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JHAI vs WISE: which is really different?

JHAI and WISE hold 19% of their weight in the same names, and JHAI returned more over the year.

Janus Henderson Global Artificial Intelligence ETF and Themes Generative Artificial Intelligence ETF.

71.8%JHAI in the S&P 500
32.4%WISE in the S&P 500
+27.2%JHAI total return, 1 year
−17.1%WISE total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: WISE scores higher

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

JHAI 4.7WISE 16.20.1, 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

JHAI28% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
72%28%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 70% · top ten 64% of the fund · 46 holdings filed Apr 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 62% in72%28%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 70% · top ten 64% of the fund
WISE68% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
32%68%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 84% · top ten 51% of the fund · 40 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 29% in32%68%inoutside the S&P 500active share 84% · top ten 51% of the fund

19% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JHAI and WISE hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions JHAI and WISE both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingJHAIWISE
NVIDIA Corp.14.16%4.70%
Broadcom, Inc.6.48%3.53%
Amazon.com, Inc.5.09%3.46%
Alphabet, Inc.4.73%2.91%
Palantir Technologies, Inc.1.43%3.18%
Snowflake, Inc.1.22%5.15%
Arista Networks, Inc.0.94%1.69%
Oracle Corp.0.34%1.56%
CoreWeave, Inc.0.19%2.10%
Only in each
Only in JHAIOnly in WISE
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. L 16.38%Advanced Micro Devices Inc 11.41%
Lam Research Corp. 4.05%QuickLogic Corp 7.53%
Micron Technology, Inc. 3.71%Gorilla Technology Group Inc 5.49%
Microsoft Corp. 3.42%Information Services Group Inc 3.45%
KLA Corp. 3.01%BigBear.ai Holdings Inc 3.37%
ASML Holding NV 2.52%SoundHound AI Inc 3.35%
Lumentum Holdings, Inc. 2.22%Blaize Holdings Inc 3.13%
Vertiv Holdings Co. 2.07%Datasection Inc 3.07%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

Performance, window by window

JHAI and WISE over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
JHAIWISEJHAIWISEJHAIWISE
3 months−6.7%−13.3%−8.9 pts−15.6 pts−4.2 pts−10.8 pts
6 months+31.2%+7.5%+13.2 pts−10.5 pts+7.0 pts−16.8 pts
1 year+27.2%−17.1%+10.7 pts−33.7 pts+5.5 pts−38.9 pts
Since launch+38.2%+42.7%+17.2 pts−28.9 pts+10.1 pts−44.1 pts
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JHAI and WISE on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
JHAI
Janus Henderson Global Artificial Intelligence ETF
Holds 46 stocks in artificial intelligence, 72% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
WISE
Themes Generative Artificial Intelligence ETF
Holds 40 stocks in artificial intelligence, 32% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerJanus HendersonThemes
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50071.8%32.4%
Active share vs the S&P 50070.0%83.6%
In the Nasdaq-10061.6%29.2%
Holdings4640
Top ten, share of the fund63.6%51.4%
Expense ratio0.59%0.35%
Fee for the differing part0.84%0.42%
Total return, 1 year+27.2%−17.1%
vs the S&P 500+10.7 pts−33.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+5.5 pts−38.9 pts
Below its high−7.4%−24.0%
Net assets$21m$28m

JHAI in plain words

By weight, 72% of JHAI'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 64% of the fund across 46 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 10.7 pts. It sits 7.4% below its all-time high of Jun 30, 2026.

WISE in plain words

By weight, 32% of WISE's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 84%. The top ten holdings are 51% of the fund across 40 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned −17.1% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 33.7 pts. It sits 24.0% below its all-time high of Oct 15, 2025.

Questions people ask

Do JHAI and WISE hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 19% 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, JHAI or WISE?
JHAI has 72% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WISE has 32%, so WISE differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, JHAI or WISE?
JHAI charges 0.59% a year and WISE charges 0.35%, so WISE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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JHAI against WISE, 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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