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ARTY vs TCAI: which is really different?

ARTY and TCAI hold 16% of their weight in the same names.

iShares Future AI & Tech ETF and Tortoise AI Infrastructure ETF.

51.7%ARTY in the S&P 500
63.2%TCAI in the S&P 500
+67.3%ARTY total return, 1 year
+67.6%TCAI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: TCAI scores higher

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

ARTY 14.6TCAI 28.50.1, 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
TCAI37% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
63%37%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 93% · top ten 51% of the fund · 43 holdings filed May 31, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 26% in63%37%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 93% · top ten 51% of the fund

16% 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 TCAI hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ARTY and TCAI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingARTYTCAI
MICRON TECHNOLOGY4.52%7.64%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC2.46%5.77%
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP2.07%5.14%
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC2.30%1.94%
ARISTA NETWORKS2.66%1.71%
CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP1.32%2.70%
CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD1.07%3.03%
NVIDIA4.50%0.59%
CELESTICA1.09%0.43%
Only in each
Only in ARTYOnly in TCAI
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 5.29%Dell Technologies Inc 8.94%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 4.91%Ciena Corp 5.10%
BROADCOM INC 4.54%Vertiv Holdings Co 4.48%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.52%Quanta Services Inc 3.58%
ORACLE 4.18%Sandisk Corp/DE 3.47%
COREWEAVE CLASS A 4.09%MYR Group Inc 3.29%
GLOBAL UNICHIP 3.51%nVent Electric PLC 3.18%
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 3.45%IREN Ltd 2.78%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ARTY and TCAI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ARTYTCAIARTYTCAIARTYTCAI
3 months−3.8%−16.4%−6.0 pts−18.6 pts−1.3 pts−13.9 pts
6 months+59.0%+34.7%+41.0 pts+16.7 pts+34.8 pts+10.5 pts
1 year+67.3%+67.6%+50.8 pts+51.0 pts+45.6 pts+45.8 pts
3 years+147.8%not published+69.4 ptsnot published+49.6 ptsnot published
Since launch+242.0%+88.8%+23.4 pts+65.8 pts−102.0 pts+59.4 pts
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ARTY and TCAI 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
TCAI
Tortoise AI Infrastructure ETF
Holds 43 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips, 63% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssueriSharesTortoise
ThemeArtificial intelligenceAI infrastructure and chips
In the S&P 50051.7%63.2%
Active share vs the S&P 50082.7%92.7%
In the Nasdaq-10036.2%26.2%
Holdings6543
Top ten, share of the fund42.5%50.6%
Expense ratio0.47%0.65%
Fee for the differing part0.57%0.70%
Total return, 1 year+67.3%+67.6%
vs the S&P 500+50.8 pts+51.0 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+45.6 pts+45.8 pts
Below its high−5.9%−18.4%
Net assets$4.1bn$217m

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.

TCAI in plain words

By weight, 63% of TCAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 93%. The top ten holdings are 51% of the fund across 43 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +67.6% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 51.0 pts. It sits 18.4% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ARTY and TCAI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 16% 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 TCAI?
ARTY has 52% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TCAI has 63%, so TCAI differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARTY or TCAI?
ARTY charges 0.47% a year and TCAI 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 TCAI, 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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