Do ARTY and SOXX hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 30% 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 SOXX?

ARTY has 53% 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.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ARTY vs SOXX: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ARTY returned +47.8% to SOXX's +72.0%; 30% 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 $48.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Semiconductor ETF.

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At a glance

52.8%

ARTY in the S&P 500

74.3%

SOXX in the S&P 500

+47.8%

ARTY total return, 1 year

+72.0%

SOXX 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.

SOXX · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 26% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

74% of SOXX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 26% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SOXX costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 24.2 points; SOXX is 12.7 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ARTY vs SOXX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	ARTY	SOXX
Return
Measure	ARTY	SOXX
Total return, 1 year	+47.8%	+72.0%
Drawdown
Measure	ARTY	SOXX
Below its all-time high	8.3%, high on Oct 6, 2026	20.3%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	ARTY	SOXX
What it tracks	Artificial intelligence	Semiconductors
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year		+13.3%
Against its benchmark, 1 year		ahead by 58.7 pts
Cost and size
Measure	ARTY	SOXX
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.33%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.8bn	$48.3bn
Holdings
Measure	ARTY	SOXX
Holdings in common	30%

ETFIQ S&P 500 Difference Score · ARTY scores higher How much of its weight does it not share with the S&P 500?

IQ Themes Score44.2ARTY40.6SOXX

How different its holdings are from the S&P 500, ranked against 112 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. 100 is best. How it is computed

ARTY 44.2

SOXX 40.6

0.4, the lowest in this set 99.6, the highest

A percentile among the 112 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. Weight not shared with the S&P 500 only; it says nothing about returns, fees or whether the theme pays off. All thematic ETFs ranked by it →

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

Risk and return

Jul 6, 2018 to Oct 23, 2026 · 433 weekly returns

ARTY SOXX

Return

Total return edge SOXX +204.0% +746.0%

Annualized edge SOXX +14.3% +29.2%

Price return edge SOXX +185.8% +683.8%

Risk

Volatility edge ARTY 27.4% 32.8%

Max drawdown edge SOXX −53.8% −44.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SOXX 0.52 0.86

Sortino edge SOXX 0.78 1.31

Calmar edge SOXX 0.27 0.66

Reading

SOXX returned more: +746.0% to +204.0%. ARTY swung less: 27.4% to 32.8%. SOXX fell less at its worst: −44.4% to −53.8%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: ARTY vs SOXX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	ARTY	SOXX	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+204.0%	+746.0%	SOXX	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.3%	+29.2%	SOXX	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+185.8%	+683.8%	SOXX	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	27.4%	32.8%	ARTY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	18.4%	21.5%	ARTY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−53.8%	−44.4%	SOXX	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.52	0.86	SOXX	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.78	1.31	SOXX	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.27	0.66	SOXX	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 433 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

30%

By the books each fund has filed, ARTY and SOXX hold 30% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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30% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ARTY SOXX

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 5.59% 9.46%

NVIDIA 4.65% 7.85%

BROADCOM INC 4.59% 7.35%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 5.17% 4.57%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.36% 7.70%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.55% 3.20%

ASTERA LABS 1.08% 2.24%

CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD 1.07% 1.55%

ENTEGRIS INC 0.99% 1.25%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ARTY

ORACLE 3.90%

GLOBAL UNICHIP 3.78%

SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 3.26%

NAVER 3.21%

COREWEAVE CLASS A 3.16%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 3.12%

MICROSOFT 3.00%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 2.91%

Only in SOXX

INTEL CORPORATION 8.32%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT 4.71%

ANALOG DEVICES 4.67%

QUALCOMM 4.29%

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV 3.51%

KLA 3.48%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 3.43%

LAM RESEARCH 3.17%

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Window by window

Window by window: ARTY vs SOXX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	ARTY	SOXX	ARTY	SOXX
3 months	+21.4%	+12.3%	not measured	+6.3 pts vs PBUS
6 months	+22.9%	+16.1%	not measured	+7.0 pts vs PBUS
1 year	+47.8%	+72.0%	not measured	+58.7 pts vs PBUS
3 years	+165.2%	+258.4%	not measured	+162.6 pts vs PBUS
Since launchNot the same days: ARTY Jun 2018 · SOXX Jul 2001	+235.5%	+2,543.8%	not measured	not measured

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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 SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF · Holds 31 stocks in semiconductors, 74% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer iShares iShares

Theme Artificial intelligence Semiconductors

In the S&P 500 52.8% 74.3%

Active share vs the S&P 500 83.2% 82.3%

In the Nasdaq-100 36.9% 69.9%

Holdings 51 31

Top ten, share of the fund 43.1% 62.4%

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.33%

Fee for the differing part 0.56% 0.40%

Total return, 1 year +47.8% +72.0%

vs its benchmark not measured +58.7 pts vs PBUS

Below its high −8.3% −20.3%

Net assets, ARTY as of Oct 28, 2026 and SOXX as of Oct 27, 2026 $4.0bn $48.3bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

30% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-BF9DC72933

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

Theme. ARTY covers Artificial intelligence and SOXX covers Semiconductors.
Concentration. The top ten holdings are 43.1% of ARTY and 62.4% of SOXX, a gap of 19.3 points.
What each follows. ARTY follows Artificial intelligence and SOXX follows Semiconductors.

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.

SOXX

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 31 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +72.0% with distributions reinvested against +13.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index, so a holder was ahead by 58.7 pts. It sits 20.3% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ARTY and SOXX hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 30% 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 SOXX?: ARTY has 53% 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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Sources and dates

ARTY and SOXX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ARTY and SOXX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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How this is computed

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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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