Get the weekly note
ETFIQetfiq.com · independent ETF data

Data as of .

FAI vs IGPT: which is really different?

FAI and IGPT hold 44% of their weight in the same names, and IGPT returned more over the year.

First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelligence ETF and Invesco AI and Next Gen Software ETF.

76.9%FAI in the S&P 500
75.3%IGPT in the S&P 500
+38.0%FAI total return, 1 year
+78.2%IGPT total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: IGPT scores higher

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

FAI 4.7IGPT 9.90.1, 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

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
IGPT25% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
75%25%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 79% · top ten 62% of the fund · 116 holdings filed Sep 19, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 69% in75%25%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 79% · top ten 62% of the fund

44% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FAI and IGPT hold 44% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions FAI and IGPT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingFAIIGPT
NVIDIA Corporation8.49%8.55%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A)7.23%7.69%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A)4.25%9.22%
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.4.02%9.02%
Micron Technology, Inc.3.88%8.03%
Marvell Technology, Inc.3.19%3.21%
SK Hynix Inc.3.16%4.33%
Snowflake Inc. (Class A)1.63%1.73%
MediaTek Inc.1.55%3.59%
Adobe Incorporated1.50%1.51%
QUALCOMM Incorporated1.42%2.21%
Astera Labs, Inc.0.68%0.78%
Only in each
Only in FAIOnly in IGPT
Microsoft Corporation 9.42%Intel Corp 4.11%
Amazon.com, Inc. 7.78%Sandisk Corp 4.00%
Broadcom Inc. 7.39%Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 2.90%
Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 5.12%Western Digital Corp 2.29%
Oracle Corporation 3.92%Intuitive Surgical Inc 2.10%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. 3.77%Kioxia Holdings Corp 1.85%
ASML Holding N.V. 3.31%Keyence Corp 1.52%
ServiceNow, Inc. 2.09%Equinix Inc 1.52%

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 and Sep 19, 2026.

Performance, window by window

FAI and IGPT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
FAIIGPTFAIIGPTFAIIGPT
3 months−0.5%−8.1%−2.7 pts−10.3 pts+2.0 pts−5.6 pts
6 months+44.6%+61.7%+26.6 pts+43.7 pts+20.4 pts+37.5 pts
1 year+38.0%+78.2%+21.4 pts+61.6 pts+16.2 pts+56.4 pts
3 yearsnot published+195.7%not published+117.3 ptsnot published+97.5 pts
Since launch+82.5%+1395.7%+51.2 pts+592.1 pts+38.3 pts−294.6 pts
Open the live comparison on ETFIQ
FAI and IGPT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FAI
First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelligence ETF
Holds 54 stocks in artificial intelligence, 77% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IGPT
Invesco AI and Next Gen Software ETF
Holds 116 stocks in artificial intelligence, 75% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerFirst TrustInvesco
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50076.9%75.3%
Active share vs the S&P 50070.0%79.2%
In the Nasdaq-10073.5%69.1%
Holdings54116
Top ten, share of the fund61.5%61.7%
Expense ratio0.65%0.57%
Fee for the differing part0.93%0.72%
Total return, 1 year+38.0%+78.2%
vs the S&P 500+21.4 pts+61.6 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+16.2 pts+56.4 pts
Below its high−4.8%−9.5%
Net assets$190m$1.3bn

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.

IGPT in plain words

By weight, 75% of IGPT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 79%. The top ten holdings are 62% of the fund across 116 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 19, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +78.2% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 61.6 pts. It sits 9.5% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do FAI and IGPT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 44% 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, FAI or IGPT?
FAI has 77% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IGPT has 75%, so IGPT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, FAI or IGPT?
FAI charges 0.65% a year and IGPT charges 0.57%, so IGPT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Other comparisons

Where these figures came from

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.

FAI against IGPT, 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.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, FAI against IGPT, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/fai-vs-igpt Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

How every figure is computed · Standards and sources