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AIQ vs XA: which is really different?

AIQ and XA hold 1% of their weight in the same names.

Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF and Corgi AI Cybersecurity ETF.

56.0%AIQ in the S&P 500
47.2%XA in the S&P 500
+31.6%AIQ total return, 1 year
+59.5%XA total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: XA scores higher

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

AIQ 4.4XA 59.60.1, the lowest in this set91.8, the highest

A percentile among the 379 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 18, 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 · 95 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 48% in56%44%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 70% · top ten 32% of the fund
XA53% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 3 months to Sep 18, 2026
47%53%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 65% of the fund · 26 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 40% in47%53%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 65% of the fund

1% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

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

Positions AIQ and XA both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAIQXA
DATADOG INC - CLASS A0.60%5.29%
ZSCALER INC0.38%4.16%
OKTA INC0.36%6.91%
Only in each
Only in AIQOnly in XA
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A 3.94%Palo Alto Networks Inc 12.91%
MICROSOFT CORP 3.54%Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 11.86%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 3.53%Fortinet Inc 5.87%
ORACLE CORP 3.36%Rubrik Inc 4.81%
TESLA INC 3.12%Cloudflare Inc 4.66%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 3.01%F5 Inc 4.14%
META PLATFORMS INC 3.00%GEN DIGITAL INC 3.95%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.97%Elastic NV 3.92%

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 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AIQ and XA over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AIQXAAIQXAAIQXA
3 months−4.0%+27.7%−6.3 pts+25.4 pts−1.5 pts+30.2 pts
6 months+35.4%not published+17.4 ptsnot published+11.1 ptsnot published
1 year+31.6%not published+15.0 ptsnot published+9.8 ptsnot published
3 years+131.6%not published+53.2 ptsnot published+33.5 ptsnot published
Since launch+338.9%+59.5%+120.5 pts+55.1 pts−11.9 pts+55.6 pts
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AIQ and XA on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AIQ
Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF
Holds 95 stocks in artificial intelligence, 56% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
XA
Corgi AI Cybersecurity ETF
Holds 26 stocks in artificial intelligence, 47% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerGlobal XCorgi
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50056.0%47.2%
Active share vs the S&P 50069.7%98.9%
In the Nasdaq-10047.8%40.1%
Holdings9526
Top ten, share of the fund32.3%64.6%
Expense ratio0.68%0.35%
Fee for the differing part0.98%0.35%
Total return, 1 year+31.6%+59.5% (since launch on May 6, 2026)
vs the S&P 500+15.0 pts+55.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+9.8 pts+55.6 pts
Below its high−8.6%−2.6%
Net assets$10.2bn$6m

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 95 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +31.6% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 15.0 pts. It sits 8.6% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

XA in plain words

By weight, 47% of XA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 65% of the fund across 26 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Since it launched on May 6, 2026 the fund returned +59.5% with distributions reinvested against +4.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 55.1 pts.

Questions people ask

Do AIQ and XA hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 1% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, AIQ or XA?
AIQ has 56% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XA has 47%, so XA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIQ or XA?
AIQ charges 0.68% a year and XA charges 0.35%, so XA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AIQ against XA, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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