ETF comparison
AIQ vs XLK
Thematic vs Technology.
Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
27 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AIQ and XLK would leave roughly 35.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLK is 60 bps cheaper than AIQ. On a $100,000 position that's about $600/yr more in fees for AIQ.
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Top shared holdings
27 shared in total| # | Holding | In AIQ | In XLK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 3.63% | 8.38% | 3.63% |
| 2 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 2.88% | 14.65% | 2.88% |
| 3 | APPLE INC. | 2.69% | 12.85% | 2.69% |
| 4 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 2.64% | 5.42% | 2.64% |
| 5 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 2.67% | 2.58% | 2.58% |
| 6 | BROADCOM INC. | 2.57% | 5.41% | 2.57% |
| 7 | INTEL CORPORATION | 2.44% | 3.68% | 2.44% |
| 8 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 2.38% | 5.28% | 2.38% |
| 9 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 4.12% | 1.49% | 1.49% |
| 10 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 1.74% | 1.47% | 1.47% |
| 11 | MARVELL TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 1.47% | 1.45% | 1.45% |
| 12 | ORACLE CORPORATION | 3.39% | 1.39% | 1.39% |
Only in AIQ
61 total- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 3.31%
- NETFLIX, INC. 3.21%
- TESLA, INC. 3.14%
- AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.03%
- ALPHABET INC. 2.91%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 2.81%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.78%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 2.73%
- META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.57%
- SK hynix Inc. 2.55%
Only in XLK
47 total- Applied Materials Inc 3.20%
- Lam Research Corp 3.02%
- KLA Corp 2.20%
- Sandisk Corp 1.88%
- Palo Alto Networks Inc 1.54%
- Texas Instruments Inc 1.51%
- Western Digital Corp 1.23%
- Amphenol Corp 1.21%
- Corning Inc 1.11%
- Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 1.08%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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