Do ARTY and BAI hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 48% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, ARTY or BAI?

ARTY has 53% of its weight in S&P 500 names and BAI has 55%, so ARTY differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, ARTY or BAI?

ARTY charges 0.47% a year and BAI charges 0.55%, so ARTY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ARTY vs BAI: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ARTY returned +47.8% to BAI's +19.6%; 48% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $4.0bn for iShares Future AI & Tech ETF and $13.6bn for iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF.

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At a glance

52.8%

ARTY in the S&P 500

55.3%

BAI in the S&P 500

+47.8%

ARTY total return, 1 year

+19.6%

BAI total return, 1 year

ARTY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 47% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

53% of ARTY's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 47% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

BAI · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 45% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

55% of BAI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 45% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ARTY costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 28.2 points; BAI is 3.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ARTY vs BAI: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	ARTY	BAI
Return
Measure	ARTY	BAI
Total return, 1 year	+47.8%	+19.6%
Drawdown
Measure	ARTY	BAI
Below its all-time high	8.3%, high on Oct 6, 2026	19.6%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ARTY	BAI
What it tracks	Artificial intelligence	Artificial intelligence
Cost and size
Measure	ARTY	BAI
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.55%
Net assets	$4.0bn	$13.6bn
Holdings
Measure	ARTY	BAI
Holdings in common	48%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	43%	42%

ETFIQ S&P 500 Difference Score · ARTY scores higher How much of its weight does it not share with the S&P 500?

IQ Themes Score44.2ARTY25.4BAI

How different its holdings are from the S&P 500, ranked against 112 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. 100 is best. How it is computed

ARTY 44.2

BAI 25.4

0.4, the lowest in this set 99.6, the highest

A percentile among the 112 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. Weight not shared with the S&P 500 only; it says nothing about returns, fees or whether the theme pays off. All thematic ETFs ranked by it →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Nov 1, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 103 weekly returns

ARTY BAI

Return

Total return edge ARTY +105.3% +67.0%

Annualized edge ARTY +43.8% +29.5%

Price return edge ARTY +104.8% +64.0%

Risk

Volatility edge ARTY (slight) 33.0% 34.4%

Max drawdown edge ARTY (slight) −31.7% −33.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge ARTY 1.15 0.81

Sortino edge ARTY 1.79 1.19

Calmar edge ARTY 1.38 0.89

Reading

ARTY returned more: +105.3% to +67.0%. ARTY swung slightly less: 33.0% to 34.4%. ARTY fell slightly less at its worst: −31.7% to −33.3%.

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Risk and return: ARTY vs BAI: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	ARTY	BAI	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+105.3%	+67.0%	ARTY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+43.8%	+29.5%	ARTY	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+104.8%	+64.0%	ARTY	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	33.0%	34.4%	ARTY (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	21.1%	23.4%	ARTY (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−31.7%	−33.3%	ARTY (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	1.15	0.81	ARTY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.79	1.19	ARTY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	1.38	0.89	ARTY	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 103 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

48%

By the books each fund has filed, ARTY and BAI hold 48% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ARTY BAI

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 5.59% 5.54%

NVIDIA 4.65% 5.61%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.55% 5.00%

BROADCOM INC 4.59% 4.50%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.36% 6.21%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 5.17% 2.79%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 2.74% 3.40%

MICROSOFT 3.00% 2.40%

ARISTA NETWORKS 2.63% 2.27%

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP 1.88% 2.28%

SNOWFLAKE 1.82% 3.21%

GLOBAL UNICHIP 3.78% 1.62%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ARTY

ORACLE 3.90%

NAVER 3.21%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 3.12%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 2.91%

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 2.34%

ADVANTEST 2.13%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 2.01%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 2.00%

Only in BAI

LAM RESEARCH 3.43%

INTEL CORPORATION 2.77%

LUMENTUM HOLDINGS 2.75%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS CLASS A 2.49%

ELITE MATERIAL 2.37%

ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS 2.30%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.17%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.15%

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Window by window

Window by window: ARTY vs BAI: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	ARTY	BAI	ARTY	BAI
3 months	+21.4%	+16.3%	not measured	−5.1 pts vs ARTY
6 months	+22.9%	+5.1%	not measured	−17.8 pts vs ARTY
1 year	+47.8%	+19.6%	not measured	−28.2 pts vs ARTY
3 years	+165.2%	–	not measured	–
Since launchNot the same days: ARTY Jun 2018 · BAI Oct 2024	+235.5%	+77.2%	not measured	−33.5 pts vs ARTY

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Side by side

ARTY iShares Future AI & Tech ETF · Holds 51 stocks in artificial intelligence, 53% of its weight in S&P 500 companies BAI iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF · Holds 49 stocks in artificial intelligence, 55% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer iShares iShares

Theme Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence

In the S&P 500 52.8% 55.3%

Active share vs the S&P 500 83.2% 75.9%

In the Nasdaq-100 36.9% 50.1%

Holdings 51 49

Top ten, share of the fund 43.1% 42.5%

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.55%

Fee for the differing part 0.56% 0.72%

Total return, 1 year +47.8% +19.6%

vs its benchmark not measured −28.2 pts vs ARTY

Below its high −8.3% −19.6%

Net assets $4.0bn $13.6bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

48% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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ARTY and BAI are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Holdings in common. 48% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 ARTY returned +47.8% and BAI +19.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 28.2 points.
Size. ARTY has $4.0bn in net assets and BAI $13.6bn (Net assets); BAI is 3.4 times larger.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

ARTY

By weight, 53% 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 43% of the fund across 51 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +47.8% with distributions reinvested. It sits 8.3% below its all-time high of Oct 6, 2026.

BAI

By weight, 55% of BAI'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 42% of the fund across 49 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +19.6% with distributions reinvested against +47.8% for its benchmark, the Morningstar Global Artificial Intelligence Select Index, so a holder was behind by 28.2 pts. It sits 19.6% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ARTY and BAI hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 48% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, ARTY or BAI?: ARTY has 53% of its weight in S&P 500 names and BAI has 55%, so ARTY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARTY or BAI?: ARTY charges 0.47% a year and BAI charges 0.55%, so ARTY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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ARTY on its own →BAI on its own →ARTY dividend history →ARTY holdings →BAI dividend history →BAI holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ARTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ARTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ARTY ↗

BAI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BAI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for BAI ↗

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How this is computed

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Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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