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CIBR vs FTXL

First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF and First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF, side by side on the themes desk.

6% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CIBR and FTXL hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions CIBR and FTXL both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingCIBRFTXL
Broadcom Inc.6.04%6.08%
US Dollar0.37%0.08%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in CIBROnly in FTXL
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 8.92%Micron Technology, Inc. 13.38%
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A) 8.79%Intel Corporation 11.40%
Fortinet, Inc. 8.54%Marvell Technology, Inc. 7.42%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 6.84%NVIDIA Corporation 7.05%
Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 4.35%Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 6.47%
Okta, Inc. 4.17%QUALCOMM Incorporated 6.43%
Zscaler, Inc. 3.47%Lam Research Corporation 3.57%
F5, Inc. 3.04%Applied Materials, Inc. 3.31%

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 as filed for Sep 4, 2026.

Performance, window by window

CIBR and FTXL over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
CIBRFTXLCIBRFTXLCIBRFTXL
3 months+9.2%−6.8%+4.5 pts−11.4 pts+7.1 pts−8.8 pts
6 months+43.7%+60.1%+28.5 pts+44.9 pts+23.5 pts+39.9 pts
1 year+31.4%+131.1%+11.5 pts+111.2 pts+5.9 pts+105.5 pts
3 years+102.4%+218.1%+24.5 pts+140.1 pts+8.9 pts+124.6 pts
Since launch+402.1%+1097.4%+57.6 pts+780.3 pts−220.6 pts+546.0 pts
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CIBR and FTXL on the themes desk fields, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CIBR
First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF
FTXL
First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF
IssuerFirst TrustFirst Trust
ThemeCybersecuritySemiconductors
In the S&P 50061.9%85.6%
Active share vs the S&P 50090.7%81.2%
In the Nasdaq-10047.9%80.2%
Holdings4335
Top ten, share of the fund56.9%68.3%
Expense ratio0.58%0.60%
Fee for the differing part0.64%0.74%
Total return, 1 year+31.4%+131.1%
vs the S&P 500+11.5 pts+111.2 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+5.9 pts+105.5 pts
Below its high−7.5%−23.3%

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 57% of the fund across 43 positions, as filed for Sep 3, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +31.4% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 11.5 pts. It sits 7.5% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 2026.

FTXL in plain words

By weight, 86% of FTXL's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 81%. The top ten holdings are 68% of the fund across 35 positions, as filed for Sep 3, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +131.1% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 111.2 pts. It sits 23.3% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do CIBR and FTXL hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 6% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, CIBR or FTXL?
CIBR has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and FTXL has 86%, so CIBR differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, CIBR or FTXL?
CIBR charges 0.58% a year and FTXL charges 0.60%, so CIBR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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CIBR against FTXL, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 4, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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