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AIQ vs SMH: which is really different?

SMH holds 82.3% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and AIQ 55.9%.

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

55.9%AIQ in the S&P 500
82.3%SMH in the S&P 500
+35.7%AIQ total return, 1 year
+87.6%SMH total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: SMH scores higher

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

AIQ 4.4SMH 11.20.1, 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
SMH18% 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 81% · top ten 72% of the fund · 25 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 80% in82%18%in the S&P 50018% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 81% · top ten 72% of the fund

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AIQ and SMH hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIQ and SMH both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAIQSMH
NVIDIA CORP2.87%22.45%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR2.86%9.78%
INTEL CORP2.82%4.34%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC2.70%5.65%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES2.63%5.74%
BROADCOM INC2.53%5.91%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC1.65%4.17%
QUALCOMM INC1.53%4.21%
CADENCE DESIGN SYS INC0.64%1.91%
SYNOPSYS INC0.60%1.87%
NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV0.47%1.08%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in AIQOnly in SMH
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A 3.72%Asml Holding Nv 5.02%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.57%Lam Research Corp 4.29%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 3.51%Analog Devices Inc 4.26%
ORACLE CORP 3.44%Texas Instruments Inc 4.25%
TESLA INC 3.14%Applied Materials Inc 4.24%
NETFLIX INC 3.08%Kla Corp 3.84%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.02%Teradyne Inc 1.34%
META PLATFORMS INC 2.94%Monolithic Power Systems Inc 1.23%

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 SMH over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AIQSMHAIQSMHAIQSMH
3 months0.0%−8.3%−3.3 pts−11.6 pts+0.8 pts−7.5 pts
6 months+32.3%+46.8%+16.3 pts+30.8 pts+11.6 pts+26.1 pts
1 year+35.7%+87.6%+18.2 pts+70.1 pts+12.7 pts+64.7 pts
3 years+127.6%+285.8%+49.7 pts+207.9 pts+32.5 pts+190.7 pts
Since launch+337.9%+5026.7%+119.2 pts+4222.3 pts−8.8 pts+3352.8 pts
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AIQ and SMH 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
SMH
VanEck Semiconductor ETF
Holds 25 stocks in semiconductors, 82% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerGlobal XVanEck
ThemeArtificial intelligenceSemiconductors
In the S&P 50055.9%82.3%
Active share vs the S&P 50069.7%80.6%
In the Nasdaq-10047.5%80.2%
Holdings8925
Top ten, share of the fund32.2%71.7%
Expense ratio0.68%0.35%
Fee for the differing part0.98%0.43%
Total return, 1 year+35.7%+87.6%
vs the S&P 500+18.2 pts+70.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+12.7 pts+64.7 pts
Below its high−8.8%−15.0%

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.

SMH in plain words

By weight, 82% of SMH's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 81%. The top ten holdings are 72% of the fund across 25 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +87.6% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 70.1 pts. It sits 15.0% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, AIQ or SMH?
AIQ has 56% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SMH has 82%, so SMH differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIQ or SMH?
AIQ charges 0.68% a year and SMH charges 0.35%, so SMH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AIQ against SMH, 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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