Are CIBR and IVV in the same category?

CIBR is a thematic ETF and IVV is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CIBR returned +39.0% and IVV +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, CIBR or IVV?

IVV is cheaper, by 0.55 percentage points a year. That is about $55 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of CIBR and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

CIBR vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CIBR returned +39.0% to IVV's +13.7%, and IVV charges 0.03% to CIBR's 0.58%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $19.0bn for First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF and $885.1bn for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

+39.0%

CIBR total return, 1 year

+13.7%

IVV total return, 1 year

0.58%

CIBR expense ratio

0.03%

IVV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IVV costs 0.55 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 25.3 points; IVV is far larger, $885.1bn against $19.0bn.

CIBR vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	CIBR	IVV
Return
Measure	CIBR	IVV
Total return, 1 year	+39.0%	+13.7%
Benchmark
Measure	CIBR	IVV
What it tracks	Cybersecurity	S&P 500
Cost and size
Measure	CIBR	IVV
Expense ratio	0.58%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$19.0bn	$885.1bn
Active share vs the S&P 500	91%
Holdings
Measure	CIBR	IVV
Holdings in common	9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57%	38.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, CIBR and IVV hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CIBR IVV

Broadcom Inc. 6.74% 2.45%

Microsoft Corporation 1.91% 5.93%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.72% 2.83%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 7.35% 0.66%

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 7.66% 0.49%

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A) 8.46% 0.41%

International Business Machines Corporation 1.95% 0.35%

Arista Networks, Inc. 1.74% 0.29%

Accenture plc 2.26% 0.22%

Fortinet, Inc. 7.89% 0.17%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.16% 0.14%

NetApp, Inc. 2.24% 0.07%

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Only in CIBR

Okta, Inc. 4.49%

Zscaler, Inc. 4.41%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.92%

Rubrik, Inc. (Class A) 2.99%

Dynatrace, Inc. 2.13%

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 2.03%

Infosys Limited (ADR) 1.83%

JFrog Ltd. 1.83%

Only in IVV

NVIDIA 7.92%

APPLE 7.61%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.26%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.05%

TESLA INC 1.73%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.57%

ELI LILLY 1.54%

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Side by side

CIBR First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Thematic ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust iShares

What it is Cybersecurity Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +39.0% +13.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.6% (SPY)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs SPY

Expense ratio 0.58% 0.03%

Already in the S&P 500 60.8% 99.8%

Holdings 45 505

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $19.0bn $885.1bn

CIBR and IVV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

CIBR

By weight, 61% 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 57% of the fund across 45 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +39.0% with distributions reinvested.

IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Are CIBR and IVV in the same category?: CIBR is a thematic ETF and IVV is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, CIBR or IVV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, CIBR returned +39.0% and IVV +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, CIBR or IVV?: IVV is cheaper, by 0.55 percentage points a year. That is about $55 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do CIBR and IVV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of CIBR and 100% of IVV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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CIBR on its own →IVV on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →CIBR dividend history →CIBR holdings →IVV dividend history →IVV holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

CIBR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

CIBR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for CIBR ↗

IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IVV ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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