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ARTY vs LQAI: which is really different?

ARTY and LQAI hold 21% of their weight in the same names, and ARTY returned more over the year.

iShares Future AI & Tech ETF and LG QRAFT AI-Powered U.S. Large Cap Core ETF.

51.7%ARTY in the S&P 500
89.9%LQAI in the S&P 500
+67.3%ARTY total return, 1 year
+17.3%LQAI 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 14.6LQAI 1.60.1, 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
LQAI10% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
90%10%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutsideactive share 62% · top ten 40% of the fund · 100 holdings filed Apr 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 58% in90%10%of its weight in S&P 500 companies10% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 62% · top ten 40% of the fund

21% 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 LQAI hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ARTY and LQAI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingARTYLQAI
BROADCOM INC4.54%2.85%
Only in each
Only in ARTYOnly in LQAI
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 5.29%NVIDIA CORP 5.99%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 4.91%MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.92%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.52%TESLA INC 5.88%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.52%SANDISK CORP 5.44%
NVIDIA 4.50%MICROSOFT CORP 3.40%
ORACLE 4.18%AMAZON.COM INC 3.25%
COREWEAVE CLASS A 4.09%APPLE INC 2.64%
GLOBAL UNICHIP 3.51%META PLATFORMS INC 2.60%

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 LQAI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ARTYLQAIARTYLQAIARTYLQAI
3 months−3.8%−3.4%−6.0 pts−5.6 pts−1.3 pts−0.9 pts
6 months+59.0%+20.9%+41.0 pts+2.9 pts+34.8 pts−3.3 pts
1 year+67.3%+17.3%+50.8 pts+0.8 pts+45.6 pts−4.4 pts
3 years+147.8%not published+69.4 ptsnot published+49.6 ptsnot published
Since launch+242.0%+88.0%+23.4 pts+7.2 pts−102.0 pts−8.7 pts
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ARTY and LQAI 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
LQAI
LG QRAFT AI-Powered U.S. Large Cap Core ETF
Holds 100 stocks in artificial intelligence, 90% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssueriSharesQraft
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50051.7%89.9%
Active share vs the S&P 50082.7%62.1%
In the Nasdaq-10036.2%58.2%
Holdings65100
Top ten, share of the fund42.5%40.4%
Expense ratio0.47%0.75%
Fee for the differing part0.57%1.21%
Total return, 1 year+67.3%+17.3%
vs the S&P 500+50.8 pts+0.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+45.6 pts−4.4 pts
Below its high−5.9%−4.2%
Net assets$4.1bn$2m

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.

LQAI in plain words

By weight, 90% of LQAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 62%. The top ten holdings are 40% of the fund across 100 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 0.8 pts.

Questions people ask

Do ARTY and LQAI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 21% 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 LQAI?
ARTY has 52% of its weight in S&P 500 names and LQAI has 90%, so ARTY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARTY or LQAI?
ARTY charges 0.47% a year and LQAI 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 LQAI, 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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