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AIS vs EPAI: which is really different?

AIS and EPAI hold 13% of their weight in the same names.

VistaShares Artificial Intelligence Supercycle ETF and Harbor AI Inflection Strategy ETF.

41.2%AIS in the S&P 500
58.0%EPAI in the S&P 500
+107.6%AIS total return, 1 year
+33.6%EPAI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: EPAI scores higher

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

AIS 23.4EPAI 34.30.1, 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

AIS59% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
41%59%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 89% · top ten 46% of the fund · 60 holdings filed Sep 21, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 33% in41%59%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 89% · top ten 46% of the fund
EPAI42% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
58%42%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 96% · top ten 38% of the fund · 37 holdings filed Apr 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 19% in58%42%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 96% · top ten 38% of the fund

13% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AIS and EPAI hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIS and EPAI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAISEPAI
Vertiv Holdings Co3.22%4.76%
GE Vernova Inc2.60%2.59%
Corning Inc1.99%3.21%
ASML Holding NV1.88%3.22%
Only in each
Only in AISOnly in EPAI
SK hynix Inc 8.24%Teradyne Inc 4.25%
Micron Technology Inc 7.19%FormFactor Inc 3.98%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 5.52%MasTec Inc 3.82%
Semtech Corp 4.68%Applied Materials Inc 3.65%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 4.01%Monolithic Power Systems Inc 3.61%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 3.62%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 3.61%
Intel Corp 3.35%Everus Construction Group Inc 3.48%
Silicon Motion Technology Corp 3.15%Entegris Inc 3.46%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AIS and EPAI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AISEPAIAISEPAIAISEPAI
3 months−15.6%−13.1%−17.8 pts−15.3 pts−13.1 pts−10.6 pts
6 months+67.5%+19.2%+49.5 pts+1.2 pts+43.3 pts−5.0 pts
1 year+107.6%not published+91.1 ptsnot published+85.9 ptsnot published
Since launch+188.0%+33.6%+159.0 pts+19.8 pts+147.2 pts+14.8 pts
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AIS and EPAI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AIS
VistaShares Artificial Intelligence Supercycle ETF
Holds 60 stocks in artificial intelligence, 41% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
EPAI
Harbor AI Inflection Strategy ETF
Holds 37 stocks in artificial intelligence, 58% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerVistaSharesHarbor
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50041.2%58.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50088.9%95.5%
In the Nasdaq-10032.8%19.0%
Holdings6037
Top ten, share of the fund45.6%37.9%
Expense ratio0.75%0.88%
Fee for the differing part0.84%0.92%
Total return, 1 year+107.6%+33.6% (since launch on Dec 18, 2025)
vs the S&P 500+91.1 pts+19.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+85.9 pts+14.8 pts
Below its high−18.3%−16.8%
Net assets$1.0bn$5m

AIS in plain words

By weight, 41% of AIS's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 89%. The top ten holdings are 46% of the fund across 60 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 21, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +107.6% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 91.1 pts. It sits 18.3% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

EPAI in plain words

By weight, 58% of EPAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 96%. The top ten holdings are 38% of the fund across 37 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Since it launched on Dec 18, 2025 the fund returned +33.6% with distributions reinvested against +13.8% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 19.8 pts. It sits 16.8% below its all-time high of Jun 30, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AIS and EPAI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 13% 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, AIS or EPAI?
AIS has 41% of its weight in S&P 500 names and EPAI has 58%, so EPAI differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIS or EPAI?
AIS charges 0.75% a year and EPAI charges 0.88%, so AIS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AIS against EPAI, 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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