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IVES vs TCAI: which is really different?

IVES and TCAI hold 10% of their weight in the same names, and TCAI returned more over the year.

Dan IVES Wedbush AI Revolution ETF and Tortoise AI Infrastructure ETF.

73.9%IVES in the S&P 500
63.2%TCAI in the S&P 500
+27.2%IVES 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?

IVES 2.5TCAI 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

IVES26% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
74%26%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 67% · top ten 50% of the fund · 30 holdings filed Apr 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 63% in74%26%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 67% · top ten 50% 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

10% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVES and TCAI hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions IVES and TCAI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingIVESTCAI
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC4.66%7.64%
IREN LTD1.69%2.78%
NEBIUS GROUP NV2.20%1.55%
GE VERNOVA INC4.25%1.12%
NVIDIA CORP4.84%0.59%
Only in each
Only in IVESOnly in TCAI
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 6.33%Dell Technologies Inc 8.94%
BROADCOM INC 5.44%Seagate Technology Holdings PL 5.77%
AMAZON.COM INC 5.42%Western Digital Corp 5.14%
ALPHABET INC 5.38%Ciena Corp 5.10%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPA 4.95%Vertiv Holdings Co 4.48%
APPLE INC 4.72%Quanta Services Inc 3.58%
MICROSOFT CORP 4.44%Sandisk Corp/DE 3.47%
META PLATFORMS INC 4.17%MYR Group Inc 3.29%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

Performance, window by window

IVES 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
IVESTCAIIVESTCAIIVESTCAI
3 months+5.6%−16.4%+3.3 pts−18.6 pts+8.1 pts−13.9 pts
6 months+37.2%+34.7%+19.2 pts+16.7 pts+13.0 pts+10.5 pts
1 year+27.2%+67.6%+10.6 pts+51.0 pts+5.4 pts+45.8 pts
Since launch+58.8%+88.8%+28.9 pts+65.8 pts+21.6 pts+59.4 pts
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IVES and TCAI on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IVES
Dan IVES Wedbush AI Revolution ETF
Holds 30 stocks in artificial intelligence, 74% 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
IssuerWedbushTortoise
ThemeArtificial intelligenceAI infrastructure and chips
In the S&P 50073.9%63.2%
Active share vs the S&P 50066.5%92.7%
In the Nasdaq-10062.6%26.2%
Holdings3043
Top ten, share of the fund50.4%50.6%
Expense ratio0.75%0.65%
Fee for the differing part1.13%0.70%
Total return, 1 year+27.2%+67.6%
vs the S&P 500+10.6 pts+51.0 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+5.4 pts+45.8 pts
Below its high−3.8%−18.4%
Net assets$997m$217m

IVES in plain words

By weight, 74% of IVES's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 66%. The top ten holdings are 50% of the fund across 30 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +27.2% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 10.6 pts.

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 IVES and TCAI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 10% 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, IVES or TCAI?
IVES has 74% of its weight in S&P 500 names and TCAI has 63%, so TCAI differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, IVES or TCAI?
IVES charges 0.75% a year and TCAI charges 0.65%, so TCAI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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IVES 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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