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ARTY vs CHAT: which is really different?

ARTY and CHAT hold 37% of their weight in the same names, and ARTY returned more over the year.

iShares Future AI & Tech ETF and Roundhill Generative AI & Technology ETF.

51.7%ARTY in the S&P 500
47.9%CHAT in the S&P 500
+67.3%ARTY total return, 1 year
+52.0%CHAT 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?

ARTY 14.6CHAT 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

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
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

37% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ARTY and CHAT hold 37% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ARTY and CHAT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingARTYCHAT
NVIDIA4.50%6.92%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES5.29%3.14%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY4.52%3.09%
MICROSOFT2.64%3.72%
BROADCOM INC4.54%2.53%
COREWEAVE CLASS A4.09%2.27%
ARISTA NETWORKS2.66%1.81%
SNOWFLAKE1.70%1.93%
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC3.45%1.44%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY4.91%1.40%
ASTERA LABS1.09%2.86%
CELESTICA1.09%1.28%
Only in each
Only in ARTYOnly in CHAT
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.52%Alphabet Inc 5.69%
ORACLE 4.18%SK hynix Inc 4.40%
GLOBAL UNICHIP 3.51%Amazon.com Inc 3.42%
NAVER 3.31%ASML Holding NV 3.27%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 2.67%Nebius Group NV 3.02%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 2.64%SoftBank Group Corp 2.78%
SK HYNIX 2.63%ARM Holdings PLC 2.63%
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES 2.53%Coherent Corp 2.55%

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 Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ARTY 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
ARTYCHATARTYCHATARTYCHAT
3 months−3.8%−12.2%−6.0 pts−14.5 pts−1.3 pts−9.8 pts
6 months+59.0%+43.6%+41.0 pts+25.6 pts+34.8 pts+19.4 pts
1 year+67.3%+52.0%+50.8 pts+35.5 pts+45.6 pts+30.3 pts
3 years+147.8%+237.0%+69.4 pts+158.6 pts+49.6 pts+138.8 pts
Since launch+242.0%+256.5%+23.4 pts+166.8 pts−102.0 pts+138.6 pts
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ARTY and CHAT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ARTY
iShares Future AI & Tech ETF
Holds 65 stocks in artificial intelligence, 52% 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
IssueriSharesRoundhill
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50051.7%47.9%
Active share vs the S&P 50082.7%72.1%
In the Nasdaq-10036.2%44.1%
Holdings6547
Top ten, share of the fund42.5%39.5%
Expense ratio0.47%0.75%
Fee for the differing part0.57%1.04%
Total return, 1 year+67.3%+52.0%
vs the S&P 500+50.8 pts+35.5 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+45.6 pts+30.3 pts
Below its high−5.9%−13.7%
Net assets$4.1bn$1.8bn

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.

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 ARTY and CHAT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 37% 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, ARTY or CHAT?
ARTY has 52% of its weight in S&P 500 names and CHAT has 48%, so ARTY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARTY or CHAT?
ARTY charges 0.47% a year and CHAT charges 0.75%, so ARTY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ARTY 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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