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AIS vs AIX: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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AIS and AIX hold 19% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets: $940m on Nov 4, 2026 for VistaShares Artificial Intelligence Supercycle ETF, and $446,975 on Nov 3, 2026 for Defiance US 100 Tech AI Moat ETF.

AIS on its own →AIX on its own →
At a glance
40.5%
AIS in the S&P 500
90.3%
AIX in the S&P 500
+44.0%
AIS total return, 1 year
−11.6%
AIX total return, since launch, Jun 30, 2026
AIS · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 60% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
60% of its weight is outside the S&P 50041% of AIS's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 60% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.41%60%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 88% · top ten 44% of the fund · 57 holdings as published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 33% in60% of its weight is outside the S&P 50041% of AIS's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 60% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.41%60%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 88% · Nasdaq-100: 33% in

41% of AIS's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 60% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.

AIX · 3 months to Nov 4, 2026 10% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
10% of its weight is outside the S&P 50090% of AIX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 10% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.90%10%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutsideactive share 63% · top ten 55% of the fund · 30 holdings as published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 100% in10% of its weight is outside the S&P 50090% of AIX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 10% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.90%10%of its weight in S&P 500 companies10% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 63% · Nasdaq-100: 100% in

90% of AIX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 10% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

AIX costs 0.10 points a year less.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AIS vs AIX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
MeasureAISAIX
Return
Total return, 1 year+44.0%not published
Drawdown
Below its all-time high37.0%, high on Jun 22, 202613.6%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Against its benchmark
What it tracksArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearahead by 29.2 pts
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year+14.8%
Against its benchmark, 1 yearahead by 29.2 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.75%0.65%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026$977m$446,975
Holdings
Holdings in common19%

Method

What they share

19%

By the books each fund has filed, AIS and AIX hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 4, 2026.

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19% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AIS AIX
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 6.19% 5.36%
Micron Technology Inc 7.23% 4.45%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 3.37% 2.36%
NVIDIA Corp 2.35% 4.93%
Intel Corp 2.31% 2.69%
ARM Holdings PLC 1.53% 3.09%
Broadcom Inc 0.81% 4.37%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in AIS
SK hynix Inc 8.20%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.24%
Semtech Corp 3.60%
Vertiv Holdings Co 3.41%
GE Vernova Inc 2.95%
Foxconn Industrial Internet Co Ltd 2.48%
Silicon Motion Technology Corp 2.46%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.36%
Only in AIX
Microsoft Corp 6.96%
Palantir Technologies Inc 6.53%
Apple Inc 5.94%
Meta Platforms Inc 5.50%
Amazon.com Inc 5.48%
Tesla Inc 5.00%
Texas Instruments Inc 4.74%
Space Exploration Technologies Corp 4.56%
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Window by window

Window by window: AIS vs AIX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Total returnvs its benchmark
WindowAISAIXAISAIX
3 months−18.7%−4.4%−18.6 pts vs VOOnot measured
6 months−15.7%–−20.7 pts vs VOO–
1 year+44.0%–+29.2 pts vs VOO–
Since launchNot the same days: AIS Dec 2024 · AIX Jun 2026+122.2%−11.6%+92.2 pts vs VOOnot measured

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Side by side

AIS VistaShares Artificial Intelligence Supercycle ETF · Holds 57 stocks in artificial intelligence, 40% of its weight in S&P 500 companies AIX Defiance US 100 Tech AI Moat ETF · Holds 30 stocks in artificial intelligence, 90% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer VistaShares Defiance
Theme Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence
In the S&P 500 40.5% 90.3%
Active share vs the S&P 500 88.4% 63.4%
In the Nasdaq-100 33.1% 99.7%
Holdings 57 30
Top ten, share of the fund 44.1% 55.0%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.65%
Fee for the differing part 0.85% 1.03%
Total return, 1 year +44.0% −11.6% (since launch, Jun 30, 2026)
vs its benchmark +29.2 pts vs VOO not measured
Below its high −37.0% −13.6%
Net assets, AIS as of Nov 4, 2026 and AIX as of Nov 3, 2026 $940m $446,975

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

19% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund
AIS

By weight, 40% of AIS's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 88%. The top ten holdings are 44% of the fund across 57 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +44.0% with distributions reinvested against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 TR, so a holder was ahead by 29.2 pts. It sits 37.0% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

AIX

By weight, 90% of AIX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 63%. The top ten holdings are 55% of the fund across 30 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026. Since it first traded on Jun 30, 2026 the fund returned −11.6% with distributions reinvested. It sits 13.6% below its all-time high of Oct 6, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AIS and AIX hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 19% 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, AIS or AIX?
AIS has 40% of its weight in S&P 500 names and AIX has 90%, so AIS differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIS or AIX?
AIS charges 0.75% a year and AIX charges 0.65%, so AIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Sources and dates
AIS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
AIS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
VistaShares page for AIS ↗
AIX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
AIX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Defiance page for AIX ↗

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How this is computed

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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