ETF comparison
AIQ vs XLK
Thematic vs Technology.
Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
26 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AIQ and XLK would leave roughly 39.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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.
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 XLK.
Top shared holdings
26 shared in total| # | Holding | In AIQ | In XLK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APPLE INC. | 3.36% | 13.63% | 3.36% |
| 2 | MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 3.27% | 3.39% | 3.27% |
| 3 | BROADCOM INC. | 3.10% | 5.37% | 3.10% |
| 4 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 3.02% | 15.50% | 3.02% |
| 5 | MICROSOFT CORPORATION | 2.75% | 10.05% | 2.75% |
| 6 | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. | 3.37% | 2.73% | 2.73% |
| 7 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 2.61% | 2.98% | 2.61% |
| 8 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 2.49% | 2.95% | 2.49% |
| 9 | ORACLE CORPORATION | 2.57% | 2.22% | 2.22% |
| 10 | INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION | 2.19% | 2.02% | 2.02% |
| 11 | INTEL CORPORATION | 2.22% | 1.85% | 1.85% |
| 12 | SALESFORCE, INC. | 1.78% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
Only in AIQ
58 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 XLK
48 total- Applied Materials Inc 2.42%
- Lam Research Corp 2.38%
- KLA Corp 1.72%
- Texas Instruments Inc 1.57%
- Analog Devices Inc 1.38%
- Amphenol Corp 1.38%
- Palo Alto Networks Inc 1.15%
- Arista Networks Inc 1.13%
- Intuit Inc 1.07%
- Corning Inc 0.95%
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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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