Do BAI and IFRA hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 0% 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, BAI or IFRA?

BAI has 55% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IFRA has 72%, so IFRA differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, BAI or IFRA?

BAI charges 0.55% a year and IFRA charges 0.30%, so IFRA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BAI vs IFRA: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BAI returned +19.6% to IFRA's +9.4%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $13.6bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF, and $4.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF.

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At a glance

55.3%

BAI in the S&P 500

72.1%

IFRA in the S&P 500

+19.6%

BAI total return, 1 year

+9.4%

IFRA total return, 1 year

BAI · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 45% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

55% of BAI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 45% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

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

72% of IFRA's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 28% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

Pair scorecard

IFRA costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.2 points; BAI is 3.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BAI vs IFRA: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	BAI	IFRA
Return
Measure	BAI	IFRA
Total return, 1 year	+19.6%	+9.4%
Drawdown
Measure	BAI	IFRA
Below its all-time high	19.6%, high on Jun 22, 2026	9.6%, high on Jun 25, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	BAI	IFRA
What it tracks	Artificial intelligence	Infrastructure
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year	+47.8%
Against its benchmark, 1 year	behind by 28.2 pts
Cost and size
Measure	BAI	IFRA
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.30%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$13.2bn	$4.0bn
Holdings
Measure	BAI	IFRA
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	42%	33%

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

IQ Themes Score25.4BAI73.7IFRA

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

BAI 25.4

IFRA 73.7

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

Nov 1, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 103 weekly returns

BAI IFRA

Return

Total return edge BAI +67.0% +25.7%

Annualized edge BAI +29.5% +12.2%

Price return edge BAI +64.0% +21.2%

Risk

Volatility edge IFRA 34.4% 16.3%

Max drawdown edge IFRA −33.3% −17.7%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge BAI 0.81 0.54

Sortino edge BAI 1.19 0.84

Calmar edge BAI 0.89 0.69

Reading

BAI returned more: +67.0% to +25.7%. IFRA swung less: 16.3% to 34.4%. IFRA fell less at its worst: −17.7% to −33.3%.

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Risk and return: BAI vs IFRA: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	BAI	IFRA	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+67.0%	+25.7%	BAI	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+29.5%	+12.2%	BAI	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+64.0%	+21.2%	BAI	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	34.4%	16.3%	IFRA	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	23.4%	10.5%	IFRA	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−33.3%	−17.7%	IFRA	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.81	0.54	BAI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.19	0.84	BAI	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.89	0.69	BAI	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 103 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BAI and IFRA hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BAI IFRA

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BAI

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 6.21%

NVIDIA 5.61%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 5.54%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 5.00%

BROADCOM INC 4.50%

LAM RESEARCH 3.43%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 3.40%

SNOWFLAKE 3.21%

Only in IFRA

UNION PACIFIC 4.24%

NEXTERA ENERGY 4.04%

CSX 3.81%

CATERPILLAR INC 3.59%

QUANTA SERVICES INC 3.39%

SOUTHERN 3.09%

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP 3.00%

UNITED RENTALS 2.84%

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Window by window

Window by window: BAI vs IFRA: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	BAI	IFRA	BAI	IFRA
3 months	+16.3%	−3.4%	−5.1 pts vs ARTY	not measured
6 months	+5.1%	−3.8%	−17.8 pts vs ARTY	not measured
1 year	+19.6%	+9.4%	−28.2 pts vs ARTY	not measured
3 years	–	+76.3%	–	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: BAI Oct 2024 · IFRA Apr 2018	+77.2%	+167.2%	−33.5 pts vs ARTY	not measured

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Side by side

BAI iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF · Holds 49 stocks in artificial intelligence, 55% of its weight in S&P 500 companies IFRA iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF · Holds 164 stocks in infrastructure, 72% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer iShares iShares

Theme Artificial intelligence Infrastructure

In the S&P 500 55.3% 72.1%

Active share vs the S&P 500 75.9% 95.7%

In the Nasdaq-100 50.1% 11.2%

Holdings 49 164

Top ten, share of the fund 42.5% 33.4%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.30%

Fee for the differing part 0.72% 0.31%

Total return, 1 year +19.6% +9.4%

vs its benchmark −28.2 pts vs ARTY not measured

Below its high −19.6% −9.6%

Net assets, BAI as of Oct 28, 2026 and IFRA as of Oct 27, 2026 $13.6bn $4.0bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

0% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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

Theme. BAI covers Artificial intelligence and IFRA covers Infrastructure.
What each follows. BAI follows Artificial intelligence and IFRA follows Infrastructure.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

BAI

By weight, 55% of BAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 76%. The top ten holdings are 42% of the fund across 49 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +19.6% with distributions reinvested against +47.8% for its benchmark, the Morningstar Global Artificial Intelligence Select Index, so a holder was behind by 28.2 pts. It sits 19.6% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

IFRA

By weight, 72% of IFRA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 96%. The top ten holdings are 33% of the fund across 164 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +9.4% with distributions reinvested. It sits 9.6% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do BAI and IFRA hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 0% 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, BAI or IFRA?: BAI has 55% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IFRA has 72%, so IFRA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BAI or IFRA?: BAI charges 0.55% a year and IFRA charges 0.30%, so IFRA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

BAI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BAI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for BAI ↗

IFRA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IFRA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IFRA ↗

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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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