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ALAI vs JHAI: which is really different?

ALAI and JHAI hold 46% of their weight in the same names, and JHAI returned more over the year.

Alger AI Enablers & Adopters ETF and Janus Henderson Global Artificial Intelligence ETF.

60.0%ALAI in the S&P 500
71.8%JHAI in the S&P 500
+25.6%ALAI total return, 1 year
+27.2%JHAI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: JHAI scores higher

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

ALAI 2.2JHAI 4.70.1, 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
JHAI28% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
72%28%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 70% · top ten 64% of the fund · 46 holdings filed Apr 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 62% in72%28%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 70% · top ten 64% of the fund

46% 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 JHAI hold 46% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ALAI and JHAI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingALAIJHAI
NVIDIA CORP12.01%14.16%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPA5.85%16.38%
AMAZON.COM INC5.27%5.09%
ALPHABET INC4.64%4.73%
BROADCOM INC3.70%6.48%
MICROSOFT CORP4.69%3.42%
NEBIUS GROUP NV4.04%2.05%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC1.46%3.71%
GE VERNOVA INC1.29%1.65%
SNOWFLAKE INC1.02%1.22%
LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC0.74%2.22%
SHOPIFY INC0.70%0.65%
Only in each
Only in ALAIOnly in JHAI
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP 4.26%Lam Research Corp. 4.05%
META PLATFORMS INC 3.78%KLA Corp. 3.01%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 3.03%ASML Holding NV 2.52%
Anthropic PBC 2.87%Vertiv Holdings Co. 2.07%
APPLE INC 2.78%Deere & Co. 2.05%
TESLA INC 2.52%Intel Corp. 1.95%
TALEN ENERGY CORP 1.95%Progressive Corp. (The) 1.95%
DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY SOL 1.92%Palantir Technologies, Inc. 1.43%

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 JHAI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ALAIJHAIALAIJHAIALAIJHAI
3 months−2.2%−6.7%−4.4 pts−8.9 pts+0.3 pts−4.2 pts
6 months+38.0%+31.2%+19.9 pts+13.2 pts+13.7 pts+7.0 pts
1 year+25.6%+27.2%+9.1 pts+10.7 pts+3.9 pts+5.5 pts
Since launch+132.7%+38.2%+81.4 pts+17.2 pts+66.9 pts+10.1 pts
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ALAI and JHAI 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
JHAI
Janus Henderson Global Artificial Intelligence ETF
Holds 46 stocks in artificial intelligence, 72% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerAlgerJanus Henderson
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50060.0%71.8%
Active share vs the S&P 50065.2%70.0%
In the Nasdaq-10054.4%61.6%
Holdings7946
Top ten, share of the fund51.3%63.6%
Expense ratio0.58%0.59%
Fee for the differing part0.89%0.84%
Total return, 1 year+25.6%+27.2%
vs the S&P 500+9.1 pts+10.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+3.9 pts+5.5 pts
Below its high−2.2%−7.4%
Net assets$451m$21m

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.

JHAI in plain words

By weight, 72% of JHAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 70%. The top ten holdings are 64% of the fund across 46 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +27.2% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 10.7 pts. It sits 7.4% below its all-time high of Jun 30, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ALAI and JHAI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 46% 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 JHAI?
ALAI has 60% of its weight in S&P 500 names and JHAI has 72%, so JHAI differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ALAI or JHAI?
ALAI charges 0.58% a year and JHAI charges 0.59%, 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 JHAI, 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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