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AIUP vs WISE: which is really different?

AIUP and WISE hold 11% of their weight in the same names.

FINQ FIRST U.S. Large Cap AI-Managed Equity ETF and Themes Generative Artificial Intelligence ETF.

100.0%AIUP in the S&P 500
32.4%WISE in the S&P 500
+26.9%AIUP total return, 1 year
−17.1%WISE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: WISE scores higher

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

AIUP 8WISE 16.20.1, 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
WISE68% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
32%68%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 84% · top ten 51% of the fund · 40 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 29% in32%68%inoutside the S&P 500active share 84% · top ten 51% of the fund

11% 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 WISE hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AIUP and WISE both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAIUPWISE
NVIDIA Corp15.46%4.70%
Amazon.com Inc14.81%3.46%
Alphabet Inc4.64%2.91%
Only in each
Only in AIUPOnly in WISE
Meta Platforms Inc 14.88%Advanced Micro Devices Inc 11.41%
AppLovin Corp 4.77%QuickLogic Corp 7.53%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 4.69%Gorilla Technology Group Inc 5.49%
Expand Energy Corp 4.65%Snowflake Inc 5.15%
Microsoft Corp 4.64%Broadcom Inc 3.53%
DoorDash Inc 4.60%Information Services Group Inc 3.45%
Visa Inc 4.60%BigBear.ai Holdings Inc 3.37%
Mastercard Inc 4.59%SoundHound AI Inc 3.35%

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 WISE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AIUPWISEAIUPWISEAIUPWISE
3 months+15.5%−13.3%+13.3 pts−15.6 pts+18.0 pts−10.8 pts
6 months+29.3%+7.5%+11.3 pts−10.5 pts+5.1 pts−16.8 pts
1 yearnot published−17.1%not published−33.7 ptsnot published−38.9 pts
Since launch+26.9%+42.7%+15.8 pts−28.9 pts+8.3 pts−44.1 pts
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AIUP and WISE 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
WISE
Themes Generative Artificial Intelligence ETF
Holds 40 stocks in artificial intelligence, 32% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerFINQThemes
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 500100.0%32.4%
Active share vs the S&P 50076.1%83.6%
In the Nasdaq-10077.3%29.2%
Holdings1540
Top ten, share of the fund77.7%51.4%
Expense ratio0.70%0.35%
Fee for the differing part0.92%0.42%
Total return, 1 year+26.9% (since launch on Feb 6, 2026)−17.1%
vs the S&P 500+15.8 pts−33.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+8.3 pts−38.9 pts
Below its high0.0%−24.0%
Net assets$4m$28m

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.

WISE in plain words

By weight, 32% of WISE's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 84%. The top ten holdings are 51% of the fund across 40 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned −17.1% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 33.7 pts. It sits 24.0% below its all-time high of Oct 15, 2025.

Questions people ask

Do AIUP and WISE hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 11% 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, AIUP or WISE?
AIUP has 100% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WISE has 32%, so WISE differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIUP or WISE?
AIUP charges 0.70% a year and WISE charges 0.35%, so WISE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AIUP against WISE, 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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