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AIS vs PBOT: which is really different?

AIS and PBOT hold 10% of their weight in the same names.

VistaShares Artificial Intelligence Supercycle ETF and Pictet AI & Automation ETF.

41.2%AIS in the S&P 500
61.0%PBOT in the S&P 500
+107.6%AIS total return, 1 year
+34.6%PBOT 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 23.4PBOT 13.60.1, 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

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
PBOT39% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
61%39%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 82% · top ten 53% of the fund · 44 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 52% in61%39%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 82% · top ten 53% of the fund

10% 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 PBOT hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIS and PBOT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAISPBOT
Micron Technology Inc7.19%2.12%
NVIDIA Corp2.02%3.15%
Broadcom Inc0.69%6.33%
Only in each
Only in AISOnly in PBOT
SK hynix Inc 8.24%ALPHABET INC-CL A 6.86%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 5.52%KLA CORP 6.36%
Semtech Corp 4.68%TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 6.34%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 4.01%ASML HOLDING NV /EUR/ 5.77%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 3.62%SNOWFLAKE INC 4.73%
Intel Corp 3.35%CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC - A 4.64%
Vertiv Holdings Co 3.22%PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 4.57%
Silicon Motion Technology Corp 3.15%INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG /EUR/ 3.91%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 21, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AIS and PBOT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AISPBOTAISPBOTAISPBOT
3 months−15.6%+1.0%−17.8 pts−1.2 pts−13.1 pts+3.5 pts
6 months+67.5%+39.5%+49.5 pts+21.4 pts+43.3 pts+15.2 pts
1 year+107.6%not published+91.1 ptsnot published+85.9 ptsnot published
Since launch+188.0%+34.6%+159.0 pts+18.0 pts+147.2 pts+13.9 pts
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AIS and PBOT 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
PBOT
Pictet AI & Automation ETF
Holds 44 stocks in artificial intelligence, 61% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerVistaSharesPictet
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50041.2%61.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50088.9%82.1%
In the Nasdaq-10032.8%52.2%
Holdings6044
Top ten, share of the fund45.6%52.6%
Expense ratio0.75%0.70%
Fee for the differing part0.84%0.85%
Total return, 1 year+107.6%+34.6% (since launch on Oct 16, 2025)
vs the S&P 500+91.1 pts+18.0 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+85.9 pts+13.9 pts
Below its high−18.3%−3.8%
Net assets$1.0bn$14m

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.

PBOT in plain words

By weight, 61% of PBOT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 82%. The top ten holdings are 53% of the fund across 44 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Oct 16, 2025 the fund returned +34.6% with distributions reinvested against +16.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 18.0 pts.

Questions people ask

Do AIS and PBOT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 10% 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 PBOT?
AIS has 41% of its weight in S&P 500 names and PBOT has 61%, so AIS differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIS or PBOT?
AIS charges 0.75% a year and PBOT charges 0.70%, so PBOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AIS against PBOT, 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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