Which returned more over the last year, CIBR or IVV?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CIBR returned +25.6% and IVV returned +17.6%, so CIBR returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, CIBR or IVV?

CIBR charges 0.58% a year and IVV charges 0.03%, so IVV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do CIBR and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 62% of CIBR and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 9% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Are CIBR and IVV the same kind of fund?

No. CIBR is a thematic ETF and IVV is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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CIBR vs IVV: how they differ

Over the year CIBR returned more, +25.6% against +17.6%, and IVV charges 0.03% against 0.58%.

First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF and iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CIBR and IVV hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions CIBR and IVV both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	CIBR	IVV
Broadcom Inc.	6.12%	2.77%
Microsoft Corporation	2.07%	4.30%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A)	1.66%	3.25%
Cisco Systems, Inc.	6.76%	0.72%
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.	9.10%	0.43%
International Business Machines Corporat	1.49%	0.41%
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A)	8.66%	0.30%
Arista Networks, Inc.	2.24%	0.27%
Fortinet, Inc.	8.72%	0.15%
Datadog, Inc. (Class A)	1.70%	0.13%
NetApp, Inc.	1.99%	0.05%
F5, Inc.	3.11%	0.04%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in CIBR	Only in IVV
Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 4.87%	NVIDIA Corp. 7.52%
Okta, Inc. 4.20%	Apple, Inc. 6.59%
Zscaler, Inc. 3.36%	Amazon.com, Inc. 3.62%
Rubrik, Inc. (Class A) 2.82%	Alphabet, Inc. 2.59%
Dynatrace, Inc. 2.29%	Micron Technology, Inc. 2.02%
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 2.03%	Meta Platforms, Inc. 1.92%
JFrog Ltd. 2.03%	Tesla, Inc. 1.84%
Accenture plc 1.80%	Eli Lilly & Co. 1.47%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

CIBR and IVV on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	CIBR First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF	IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits	Thematic ETF	Core index fund
Issuer	First Trust	iShares
What it is	Cybersecurity	S&P 500
Total return, 1 year	+25.6%	+17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+8.1 pts	+0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.58%	0.03%
Already in the S&P 500	62.2%	100.0%
Holdings	43	504

CIBR in plain words

By weight, 62% of CIBR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 91%. The top ten holdings are 58% of the fund across 43 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +25.6% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 8.1 pts. It sits 7.6% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 2026.

IVV in plain words

IVV is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 36.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, CIBR or IVV?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CIBR returned +25.6% and IVV returned +17.6%, so CIBR returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, CIBR or IVV?: CIBR charges 0.58% a year and IVV charges 0.03%, so IVV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CIBR and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 62% of CIBR and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 9% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
Are CIBR and IVV the same kind of fund?: No. CIBR is a thematic ETF and IVV is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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