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ALAI vs ARTY: which is really different?

ALAI and ARTY hold 21% of their weight in the same names, and ARTY returned more over the year.

Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETF and iShares Future AI & Tech ETF.

60.0%ALAI in the S&P 500
51.7%ARTY in the S&P 500
+25.6%ALAI total return, 1 year
+67.3%ARTY total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: ARTY scores higher

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

ALAI 2.2ARTY 14.60.1, 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

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
ARTY48% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
52%48%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 83% · top ten 43% of the fund · 65 holdings filed Sep 17, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 36% in52%48%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 83% · top ten 43% of the fund

21% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ALAI and ARTY hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ALAI and ARTY both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingALAIARTY
NVIDIA CORP12.01%4.50%
BROADCOM INC3.70%4.54%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP3.03%2.67%
MICROSOFT CORP4.69%2.64%
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP4.26%2.07%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC1.95%2.46%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC1.46%4.52%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC1.33%5.29%
ASTERA LABS INC1.35%1.09%
SNOWFLAKE INC1.02%1.70%
ARISTA NETWORKS INC0.40%2.66%
NOKIA OYJ (NOKIA CORP)0.08%0.00%
Only in each
Only in ALAIOnly in ARTY
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPA 5.85%MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 4.91%
AMAZON.COM INC 5.27%TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.52%
ALPHABET INC 4.64%ORACLE 4.18%
NEBIUS GROUP NV 4.04%COREWEAVE CLASS A 4.09%
META PLATFORMS INC 3.78%GLOBAL UNICHIP 3.51%
Anthropic PBC 2.87%SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 3.45%
APPLE INC 2.78%NAVER 3.31%
TESLA INC 2.52%PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 2.64%

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 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ALAI and ARTY over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ALAIARTYALAIARTYALAIARTY
3 months−2.2%−3.8%−4.4 pts−6.0 pts+0.3 pts−1.3 pts
6 months+38.0%+59.0%+19.9 pts+41.0 pts+13.7 pts+34.8 pts
1 year+25.6%+67.3%+9.1 pts+50.8 pts+3.9 pts+45.6 pts
3 yearsnot published+147.8%not published+69.4 ptsnot published+49.6 pts
Since launch+132.7%+242.0%+81.4 pts+23.4 pts+66.9 pts−102.0 pts
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ALAI and ARTY on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ALAI
Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETF
Holds 79 stocks in artificial intelligence, 60% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
ARTY
iShares Future AI & Tech ETF
Holds 65 stocks in artificial intelligence, 52% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerAlgeriShares
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50060.0%51.7%
Active share vs the S&P 50065.2%82.7%
In the Nasdaq-10054.4%36.2%
Holdings7965
Top ten, share of the fund51.3%42.5%
Expense ratio0.58%0.47%
Fee for the differing part0.89%0.57%
Total return, 1 year+25.6%+67.3%
vs the S&P 500+9.1 pts+50.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+3.9 pts+45.6 pts
Below its high−2.2%−5.9%
Net assets$451m$4.1bn

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.

ARTY in plain words

By weight, 52% of ARTY's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 83%. The top ten holdings are 42% of the fund across 65 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +67.3% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 50.8 pts. It sits 5.9% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ALAI and ARTY hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 21% 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, ALAI or ARTY?
ALAI has 60% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ARTY has 52%, so ARTY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ALAI or ARTY?
ALAI charges 0.58% a year and ARTY charges 0.47%, so ARTY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ALAI against ARTY, 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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