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FAI · First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelligence ETF

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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 51 positions, as filed for Sep 3, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +47.9% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 27.9 pts. It sits 5.3% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

FAI (First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelligence ETF), themes desk fields as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
Theme (ETFIQ, editorial)Artificial intelligence
LaunchedNov 21, 2024
Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ)77.0%
Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ)70.0%
Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ)73.4%
Active share vs the Nasdaq-100 (ETFIQ)56.9%
Top ten holdings weight62.1%
Holdings51
Net assets (latest filing)$97M
Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT)Sep 3, 2026
Top holdingsMicrosoft Corporation 9.8%, NVIDIA Corporation 8.8%, Amazon.com, Inc. 8.0%, Broadcom Inc. 7.5%, Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 7.2%, Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 5.3%, Oracle Corporation 4.1%, Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 3.9%, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. 3.7%, Micron Technology, Inc. 3.7%
3 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ)+5.9% / +4.7% / +1.2 pts / +3.8 pts
6 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ)+40.2% / +15.2% / +25.1 pts / +20.1 pts
1 year: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ)+47.9% / +20.0% / +27.9 pts / +22.3 pts
since launch: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ)+81.6% / +32.4% / +49.2 pts / +37.9 pts
Below its all-time high (ETFIQ)−5.3%
Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL)0.65%
Fee for the part that differs from the S&P 500, active expense ratio (ETFIQ)0.93%
Closest funds by holdings overlapIVES 55%, CHAT 47%, ILDR 46%, ALAI 44%, AIX 44%

Questions people ask

How much of FAI is already in the S&P 500?
By its holdings filed for Sep 3, 2026, 77% of FAI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 70%, so that share is the part doing something different.
What does FAI hold?
51 positions as filed for Sep 3, 2026, with the top ten at 62% of the fund. The largest are Microsoft Corporation at 9.8%, NVIDIA Corporation at 8.8%, Amazon.com, Inc. at 8.0%.
Has FAI beaten the S&P 500?
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 FAI returned +47.9% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so it finished ahead of the index by 27.9 points.
What does FAI cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.65% a year. Because 70% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.93%.

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