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AIS vs JHAI: which is really different?

AIS and JHAI hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and AIS returned more over the year.

VistaShares Artificial Intelligence Supercycle ETF and Janus Henderson Global Artificial Intelligence ETF.

41.2%AIS in the S&P 500
71.8%JHAI in the S&P 500
+107.6%AIS total return, 1 year
+27.2%JHAI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: AIS scores higher

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

AIS 23.4JHAI 4.70.1, 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
JHAI28% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
72%28%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 70% · top ten 64% of the fund · 46 holdings filed Apr 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 62% in72%28%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 70% · top ten 64% of the fund

20% 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 JHAI hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIS and JHAI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAISJHAI
Micron Technology Inc7.19%3.71%
Vertiv Holdings Co3.22%2.07%
NVIDIA Corp2.02%14.16%
Intel Corp3.35%1.95%
ASML Holding NV1.88%2.52%
GE Vernova Inc2.60%1.65%
ARM Holdings PLC1.71%1.07%
Arista Networks Inc1.95%0.94%
Broadcom Inc0.69%6.48%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC2.44%0.62%
Lumentum Holdings Inc0.27%2.22%
Only in each
Only in AISOnly in JHAI
SK hynix Inc 8.24%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. L 16.38%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 5.52%Amazon.com, Inc. 5.09%
Semtech Corp 4.68%Alphabet, Inc. 4.73%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 4.01%Lam Research Corp. 4.05%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 3.62%Microsoft Corp. 3.42%
Silicon Motion Technology Corp 3.15%KLA Corp. 3.01%
Foxconn Industrial Internet Co Ltd 2.67%Deere & Co. 2.05%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.13%Nebius Group NV 2.05%

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 JHAI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AISJHAIAISJHAIAISJHAI
3 months−15.6%−6.7%−17.8 pts−8.9 pts−13.1 pts−4.2 pts
6 months+67.5%+31.2%+49.5 pts+13.2 pts+43.3 pts+7.0 pts
1 year+107.6%+27.2%+91.1 pts+10.7 pts+85.9 pts+5.5 pts
Since launch+188.0%+38.2%+159.0 pts+17.2 pts+147.2 pts+10.1 pts
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AIS and JHAI 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
JHAI
Janus Henderson Global Artificial Intelligence ETF
Holds 46 stocks in artificial intelligence, 72% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerVistaSharesJanus Henderson
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50041.2%71.8%
Active share vs the S&P 50088.9%70.0%
In the Nasdaq-10032.8%61.6%
Holdings6046
Top ten, share of the fund45.6%63.6%
Expense ratio0.75%0.59%
Fee for the differing part0.84%0.84%
Total return, 1 year+107.6%+27.2%
vs the S&P 500+91.1 pts+10.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+85.9 pts+5.5 pts
Below its high−18.3%−7.4%
Net assets$1.0bn$21m

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.

JHAI in plain words

By weight, 72% of JHAI'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 64% of the fund across 46 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +27.2% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 10.7 pts. It sits 7.4% below its all-time high of Jun 30, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AIS and JHAI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 20% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, AIS or JHAI?
AIS has 41% of its weight in S&P 500 names and JHAI has 72%, so AIS differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIS or JHAI?
AIS charges 0.75% a year and JHAI charges 0.59%, so JHAI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AIS against JHAI, 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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