Do ARTY and QTUM hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 22% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, ARTY or QTUM?

ARTY has 53% of its weight in S&P 500 names and QTUM has 38%, so ARTY differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, ARTY or QTUM?

ARTY charges 0.47% a year and QTUM charges 0.40%, so QTUM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ARTY vs QTUM: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ARTY returned +47.8% to QTUM's +28.9%; 22% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $4.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Future AI & Tech ETF, and $5.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Defiance Quantum ETF.

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At a glance

52.8%

ARTY in the S&P 500

37.5%

QTUM in the S&P 500

+47.8%

ARTY total return, 1 year

+28.9%

QTUM total return, 1 year

ARTY · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 47% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

53% of ARTY's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 47% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

QTUM · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 63% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

38% of QTUM's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 63% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QTUM costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.9 points; QTUM is 1.4 times larger.

ARTY vs QTUM: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	ARTY	QTUM
Return
Measure	ARTY	QTUM
Total return, 1 year	+47.8%	+28.9%
Drawdown
Measure	ARTY	QTUM
Below its all-time high	8.3%, high on Oct 6, 2026	14.3%, high on Jun 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ARTY	QTUM
What it tracks	Artificial intelligence	Quantum computing
Cost and size
Measure	ARTY	QTUM
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.40%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.8bn	$5.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ARTY	QTUM
Holdings in common	22%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	43%	18%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Sep 14, 2018 to Oct 23, 2026 · 423 weekly returns

ARTY QTUM

Return

Total return edge QTUM +190.2% +489.3%

Annualized edge QTUM +14.0% +24.4%

Price return edge QTUM +172.8% +450.1%

Risk

Volatility edge QTUM (slight) 27.6% 26.3%

Max drawdown edge QTUM −53.8% −38.1%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge QTUM 0.51 0.86

Sortino edge QTUM 0.76 1.28

Calmar edge QTUM 0.26 0.64

Reading

QTUM returned more: +489.3% to +190.2%. QTUM swung slightly less: 26.3% to 27.6%. QTUM fell less at its worst: −38.1% to −53.8%.

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Risk and return: ARTY vs QTUM: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	ARTY	QTUM	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+190.2%	+489.3%	QTUM	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.0%	+24.4%	QTUM	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+172.8%	+450.1%	QTUM	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	27.6%	26.3%	QTUM (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	18.5%	17.6%	QTUM (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−53.8%	−38.1%	QTUM	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.51	0.86	QTUM	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.76	1.28	QTUM	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.26	0.64	QTUM	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 423 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

22%

By the books each fund has filed, ARTY and QTUM hold 22% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

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22% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ARTY QTUM

GLOBAL UNICHIP 3.78% 2.43%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 3.12% 1.84%

SNOWFLAKE 1.82% 1.73%

MICROSOFT 3.00% 1.63%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 5.59% 1.56%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.36% 1.34%

NVIDIA 4.65% 1.31%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.55% 1.31%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 5.17% 1.21%

BROADCOM INC 4.59% 1.15%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 2.91% 1.13%

ALCHIP TECHNOLOGIES 1.86% 1.12%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ARTY

SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 3.26%

NAVER 3.21%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 2.74%

ARISTA NETWORKS 2.63%

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 2.34%

ADVANTEST 2.13%

SK HYNIX 2.09%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 2.01%

Only in QTUM

Elastic Nv 2.14%

Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd 1.86%

Nutanix Inc 1.78%

Cloudflare Inc 1.77%

Arqit Quantum Inc 1.72%

Fujitsu Ltd 1.64%

Nec Corp 1.63%

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 1.62%

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Window by window

Window by window: ARTY vs QTUM: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return
Window	ARTY	QTUM
3 months	+21.4%	+9.1%
6 months	+22.9%	+11.2%
1 year	+47.8%	+28.9%
3 years	+165.2%	+229.7%
Since launchNot the same days: ARTY Jun 2018 · QTUM Sep 2018	+235.5%	+522.8%

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Side by side

ARTY iShares Future AI & Tech ETF · Holds 51 stocks in artificial intelligence, 53% of its weight in S&P 500 companies QTUM Defiance Quantum ETF · Holds 85 stocks in quantum computing, 38% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer iShares Defiance

Theme Artificial intelligence Quantum computing

In the S&P 500 52.8% 37.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 83.2% 82.2%

In the Nasdaq-100 36.9% 28.0%

Holdings 51 85

Top ten, share of the fund 43.1% 18.5%

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.40%

Fee for the differing part 0.56% 0.49%

Total return, 1 year +47.8% +28.9%

vs its benchmark not measured not measured

Below its high −8.3% −14.3%

Net assets, ARTY as of Oct 28, 2026 and QTUM as of Oct 27, 2026 $4.0bn $5.4bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

22% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-DFBC3C2C60

ARTY and QTUM are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Theme. ARTY covers Artificial intelligence and QTUM covers Quantum computing.
Concentration. The top ten holdings are 43.1% of ARTY and 18.5% of QTUM, a gap of 24.6 points.
What each follows. ARTY follows Artificial intelligence and QTUM follows Quantum computing.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

ARTY

By weight, 53% 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 43% of the fund across 51 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +47.8% with distributions reinvested. It sits 8.3% below its all-time high of Oct 6, 2026.

QTUM

By weight, 38% of QTUM'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 18% of the fund across 85 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 28, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +28.9% with distributions reinvested. It sits 14.3% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ARTY and QTUM hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 22% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, ARTY or QTUM?: ARTY has 53% of its weight in S&P 500 names and QTUM has 38%, so ARTY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARTY or QTUM?: ARTY charges 0.47% a year and QTUM charges 0.40%, so QTUM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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All thematic ETFs ranked by the S&P 500 Difference Score →How the scores are computed →ARTY on its own →QTUM on its own →ARTY dividend history →ARTY holdings →QTUM dividend history →QTUM holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ARTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ARTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ARTY ↗

QTUM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QTUM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Defiance page for QTUM ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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