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ARTY vs PBOT: which is really different?

ARTY and PBOT hold 14% of their weight in the same names.

iShares Future AI & Tech ETF and Pictet AI & Automation ETF.

51.7%ARTY in the S&P 500
61.0%PBOT in the S&P 500
+67.3%ARTY total return, 1 year
+34.6%PBOT 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 14.6PBOT 13.60.1, 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
PBOT39% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
61%39%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 82% · top ten 53% of the fund · 44 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 52% in61%39%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 82% · top ten 53% of the fund

14% 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 PBOT hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ARTY and PBOT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingARTYPBOT
BROADCOM INC4.54%6.33%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES5.29%1.44%
Only in each
Only in ARTYOnly in PBOT
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 4.91%ALPHABET INC-CL A 6.86%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.52%KLA CORP 6.36%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.52%TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 6.34%
NVIDIA 4.50%ASML HOLDING NV /EUR/ 5.77%
ORACLE 4.18%SNOWFLAKE INC 4.73%
COREWEAVE CLASS A 4.09%CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC - A 4.64%
GLOBAL UNICHIP 3.51%PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 4.57%
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 3.45%INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG /EUR/ 3.91%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ARTY and PBOT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ARTYPBOTARTYPBOTARTYPBOT
3 months−3.8%+1.0%−6.0 pts−1.2 pts−1.3 pts+3.5 pts
6 months+59.0%+39.5%+41.0 pts+21.4 pts+34.8 pts+15.2 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%+34.6%+23.4 pts+18.0 pts−102.0 pts+13.9 pts
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ARTY and PBOT 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
PBOT
Pictet AI & Automation ETF
Holds 44 stocks in artificial intelligence, 61% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssueriSharesPictet
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50051.7%61.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50082.7%82.1%
In the Nasdaq-10036.2%52.2%
Holdings6544
Top ten, share of the fund42.5%52.6%
Expense ratio0.47%0.70%
Fee for the differing part0.57%0.85%
Total return, 1 year+67.3%+34.6% (since launch on Oct 16, 2025)
vs the S&P 500+50.8 pts+18.0 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+45.6 pts+13.9 pts
Below its high−5.9%−3.8%
Net assets$4.1bn$14m

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.

PBOT in plain words

By weight, 61% of PBOT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 82%. The top ten holdings are 53% of the fund across 44 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Oct 16, 2025 the fund returned +34.6% with distributions reinvested against +16.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 18.0 pts.

Questions people ask

Do ARTY and PBOT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 14% 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 PBOT?
ARTY has 52% of its weight in S&P 500 names and PBOT has 61%, so ARTY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARTY or PBOT?
ARTY charges 0.47% a year and PBOT charges 0.70%, 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 PBOT, 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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