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ALAI vs IVEP: which is really different?

ALAI and IVEP hold 4% of their weight in the same names.

Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETF and Dan IVES Wedbush AI Power & Infrastructure ETF.

60.0%ALAI in the S&P 500
71.2%IVEP in the S&P 500
+25.6%ALAI total return, 1 year
−2.5%IVEP total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: IVEP scores higher

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

ALAI 2.2IVEP 39.70.1, 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
IVEP29% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 3 months to Sep 18, 2026
71%29%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 41% of the fund · 30 holdings filed Apr 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 11% in71%29%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 97% · top ten 41% of the fund

4% 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 IVEP hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ALAI and IVEP both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingALAIIVEP
TALEN ENERGY CORP1.95%2.55%
GE VERNOVA INC1.29%4.16%
EATON CORP PLC0.58%4.07%
NRG ENERGY INC0.48%2.59%
Only in each
Only in ALAIOnly in IVEP
NVIDIA CORP 12.01%BLOOM ENERGY CORP 4.98%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPA 5.85%QUANTA SERVICES INC 4.31%
AMAZON.COM INC 5.27%VERTIV HOLDINGS COMPANY 4.12%
MICROSOFT CORP 4.69%SIEMENS ENERGY AG 4.11%
ALPHABET INC 4.64%NEXTERA ENERGY INC 3.94%
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP 4.26%SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 3.91%
NEBIUS GROUP NV 4.04%MONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS INC 3.89%
META PLATFORMS INC 3.78%CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP 3.88%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ALAI and IVEP over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ALAIIVEPALAIIVEPALAIIVEP
3 months−2.2%−11.8%−4.4 pts−14.0 pts+0.3 pts−9.3 pts
6 months+38.0%not published+19.9 ptsnot published+13.7 ptsnot published
1 year+25.6%not published+9.1 ptsnot published+3.9 ptsnot published
Since launch+132.7%−2.5%+81.4 pts−15.7 pts+66.9 pts−21.7 pts
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ALAI and IVEP 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
IVEP
Dan IVES Wedbush AI Power & Infrastructure ETF
Holds 30 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips, 71% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerAlgerWedbush
ThemeArtificial intelligenceAI infrastructure and chips
In the S&P 50060.0%71.2%
Active share vs the S&P 50065.2%97.0%
In the Nasdaq-10054.4%11.3%
Holdings7930
Top ten, share of the fund51.3%41.4%
Expense ratio0.58%0.75%
Fee for the differing part0.89%0.77%
Total return, 1 year+25.6%−2.5% (since launch on Apr 8, 2026)
vs the S&P 500+9.1 pts−15.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+3.9 pts−21.7 pts
Below its high−2.2%−13.0%
Net assets$451m$9m

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.

IVEP in plain words

By weight, 71% of IVEP's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 41% of the fund across 30 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Since it launched on Apr 8, 2026 the fund returned −2.5% with distributions reinvested against +13.2% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 15.7 pts. It sits 13.0% below its all-time high of May 6, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ALAI and IVEP hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 4% 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, ALAI or IVEP?
ALAI has 60% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IVEP has 71%, so IVEP differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ALAI or IVEP?
ALAI charges 0.58% a year and IVEP 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 IVEP, 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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