ETF comparison
AIQ vs VGT
Thematic vs Technology.
Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF · Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
43 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AIQ and VGT would leave roughly 31.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VGT is 59 bps cheaper than AIQ. On a $100,000 position that's about $590/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 VGT.
Top shared holdings
43 shared in total| # | Holding | In AIQ | In VGT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APPLE INC. | 3.36% | 15.06% | 3.36% |
| 2 | BROADCOM INC. | 3.10% | 4.31% | 3.10% |
| 3 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 3.02% | 17.27% | 3.02% |
| 4 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 2.75% | 10.30% | 2.75% |
| 5 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 3.27% | 2.41% | 2.41% |
| 6 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 2.49% | 1.65% | 1.65% |
| 7 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 3.37% | 1.63% | 1.63% |
| 8 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 2.61% | 1.57% | 1.57% |
| 9 | ORACLE CORPORATION | 2.57% | 1.25% | 1.25% |
| 10 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 2.19% | 1.16% | 1.16% |
| 11 | INTEL CORPORATION | 2.22% | 1.09% | 1.09% |
| 12 | SALESFORCE, INC. | 1.78% | 0.97% | 0.97% |
Only in AIQ
41 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.58%
- SK hynix Inc. 4.53%
- NETFLIX, INC. 3.63%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 3.61%
- META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.16%
- ALPHABET INC. 2.98%
- AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.83%
- TESLA, INC. 2.83%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.73%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.57%
Only in VGT
276 total- Applied Materials Inc 1.59%
- Lam Research Corp 1.57%
- KLA Corp 1.10%
- Texas Instruments Inc 1.05%
- Analog Devices Inc 0.98%
- Amphenol Corp 0.95%
- Arista Networks Inc 0.77%
- Corning Inc 0.74%
- Palo Alto Networks Inc 0.65%
- Sandisk Corp/DE 0.64%
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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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