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ARTY vs SOXX: which is really different?

SOXX holds 73.8% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and ARTY 50.5%.

iShares Future AI & Tech ETF and iShares Semiconductor ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

50.5%ARTY in the S&P 500
73.8%SOXX in the S&P 500
+69.6%ARTY total return, 1 year
+107.5%SOXX 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 15.1SOXX 14.30.1, 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
SOXX26% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
74%26%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 82% · top ten 62% of the fund · 32 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 65% in74%26%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 82% · top ten 62% of the fund

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ARTY and SOXX hold 25% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ARTY and SOXX both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingARTYSOXX
NVIDIA4.82%9.22%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY4.61%8.97%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES4.59%8.70%
BROADCOM INC4.10%7.20%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY3.50%4.93%
ASTERA LABS0.95%2.21%
ENTEGRIS INC0.93%1.15%
CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD0.77%1.47%
RAMBUS0.48%0.51%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY0.19%0.04%
USD CASH0.02%0.04%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in ARTYOnly in SOXX
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.81%INTEL CORPORATION 5.64%
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 4.11%TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.74%
GLOBAL UNICHIP 4.04%APPLIED MATERIAL INC 4.50%
COREWEAVE CLASS A 3.87%LAM RESEARCH 4.17%
NAVER 3.63%KLA 4.11%
ORACLE 3.22%ANALOG DEVICES 3.89%
MICROSOFT 3.17%TEXAS INSTRUMENT INC 3.77%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 3.14%TERADYNE 3.19%

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.

Performance, window by window

ARTY and SOXX over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ARTYSOXXARTYSOXXARTYSOXX
3 months+3.1%−11.6%−0.2 pts−14.9 pts+3.9 pts−10.8 pts
6 months+56.0%+59.3%+40.0 pts+43.2 pts+35.3 pts+38.6 pts
1 year+69.6%+107.5%+52.1 pts+90.0 pts+46.7 pts+84.5 pts
3 years+143.8%+229.6%+65.9 pts+151.7 pts+48.7 pts+134.5 pts
Since launch+240.1%+3687.1%+21.2 pts+2882.7 pts−99.9 pts+2013.2 pts
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ARTY and SOXX 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
SOXX
iShares Semiconductor ETF
Holds 32 stocks in semiconductors, 74% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssueriSharesiShares
ThemeArtificial intelligenceSemiconductors
In the S&P 50050.5%73.8%
Active share vs the S&P 50082.9%82.3%
In the Nasdaq-10035.7%65.2%
Holdings5632
Top ten, share of the fund42.1%62.2%
Expense ratio0.47%0.33%
Fee for the differing part0.57%0.40%
Total return, 1 year+69.6%+107.5%
vs the S&P 500+52.1 pts+90.0 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+46.7 pts+84.5 pts
Below its high−6.5%−19.5%

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.

SOXX in plain words

By weight, 74% of SOXX'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 62% of the fund across 32 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +107.5% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 90.0 pts. It sits 19.5% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, ARTY or SOXX?
ARTY has 50% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SOXX has 74%, so ARTY differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARTY or SOXX?
ARTY charges 0.47% a year and SOXX charges 0.33%, so SOXX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ARTY against SOXX, 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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