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IVES vs XA: which is really different?

IVES and XA hold 7% of their weight in the same names.

Dan IVES Wedbush AI Revolution ETF and Corgi AI Cybersecurity ETF.

73.9%IVES in the S&P 500
47.2%XA in the S&P 500
+27.2%IVES total return, 1 year
+59.5%XA total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: XA scores higher

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

IVES 2.5XA 59.60.1, 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
XA53% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 3 months to Sep 18, 2026
47%53%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 65% of the fund · 26 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 40% in47%53%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 65% of the fund

7% 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 XA hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions IVES and XA both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingIVESXA
PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC3.01%12.91%
CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC2.67%11.86%
ZSCALER INC1.40%4.16%
Only in each
Only in IVESOnly in XA
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 6.33%Okta Inc 6.91%
BROADCOM INC 5.44%Fortinet Inc 5.87%
AMAZON.COM INC 5.42%Datadog Inc 5.29%
ALPHABET INC 5.38%Rubrik Inc 4.81%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPA 4.95%Cloudflare Inc 4.66%
NVIDIA CORP 4.84%F5 Inc 4.14%
APPLE INC 4.72%GEN DIGITAL INC 3.95%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.66%Elastic NV 3.92%

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 Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

IVES and XA over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
IVESXAIVESXAIVESXA
3 months+5.6%+27.7%+3.3 pts+25.4 pts+8.1 pts+30.2 pts
6 months+37.2%not published+19.2 ptsnot published+13.0 ptsnot published
1 year+27.2%not published+10.6 ptsnot published+5.4 ptsnot published
Since launch+58.8%+59.5%+28.9 pts+55.1 pts+21.6 pts+55.6 pts
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IVES and XA 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
XA
Corgi AI Cybersecurity ETF
Holds 26 stocks in artificial intelligence, 47% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerWedbushCorgi
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50073.9%47.2%
Active share vs the S&P 50066.5%98.9%
In the Nasdaq-10062.6%40.1%
Holdings3026
Top ten, share of the fund50.4%64.6%
Expense ratio0.75%0.35%
Fee for the differing part1.13%0.35%
Total return, 1 year+27.2%+59.5% (since launch on May 6, 2026)
vs the S&P 500+10.6 pts+55.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+5.4 pts+55.6 pts
Below its high−3.8%−2.6%
Net assets$997m$6m

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.

XA in plain words

By weight, 47% of XA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 65% of the fund across 26 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Since it launched on May 6, 2026 the fund returned +59.5% with distributions reinvested against +4.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 55.1 pts.

Questions people ask

Do IVES and XA hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 7% 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 XA?
IVES has 74% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XA has 47%, so XA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, IVES or XA?
IVES charges 0.75% a year and XA charges 0.35%, so XA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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IVES against XA, 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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