Do AIQ and XT hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 25% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, AIQ or XT?

AIQ has 65% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 66%, so AIQ differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, AIQ or XT?

AIQ charges 0.68% a year and XT charges 0.46%, so XT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AIQ vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AIQ returned +21.3% to XT's +22.1%; 25% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $10.6bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF, and $4.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF.

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At a glance

64.7%

AIQ in the S&P 500

65.5%

XT in the S&P 500

+21.3%

AIQ total return, 1 year

+22.1%

XT total return, 1 year

AIQ · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 35% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

65% of AIQ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 35% is outside the index. Holdings as of May 31, 2026.

XT · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 35% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

66% of XT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 35% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XT costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; AIQ is 2.7 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AIQ vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AIQ	XT
Return
Measure	AIQ	XT
Total return, 1 year	+21.3%	+22.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AIQ	XT
Below its all-time high	8.2%, high on Jun 2, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	AIQ	XT
What it tracks	Artificial intelligence	Broad innovation and megatrends
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year		+13.4%
Against its benchmark, 1 year		ahead by 8.7 pts
Cost and size
Measure	AIQ	XT
Expense ratio	0.68%	0.46%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$10.6bn	$4.0bn
Holdings
Measure	AIQ	XT
Holdings in common	25%

ETFIQ S&P 500 Difference Score · AIQ scores higher How much of its weight does it not share with the S&P 500?

IQ Themes Score16.5AIQ14.7XT

How different its holdings are from the S&P 500, ranked against 112 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. 100 is best. How it is computed

AIQ 16.5

XT 14.7

0.4, the lowest in this set 99.6, the highest

A percentile among the 112 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. Weight not shared with the S&P 500 only; it says nothing about returns, fees or whether the theme pays off. All thematic ETFs ranked by it →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

25%

By the books each fund has filed, AIQ and XT hold 25% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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25% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AIQ XT

NVIDIA CORPORATION 2.70% 3.66%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.73% 2.62%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2.35% 4.11%

TESLA, INC. 2.29% 4.45%

ALPHABET INC. 2.72% 1.96%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 3.02% 1.82%

BROADCOM INC. 3.24% 1.73%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.30% 1.33%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 3.82% 1.21%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5.76% 1.03%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 4.80% 0.94%

Infineon Technologies AG 0.90% 1.13%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AIQ

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.79%

INTEL CORPORATION 4.18%

APPLE INC. 2.97%

NETFLIX, INC. 2.43%

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 1.97%

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 1.83%

SAP SE 1.51%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1.37%

Only in XT

TEXAS INSTRUMENT 4.56%

ELI LILLY 4.32%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 3.67%

ANALOG DEVICES 3.33%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.02%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS CLASS A 2.83%

ABBVIE 2.44%

MERCK & CO INC 1.66%

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Window by window

Window by window: AIQ vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	AIQ	XT	AIQ	XT
3 months	+15.0%	+10.2%	not measured	+5.8 pts vs ACWI
6 months	+17.0%	+14.0%	not measured	+6.6 pts vs ACWI
1 year	+21.3%	+22.1%	not measured	+8.7 pts vs ACWI
3 years	+151.9%	+93.2%	not measured	+4.3 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: AIQ May 2018 · XT Mar 2015	+340.8%	+297.8%	not measured	+71.7 pts vs ACWI

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Side by side

AIQ Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF · Holds 84 stocks in artificial intelligence, 65% of its weight in S&P 500 companies XT iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF · Holds 197 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 66% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Global X iShares

Theme Artificial intelligence Broad innovation and megatrends

In the S&P 500 64.7% 65.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 70.2% 69.2%

In the Nasdaq-100 55.8% 41.6%

Holdings 84 197

Top ten, share of the fund 42.7% 36.6%

Expense ratio 0.68% 0.46%

Fee for the differing part 0.97% 0.66%

Total return, 1 year +21.3% +22.1%

vs its benchmark not measured +8.7 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −8.2% −0.5%

Net assets, AIQ as of Oct 12, 2026 and XT as of Oct 27, 2026 $10.6bn $4.1bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

25% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

AIQ

By weight, 65% 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 43% of the fund across 84 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +21.3% with distributions reinvested. It sits 8.2% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

By weight, 66% of XT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 69%. The top ten holdings are 37% of the fund across 197 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +22.1% with distributions reinvested against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index, so a holder was ahead by 8.7 pts.

Questions people ask

Do AIQ and XT hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 25% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, AIQ or XT?: AIQ has 65% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 66%, so AIQ differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIQ or XT?: AIQ charges 0.68% a year and XT charges 0.46%, so XT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AIQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AIQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Global X page for AIQ ↗

XT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for XT ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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