ETF comparison
AIQ vs QTUM
Both Thematic.
Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF · Defiance Quantum ETF
Holdings overlap
32 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AIQ and QTUM would leave roughly 26.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
QTUM is 28 bps cheaper than AIQ. On a $100,000 position that's about $280/yr more in fees for AIQ.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with AIQ vs QTUM.
Top shared holdings
32 shared in total| # | Holding | In AIQ | In QTUM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 3.27% | 1.66% | 1.66% |
| 2 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 3.61% | 1.41% | 1.41% |
| 3 | INTEL CORPORATION | 2.22% | 1.40% | 1.40% |
| 4 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 3.37% | 1.25% | 1.25% |
| 5 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 3.02% | 1.23% | 1.23% |
| 6 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 2.49% | 1.19% | 1.19% |
| 7 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.98% | 1.16% | 1.16% |
| 8 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.57% | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| 9 | HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. | 1.06% | 1.01% | 1.01% |
| 10 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 2.61% | 1.01% | 1.01% |
| 11 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 2.19% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 12 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 2.75% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
Only in AIQ
52 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.58%
- SK hynix Inc. 4.53%
- NETFLIX, INC. 3.63%
- APPLE INC. 3.36%
- META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.16%
- AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.83%
- TESLA, INC. 2.83%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.73%
- Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 2.28%
- SAP SE 2.24%
Only in QTUM
51 total- Teradyne Inc 1.88%
- Tower Semiconductor Ltd 1.79%
- MKS Inc 1.77%
- STMicroelectronics NV 1.70%
- Lockheed Martin Corp 1.67%
- Orange SA 1.65%
- Coherent Corp 1.65%
- Lam Research Corp 1.64%
- Applied Materials Inc 1.61%
- Northrop Grumman Corp 1.59%
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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