
+1.9%FDN total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: FDN scores higher

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

AIQ 4.4FDN 19.10.1, 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
FDN18% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
82%18%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutsideactive share 86% · top ten 61% of the fund · 42 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 57% in82%18%in the S&P 50018% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 86% · top ten 61% of the fund

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AIQ and FDN hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in AIQOnly in FDN
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A 3.72%Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 10.43%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.57%Amazon.com, Inc. 9.78%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 3.51%Cisco Systems, Inc. 7.25%
ORACLE CORP 3.44%Salesforce, Inc. 5.91%
TESLA INC 3.14%Arista Networks, Inc. 5.18%
NETFLIX INC 3.08%Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 4.79%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.02%Booking Holdings Inc. 4.51%
META PLATFORMS INC 2.94%Oracle Corporation 4.44%

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 FDN over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AIQFDNAIQFDNAIQFDN
3 months0.0%+9.3%−3.3 pts+6.0 pts+0.8 pts+10.1 pts
6 months+32.3%+20.3%+16.3 pts+4.3 pts+11.6 pts−0.4 pts
1 year+35.7%+1.9%+18.2 pts−15.6 pts+12.7 pts−21.0 pts
3 years+127.6%+69.5%+49.7 pts−8.4 pts+32.5 pts−25.6 pts
Since launch+337.9%+1031.5%+119.2 pts+227.1 pts−8.8 pts−642.4 pts
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AIQ and FDN 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
FDN
First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund
Holds 42 stocks in internet and e-commerce, 82% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerGlobal XFirst Trust
ThemeArtificial intelligenceInternet and e-commerce
In the S&P 50055.9%82.4%
Active share vs the S&P 50069.7%85.5%
In the Nasdaq-10047.5%57.1%
Holdings8942
Top ten, share of the fund32.2%60.5%
Expense ratio0.68%0.49%
Fee for the differing part0.98%0.57%
Total return, 1 year+35.7%+1.9%
vs the S&P 500+18.2 pts−15.6 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+12.7 pts−21.0 pts
Below its high−8.8%−2.1%

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.

FDN in plain words

By weight, 82% of FDN'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 60% of the fund across 42 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +1.9% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 15.6 pts.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, AIQ or FDN?
AIQ has 56% of its weight in S&P 500 names and FDN has 82%, so FDN differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIQ or FDN?
AIQ charges 0.68% a year and FDN charges 0.49%, so FDN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AIQ against FDN, 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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