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ARTY vs SIL: which is really different?

ARTY holds 50.5% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and SIL 0.0%.

iShares Future AI & Tech ETF and Global X Silver Miners ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

50.5%ARTY in the S&P 500
0.0%SIL in the S&P 500
+69.6%ARTY total return, 1 year
+49.1%SIL total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: SIL scores higher

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

ARTY 15.1SIL 91.60.1, 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
SIL100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
0%100%0% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 76% of the fund · 41 holdings filed Sep 11, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in0%100%0% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 76% of the fund

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ARTY and SIL 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 SIL
NVIDIA 4.82%WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS CORP 24.16%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.81%PAN AMERICAN SILVER CORP 11.19%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.61%COEUR MINING INC 11.16%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.59%HECLA MINING CO 4.96%
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 4.11%INDUSTRIAS PENOLES SAB DE CV 4.62%
BROADCOM INC 4.10%FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP 4.45%
GLOBAL UNICHIP 4.04%SSR MINING INC 4.16%
COREWEAVE CLASS A 3.87%FRESNILLO PLC 4.02%

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 SIL over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ARTYSILARTYSILARTYSIL
3 months+3.1%+18.1%−0.2 pts+14.8 pts+3.9 pts+18.9 pts
6 months+56.0%+2.3%+40.0 pts−13.7 pts+35.3 pts−18.4 pts
1 year+69.6%+49.1%+52.1 pts+31.6 pts+46.7 pts+26.1 pts
3 years+143.8%+298.1%+65.9 pts+220.2 pts+48.7 pts+203.0 pts
Since launch+240.1%+159.8%+21.2 pts−584.6 pts−99.9 pts−1393.6 pts
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ARTY and SIL 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
SIL
Global X Silver Miners ETF
Holds 41 stocks in miners and metals, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssueriSharesGlobal X
ThemeArtificial intelligenceMiners and metals
In the S&P 50050.5%0.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50082.9%100.0%
In the Nasdaq-10035.7%0.0%
Holdings5641
Top ten, share of the fund42.1%76.1%
Expense ratio0.47%0.65%
Fee for the differing part0.57%0.65%
Total return, 1 year+69.6%+49.1%
vs the S&P 500+52.1 pts+31.6 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+46.7 pts+26.1 pts
Below its high−6.5%−18.3%

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.

SIL in plain words

By weight, 0% of SIL's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 76% of the fund across 41 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 11, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +49.1% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 31.6 pts. It sits 18.3% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, ARTY or SIL?
ARTY has 50% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SIL has 0%, so SIL differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARTY or SIL?
ARTY charges 0.47% a year and SIL charges 0.65%, 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 SIL, 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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