Do AIFD and ROBT hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 11% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, AIFD or ROBT?

AIFD has 74% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBT has 34%, so ROBT differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, AIFD or ROBT?

AIFD charges 0.75% a year and ROBT charges 0.65%, so ROBT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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AIFD vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, AIFD returned +21.7% to ROBT's +3.1%; 11% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $125m on Jul 31, 2026 for TCW Artificial Intelligence ETF, and $714m on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF.

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At a glance

74.1%

AIFD in the S&P 500

33.6%

ROBT in the S&P 500

+21.7%

AIFD total return, 1 year

+3.1%

ROBT total return, 1 year

AIFD · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 26% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

74% of AIFD's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 26% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.

ROBT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 66% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

34% of ROBT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ROBT costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.6 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AIFD vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AIFD	ROBT
Return
Measure	AIFD	ROBT
Total return, 1 year	+21.7%	+3.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AIFD	ROBT
Below its all-time high	21.3%, high on Jun 2, 2026	9.1%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	AIFD	ROBT
What it tracks	Artificial intelligence	Artificial intelligence
Against the S&P 500, 1 year		behind by 11.7 pts
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year		+14.8%
Against its benchmark, 1 year		behind by 11.7 pts
Cost and size
Measure	AIFD	ROBT
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.65%
Net assets, AIFD as of Jul 31, 2026 and ROBT as of Nov 3, 2026	$125m	$714m
Holdings
Measure	AIFD	ROBT
Holdings in common	11%

Method

Risk and return

May 17, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 128 weekly returns

AIFD ROBT

Return

Total return edge AIFD +79.3% +28.5%

Annualized edge AIFD +26.8% +10.7%

Price return edge AIFD +79.3% +27.6%

Risk

Volatility edge ROBT 27.2% 24.4%

Max drawdown edge ROBT −32.7% −25.1%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AIFD 0.86 0.37

Sortino edge AIFD 1.27 0.53

Calmar edge AIFD 0.82 0.43

Reading

From May 2024 to Oct 2026, AIFD returned more: +79.3% to +28.5%. ROBT swung less: 24.4% to 27.2%. ROBT fell less at its worst: −25.1% to −32.7%.

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Risk and return: AIFD vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AIFD	ROBT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+79.3%	+28.5%	AIFD	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+26.8%	+10.7%	AIFD	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+79.3%	+27.6%	AIFD	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	27.2%	24.4%	ROBT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	18.3%	16.7%	ROBT (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−32.7%	−25.1%	ROBT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.86	0.37	AIFD	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.27	0.53	AIFD	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.82	0.43	AIFD	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 128 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

11%

By the books each fund has filed, AIFD and ROBT hold 11% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AIFD ROBT

PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 6.25% 1.53%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A 1.48% 1.57%

MICROSOFT CORP 1.24% 0.80%

SERVICENOW INC 0.79% 1.23%

AMAZON.COM INC 4.20% 0.75%

COGNEX CORP 2.18% 0.74%

NVIDIA CORP 6.83% 0.73%

BROADCOM INC 5.89% 0.70%

KLA CORP 2.49% 0.69%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 5.82% 0.69%

ALPHABET INC-CL A 5.38% 0.64%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 4.45% 0.63%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AIFD

LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC 4.35%

DIGITALOCEAN HOLDINGS INC 3.75%

VERTIV HOLDINGS CO-A 3.41%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 3.36%

ASML HOLDING NV-NY REG SHS 2.94%

EATON CORP PLC 2.66%

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC 2.28%

INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 2.13%

Only in ROBT

Ocado Group Plc 2.22%

Tempus AI, Inc. (Class A) 2.06%

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 1.95%

Appian Corporation 1.89%

Illumina, Inc. 1.86%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.81%

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A) 1.81%

Hexagon AB (Class B) 1.79%

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Window by window: AIFD vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	AIFD	ROBT	AIFD	ROBT
3 months	−14.4%	−4.5%	not measured	−4.4 pts vs VOO
6 months	−9.4%	+3.4%	not measured	−1.6 pts vs VOO
1 year	+21.7%	+3.1%	not measured	−11.7 pts vs VOO
3 years	–	+41.9%	–	−41.4 pts vs VOO
Since launchNot the same days: AIFD May 2024 · ROBT Feb 2018	+76.5%	+89.4%	not measured	−136.1 pts vs VOO

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Side by side

AIFD TCW Artificial Intelligence ETF · Holds 34 stocks in artificial intelligence, 74% of its weight in S&P 500 companies ROBT First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF · Holds 111 stocks in artificial intelligence, 34% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer TCW First Trust

Theme Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence

In the S&P 500 74.1% 33.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 74.4% 84.8%

In the Nasdaq-100 59.1% 23.9%

Holdings 34 111

Top ten, share of the fund 52.8% 19.0%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.65%

Fee for the differing part 1.01% 0.77%

Total return, 1 year +21.7% +3.1%

vs its benchmark not measured −11.7 pts vs VOO

Below its high −21.3% −9.1%

Net assets, AIFD as of Jul 31, 2026 and ROBT as of Nov 3, 2026 $125m $714m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

11% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

AIFD

By weight, 74% of AIFD's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 74%. The top ten holdings are 53% of the fund across 34 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +21.7% with distributions reinvested. It sits 21.3% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

ROBT

By weight, 34% of ROBT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 85%. The top ten holdings are 19% of the fund across 111 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +3.1% with distributions reinvested against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, so a holder was behind by 11.7 pts. It sits 9.1% below its all-time high of Oct 5, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do AIFD and ROBT hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 11% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, AIFD or ROBT?: AIFD has 74% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBT has 34%, so ROBT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIFD or ROBT?: AIFD charges 0.75% a year and ROBT charges 0.65%, so ROBT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AIFD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AIFD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

TCW website ↗

ROBT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROBT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for ROBT ↗

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How this is computed

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

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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