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ARTY vs WISE: which is really different?

ARTY and WISE hold 24% of their weight in the same names, and ARTY returned more over the year.

iShares Future AI & Tech ETF and Themes Generative Artificial Intelligence ETF.

51.7%ARTY in the S&P 500
32.4%WISE in the S&P 500
+67.3%ARTY total return, 1 year
−17.1%WISE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: WISE scores higher

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

ARTY 14.6WISE 16.20.1, 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
WISE68% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
32%68%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 84% · top ten 51% of the fund · 40 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 29% in32%68%inoutside the S&P 500active share 84% · top ten 51% of the fund

24% 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 WISE hold 24% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ARTY and WISE both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingARTYWISE
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES5.29%11.41%
NVIDIA4.50%4.70%
BROADCOM INC4.54%3.53%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A2.64%3.18%
COREWEAVE CLASS A4.09%2.10%
SNOWFLAKE1.70%5.15%
ARISTA NETWORKS2.66%1.69%
ORACLE4.18%1.56%
MONGODB CLASS A1.05%0.36%
Only in each
Only in ARTYOnly in WISE
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 4.91%QuickLogic Corp 7.53%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.52%Gorilla Technology Group Inc 5.49%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.52%Amazon.com Inc 3.46%
GLOBAL UNICHIP 3.51%Information Services Group Inc 3.45%
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 3.45%BigBear.ai Holdings Inc 3.37%
NAVER 3.31%SoundHound AI Inc 3.35%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 2.67%Blaize Holdings Inc 3.13%
MICROSOFT 2.64%Datasection Inc 3.07%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ARTY and WISE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ARTYWISEARTYWISEARTYWISE
3 months−3.8%−13.3%−6.0 pts−15.6 pts−1.3 pts−10.8 pts
6 months+59.0%+7.5%+41.0 pts−10.5 pts+34.8 pts−16.8 pts
1 year+67.3%−17.1%+50.8 pts−33.7 pts+45.6 pts−38.9 pts
3 years+147.8%not published+69.4 ptsnot published+49.6 ptsnot published
Since launch+242.0%+42.7%+23.4 pts−28.9 pts−102.0 pts−44.1 pts
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ARTY and WISE 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
WISE
Themes Generative Artificial Intelligence ETF
Holds 40 stocks in artificial intelligence, 32% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssueriSharesThemes
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50051.7%32.4%
Active share vs the S&P 50082.7%83.6%
In the Nasdaq-10036.2%29.2%
Holdings6540
Top ten, share of the fund42.5%51.4%
Expense ratio0.47%0.35%
Fee for the differing part0.57%0.42%
Total return, 1 year+67.3%−17.1%
vs the S&P 500+50.8 pts−33.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+45.6 pts−38.9 pts
Below its high−5.9%−24.0%
Net assets$4.1bn$28m

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.

WISE in plain words

By weight, 32% of WISE's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 84%. The top ten holdings are 51% of the fund across 40 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned −17.1% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 33.7 pts. It sits 24.0% below its all-time high of Oct 15, 2025.

Questions people ask

Do ARTY and WISE hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 24% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, ARTY or WISE?
ARTY has 52% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WISE has 32%, so WISE differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARTY or WISE?
ARTY charges 0.47% a year and WISE charges 0.35%, so WISE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ARTY against WISE, 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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