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ALAI vs CHAT: which is really different?

ALAI and CHAT hold 34% of their weight in the same names, and CHAT returned more over the year.

Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETF and Roundhill Generative AI & Technology ETF.

60.0%ALAI in the S&P 500
47.9%CHAT in the S&P 500
+25.6%ALAI total return, 1 year
+52.0%CHAT total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: CHAT scores higher

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

ALAI 2.2CHAT 5.70.1, 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

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
CHAT52% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
48%52%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 72% · top ten 40% of the fund · 47 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 44% in48%52%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 72% · top ten 40% of the fund

34% 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 CHAT hold 34% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ALAI and CHAT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingALAICHAT
NVIDIA CORP12.01%6.92%
ALPHABET INC4.64%5.69%
MICROSOFT CORP4.69%3.72%
AMAZON.COM INC5.27%3.42%
NEBIUS GROUP NV4.04%3.02%
BROADCOM INC3.70%2.53%
META PLATFORMS INC3.78%2.36%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC1.46%3.09%
ASTERA LABS INC1.35%2.86%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC1.33%3.14%
SNOWFLAKE INC1.02%1.93%
LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC0.74%2.33%
Only in each
Only in ALAIOnly in CHAT
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPA 5.85%ASML Holding NV 3.27%
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP 4.26%SoftBank Group Corp 2.78%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 3.03%Coherent Corp 2.55%
Anthropic PBC 2.87%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.46%
APPLE INC 2.78%CoreWeave Inc 2.27%
TESLA INC 2.52%Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 2.25%
APPLOVIN CORP 2.05%Z AI Co Ltd 2.20%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 1.95%SK Telecom Co Ltd 2.16%

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 CHAT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ALAICHATALAICHATALAICHAT
3 months−2.2%−12.2%−4.4 pts−14.5 pts+0.3 pts−9.8 pts
6 months+38.0%+43.6%+19.9 pts+25.6 pts+13.7 pts+19.4 pts
1 year+25.6%+52.0%+9.1 pts+35.5 pts+3.9 pts+30.3 pts
3 yearsnot published+237.0%not published+158.6 ptsnot published+138.8 pts
Since launch+132.7%+256.5%+81.4 pts+166.8 pts+66.9 pts+138.6 pts
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ALAI and CHAT 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
CHAT
Roundhill Generative AI & Technology ETF
Holds 47 stocks in artificial intelligence, 48% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerAlgerRoundhill
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50060.0%47.9%
Active share vs the S&P 50065.2%72.1%
In the Nasdaq-10054.4%44.1%
Holdings7947
Top ten, share of the fund51.3%39.5%
Expense ratio0.58%0.75%
Fee for the differing part0.89%1.04%
Total return, 1 year+25.6%+52.0%
vs the S&P 500+9.1 pts+35.5 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+3.9 pts+30.3 pts
Below its high−2.2%−13.7%
Net assets$451m$1.8bn

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.

CHAT in plain words

By weight, 48% of CHAT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 72%. The top ten holdings are 40% of the fund across 47 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +52.0% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 35.5 pts. It sits 13.7% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ALAI and CHAT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 34% 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 CHAT?
ALAI has 60% of its weight in S&P 500 names and CHAT has 48%, so CHAT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ALAI or CHAT?
ALAI charges 0.58% a year and CHAT charges 0.75%, so ALAI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ALAI against CHAT, 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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