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ARTY vs EPAI: which is really different?

ARTY and EPAI hold 6% of their weight in the same names.

iShares Future AI & Tech ETF and Harbor AI Inflection Strategy ETF.

51.7%ARTY in the S&P 500
58.0%EPAI in the S&P 500
+67.3%ARTY total return, 1 year
+33.6%EPAI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: EPAI scores higher

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

ARTY 14.6EPAI 34.30.1, 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
EPAI42% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
58%42%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 96% · top ten 38% of the fund · 37 holdings filed Apr 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 19% in58%42%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 96% · top ten 38% of the fund

6% 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 EPAI hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ARTY and EPAI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingARTYEPAI
ENTEGRIS INC0.89%3.46%
Only in each
Only in ARTYOnly in EPAI
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 5.29%Vertiv Holdings Co 4.76%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 4.91%Teradyne Inc 4.25%
BROADCOM INC 4.54%FormFactor Inc 3.98%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.52%MasTec Inc 3.82%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.52%Applied Materials Inc 3.65%
NVIDIA 4.50%Monolithic Power Systems Inc 3.61%
ORACLE 4.18%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 3.61%
COREWEAVE CLASS A 4.09%Everus Construction Group Inc 3.48%

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 Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ARTY and EPAI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ARTYEPAIARTYEPAIARTYEPAI
3 months−3.8%−13.1%−6.0 pts−15.3 pts−1.3 pts−10.6 pts
6 months+59.0%+19.2%+41.0 pts+1.2 pts+34.8 pts−5.0 pts
1 year+67.3%not published+50.8 ptsnot published+45.6 ptsnot published
3 years+147.8%not published+69.4 ptsnot published+49.6 ptsnot published
Since launch+242.0%+33.6%+23.4 pts+19.8 pts−102.0 pts+14.8 pts
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ARTY and EPAI 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
EPAI
Harbor AI Inflection Strategy ETF
Holds 37 stocks in artificial intelligence, 58% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssueriSharesHarbor
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50051.7%58.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50082.7%95.5%
In the Nasdaq-10036.2%19.0%
Holdings6537
Top ten, share of the fund42.5%37.9%
Expense ratio0.47%0.88%
Fee for the differing part0.57%0.92%
Total return, 1 year+67.3%+33.6% (since launch on Dec 18, 2025)
vs the S&P 500+50.8 pts+19.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+45.6 pts+14.8 pts
Below its high−5.9%−16.8%
Net assets$4.1bn$5m

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.

EPAI in plain words

By weight, 58% of EPAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 96%. The top ten holdings are 38% of the fund across 37 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Since it launched on Dec 18, 2025 the fund returned +33.6% with distributions reinvested against +13.8% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 19.8 pts. It sits 16.8% below its all-time high of Jun 30, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ARTY and EPAI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 6% 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, ARTY or EPAI?
ARTY has 52% of its weight in S&P 500 names and EPAI has 58%, so EPAI differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARTY or EPAI?
ARTY charges 0.47% a year and EPAI charges 0.88%, 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 EPAI, 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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