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ARTY vs PAVE: which is really different?

PAVE holds 63.1% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and ARTY 50.5%.

iShares Future AI & Tech ETF and Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

50.5%ARTY in the S&P 500
63.1%PAVE in the S&P 500
+69.6%ARTY total return, 1 year
+15.7%PAVE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: PAVE scores higher

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

ARTY 15.1PAVE 41.40.1, the lowest in this set91.6, the highest

A percentile among the 371 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

ARTY50% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
51%50%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 83% · top ten 42% of the fund · 56 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 36% in51%50%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 83% · top ten 42% of the fund
PAVE37% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
63%37%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 32% of the fund · 102 holdings filed Sep 11, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 6% in63%37%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 97% · top ten 32% of the fund

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ARTY and PAVE hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in ARTYOnly in PAVE
NVIDIA 4.82%DEERE & CO 3.53%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.81%NUCOR CORP 3.42%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.61%FASTENAL CO 3.40%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.59%EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 3.35%
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 4.11%EATON CORP PLC 3.27%
BROADCOM INC 4.10%QUANTA SERVICES INC 3.17%
GLOBAL UNICHIP 4.04%PARKER HANNIFIN CORP 3.07%
COREWEAVE CLASS A 3.87%UNION PACIFIC CORP 2.98%

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 10, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ARTY and PAVE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ARTYPAVEARTYPAVEARTYPAVE
3 months+3.1%−6.2%−0.2 pts−9.5 pts+3.9 pts−5.4 pts
6 months+56.0%+8.0%+40.0 pts−8.0 pts+35.3 pts−12.7 pts
1 year+69.6%+15.7%+52.1 pts−1.8 pts+46.7 pts−7.3 pts
3 years+143.8%+76.8%+65.9 pts−1.1 pts+48.7 pts−18.3 pts
Since launch+240.1%+289.6%+21.2 pts+14.1 pts−99.9 pts−194.1 pts
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ARTY and PAVE on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ARTY
iShares Future AI & Tech ETF
Holds 56 stocks in artificial intelligence, 50% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
PAVE
Global X U.S. Infrastructure Development ETF
Holds 102 stocks in infrastructure, 63% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssueriSharesGlobal X
ThemeArtificial intelligenceInfrastructure
In the S&P 50050.5%63.1%
Active share vs the S&P 50082.9%97.2%
In the Nasdaq-10035.7%6.3%
Holdings56102
Top ten, share of the fund42.1%32.1%
Expense ratio0.47%0.47%
Fee for the differing part0.57%0.48%
Total return, 1 year+69.6%+15.7%
vs the S&P 500+52.1 pts−1.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+46.7 pts−7.3 pts
Below its high−6.5%−9.7%

ARTY in plain words

By weight, 50% 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 56 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +69.6% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 52.1 pts. It sits 6.5% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

PAVE in plain words

By weight, 63% of PAVE's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 32% of the fund across 102 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 11, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +15.7% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 1.8 pts. It sits 9.7% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, ARTY or PAVE?
ARTY has 50% of its weight in S&P 500 names and PAVE has 63%, so PAVE differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARTY or PAVE?
ARTY charges 0.47% a year and PAVE charges 0.47%, 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 PAVE, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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