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AIUP vs ALAI: which is really different?

AIUP and ALAI hold 32% of their weight in the same names.

FINQ FIRST U.S. Large Cap AI-Managed Equity ETF and Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETF.

100.0%AIUP in the S&P 500
60.0%ALAI in the S&P 500
+26.9%AIUP total return, 1 year
+25.6%ALAI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: AIUP scores higher

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

AIUP 8ALAI 2.20.1, 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

AIUP0% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
100%0%of its weight in S&P 500 companies0% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 76% · top ten 78% of the fund · 15 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 77% in100%0%of its weight in S&P 500 companies0% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 76% · top ten 78% of the fund
ALAI40% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
60%40%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 65% · top ten 51% of the fund · 79 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 54% in60%40%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 65% · top ten 51% of the fund

32% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AIUP and ALAI hold 32% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIUP and ALAI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAIUPALAI
NVIDIA Corp15.46%12.01%
Amazon.com Inc14.81%5.27%
Alphabet Inc4.64%4.64%
Microsoft Corp4.64%4.69%
Meta Platforms Inc14.88%3.78%
AppLovin Corp4.77%2.05%
Only in each
Only in AIUPOnly in ALAI
Palo Alto Networks Inc 4.69%TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPA 5.85%
Expand Energy Corp 4.65%WESTERN DIGITAL CORP 4.26%
DoorDash Inc 4.60%NEBIUS GROUP NV 4.04%
Visa Inc 4.60%BROADCOM INC 3.70%
Mastercard Inc 4.59%SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 3.03%
Booking Holdings Inc 4.45%Anthropic PBC 2.87%
Boston Scientific Corp 4.45%APPLE INC 2.78%
Uber Technologies Inc 4.39%TESLA INC 2.52%

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.

Performance, window by window

AIUP and ALAI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AIUPALAIAIUPALAIAIUPALAI
3 months+15.5%−2.2%+13.3 pts−4.4 pts+18.0 pts+0.3 pts
6 months+29.3%+38.0%+11.3 pts+19.9 pts+5.1 pts+13.7 pts
1 yearnot published+25.6%not published+9.1 ptsnot published+3.9 pts
Since launch+26.9%+132.7%+15.8 pts+81.4 pts+8.3 pts+66.9 pts
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AIUP and ALAI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AIUP
FINQ FIRST U.S. Large Cap AI-Managed Equity ETF
Holds 15 stocks in artificial intelligence, 100% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
ALAI
Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETF
Holds 79 stocks in artificial intelligence, 60% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerFINQAlger
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 500100.0%60.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50076.1%65.2%
In the Nasdaq-10077.3%54.4%
Holdings1579
Top ten, share of the fund77.7%51.3%
Expense ratio0.70%0.58%
Fee for the differing part0.92%0.89%
Total return, 1 year+26.9% (since launch on Feb 6, 2026)+25.6%
vs the S&P 500+15.8 pts+9.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+8.3 pts+3.9 pts
Below its high0.0%−2.2%
Net assets$4m$451m

AIUP in plain words

By weight, 100% of AIUP's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 76%. The top ten holdings are 78% of the fund across 15 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Feb 6, 2026 the fund returned +26.9% with distributions reinvested against +11.2% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 15.8 pts.

ALAI in plain words

By weight, 60% of ALAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 65%. The top ten holdings are 51% of the fund across 79 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +25.6% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 9.1 pts.

Questions people ask

Do AIUP and ALAI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 32% 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, AIUP or ALAI?
AIUP has 100% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ALAI has 60%, so AIUP differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIUP or ALAI?
AIUP charges 0.70% a year and ALAI charges 0.58%, so ALAI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AIUP against ALAI, 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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