Data as of .
XA vs XAIX: which is really different?
XA and XAIX hold 5% of their weight in the same names.
ETFIQ Off-Index Score: XA scores higher
How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
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
5% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, XA and XAIX hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Holding | XA | XAIX |
|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto Networks Inc | 12.91% | 1.74% |
| Crowdstrike Holdings Inc | 11.86% | 1.62% |
| Fortinet Inc | 5.87% | 0.71% |
| Akamai Technologies Inc | 3.16% | 0.18% |
| Okta Inc | 6.91% | 0.17% |
| F5 Inc | 4.14% | 0.16% |
| Zscaler Inc | 4.16% | 0.14% |
| GEN DIGITAL INC | 3.95% | 0.12% |
| Qualys Inc | 3.78% | 0.03% |
| Rapid7 Inc | 1.84% | 0.01% |
| Only in XA | Only in XAIX |
|---|---|
| Datadog Inc 5.29% | MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 9.03% |
| Rubrik Inc 4.81% | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD 8.32% |
| Cloudflare Inc 4.66% | SK HYNIX INC 7.69% |
| Elastic NV 3.92% | INTEL CORP 4.92% |
| CACI International Inc 3.61% | CISCO SYSTEMS INC 4.13% |
| Varonis Systems Inc 3.31% | ALPHABET INC 4.00% |
| Tenable Holdings Inc 2.80% | AMAZON.COM INC 3.86% |
| Check Point Software Technologies Ltd 2.67% | APPLE INC 3.78% |
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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | vs the S&P 500 | vs the Nasdaq-100 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XA | XAIX | XA | XAIX | XA | XAIX | |
| 3 months | +27.7% | −1.3% | +25.4 pts | −3.6 pts | +30.2 pts | +1.1 pts |
| 6 months | not published | +41.6% | not published | +23.6 pts | not published | +17.3 pts |
| 1 year | not published | +39.6% | not published | +23.0 pts | not published | +17.8 pts |
| Since launch | +59.5% | +101.2% | +55.1 pts | +54.6 pts | +55.6 pts | +38.8 pts |
| XA Corgi AI Cybersecurity ETF Holds 26 stocks in artificial intelligence, 47% of its weight in S&P 500 companies | XAIX Xtrackers Artificial Intelligence and Big Data ETF Holds 91 stocks in artificial intelligence, 71% of its weight in S&P 500 companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Corgi | Xtrackers |
| Theme | Artificial intelligence | Artificial intelligence |
| In the S&P 500 | 47.2% | 70.6% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 98.9% | 72.0% |
| In the Nasdaq-100 | 40.1% | 50.2% |
| Holdings | 26 | 91 |
| Top ten, share of the fund | 64.6% | 53.0% |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| Fee for the differing part | 0.35% | 0.49% |
| Total return, 1 year | +59.5% (since launch on May 6, 2026) | +39.6% |
| vs the S&P 500 | +55.1 pts | +23.0 pts |
| vs the Nasdaq-100 | +55.6 pts | +17.8 pts |
| Below its high | −2.6% | −4.9% |
| Net assets | $6m | $174m |
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.
XAIX in plain words
By weight, 71% of XAIX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 72%. The top ten holdings are 53% of the fund across 91 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +39.6% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 23.0 pts.
Questions people ask
- Do XA and XAIX hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 5% 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, XA or XAIX?
- XA has 47% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XAIX has 71%, so XA differs more from the index.
- Which is cheaper, XA or XAIX?
- XA charges 0.35% a year and XAIX 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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