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CHPX vs FAI: which is really different?

CHPX and FAI hold 39% of their weight in the same names.

Global X AI Semiconductor & Quantum ETF and First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelligence ETF.

62.3%CHPX in the S&P 500
76.9%FAI in the S&P 500
+87.2%CHPX total return, 1 year
+38.0%FAI total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: CHPX scores higher

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

CHPX 15.3FAI 4.70.1, 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

CHPX38% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
62%38%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 83% · top ten 70% of the fund · 42 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 59% in62%38%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 83% · top ten 70% of the fund
FAI23% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
77%23%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 70% · top ten 62% of the fund · 54 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 74% in77%23%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 70% · top ten 62% of the fund

39% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CHPX and FAI hold 39% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions CHPX and FAI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingCHPXFAI
NVIDIA CORP10.05%8.49%
BROADCOM INC8.40%7.39%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES5.24%4.02%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC13.19%3.88%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC4.39%3.19%
SK HYNIX INC4.60%3.16%
ARISTA NETWORKS INC4.29%1.56%
MEDIATEK INC4.74%1.55%
QUALCOMM INC3.27%1.42%
NEBIUS GROUP NV0.94%0.70%
ASTERA LABS INC0.88%0.68%
CADENCE DESIGN SYS INC1.61%0.58%
Only in each
Only in CHPXOnly in FAI
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 10.45%Microsoft Corporation 9.42%
ASML HOLDING NV-NY REG SHS 4.50%Amazon.com, Inc. 7.78%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 3.98%Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 7.23%
INTEL CORP 3.98%Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 5.12%
ARM HOLDINGS PLC-ADR 3.94%Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 4.25%
VERTIV HOLDINGS CO-A 1.94%Oracle Corporation 3.92%
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 1.67%Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. 3.77%
ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORP 0.60%ASML Holding N.V. 3.31%

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 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

CHPX and FAI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
CHPXFAICHPXFAICHPXFAI
3 months−11.4%−0.5%−13.7 pts−2.7 pts−9.0 pts+2.0 pts
6 months+65.9%+44.6%+47.9 pts+26.6 pts+41.7 pts+20.4 pts
1 yearnot published+38.0%not published+21.4 ptsnot published+16.2 pts
Since launch+87.2%+82.5%+72.0 pts+51.2 pts+67.1 pts+38.3 pts
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CHPX and FAI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CHPX
Global X AI Semiconductor & Quantum ETF
Holds 42 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips, 62% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
FAI
First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelligence ETF
Holds 54 stocks in artificial intelligence, 77% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerGlobal XFirst Trust
ThemeAI infrastructure and chipsArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50062.3%76.9%
Active share vs the S&P 50083.1%70.0%
In the Nasdaq-10059.1%73.5%
Holdings4254
Top ten, share of the fund69.8%61.5%
Expense ratio0.50%0.65%
Fee for the differing part0.60%0.93%
Total return, 1 year+87.2% (since launch on Oct 1, 2025)+38.0%
vs the S&P 500+72.0 pts+21.4 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+67.1 pts+16.2 pts
Below its high−12.6%−4.8%
Net assets$123m$190m

CHPX in plain words

By weight, 62% of CHPX'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 70% of the fund across 42 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Since it launched on Oct 1, 2025 the fund returned +87.2% with distributions reinvested against +15.2% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 72.0 pts. It sits 12.6% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

FAI in plain words

By weight, 77% of FAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 70%. The top ten holdings are 62% of the fund across 54 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +38.0% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 21.4 pts.

Questions people ask

Do CHPX and FAI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 39% 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, CHPX or FAI?
CHPX has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and FAI has 77%, so CHPX differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, CHPX or FAI?
CHPX charges 0.50% a year and FAI charges 0.65%, so CHPX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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CHPX against FAI, 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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