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AINF vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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AINF and ROBT hold 4% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $443,594 for Defiance Inference AI Chip ETF and $756m for First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF.

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At a glance
35.3%
AINF in the S&P 500
34.2%
ROBT in the S&P 500
−3.9%
AINF total return, since launch, Aug 18, 2026
+5.8%
ROBT total return, 1 year
AINF · since launch to Oct 28, 2026 65% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
65% of its weight is outside the S&P 50035% of AINF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 65% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 28, 2026.35%65%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 87% · top ten 69% of the fund · 26 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 28, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 40% in65% of its weight is outside the S&P 50035% of AINF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 65% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 28, 2026.35%65%inoutside the S&P 500active share 87% · Nasdaq-100: 40% in

35% of AINF's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 65% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 28, 2026.

ROBT · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 66% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
66% of its weight is outside the S&P 50034% of ROBT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.34%66%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 85% · top ten 19% of the fund · 111 holdings as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 24% in66% of its weight is outside the S&P 50034% of ROBT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.34%66%inoutside the S&P 500active share 85% · Nasdaq-100: 24% in

34% of ROBT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.65% a year.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AINF vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
MeasureAINFROBT
Return
Total return, 1 yearnot published+5.8%
Drawdown
Below its all-time high13.7%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Against its benchmark
What it tracksAI infrastructure and chipsArtificial intelligence
Against the S&P 500, 1 yearbehind by 7.9 pts
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year+13.7%
Against its benchmark, 1 yearbehind by 7.9 pts
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.65%0.65%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$443,594$756m
Holdings
Holdings in common4%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

What they share

4%

By the books each fund has filed, AINF and ROBT hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AINF ROBT
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 9.87% 0.87%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 11.15% 0.77%
Nvidia Corp 10.13% 0.72%
Ambarella Inc 1.43% 0.71%
Broadcom Inc 10.69% 0.68%
Intel Corp 4.57% 0.44%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in AINF
Global Unichip Corp 5.18%
Advantest Corp 4.78%
Winbond Electronics Corp 4.43%
Mediatek Inc 4.31%
Arm Holdings Plc 4.28%
Lattice Semiconductor Corp 3.90%
Nebius Group Nv 3.71%
Coreweave Inc 3.29%
Only in ROBT
Ocado Group Plc 2.16%
Illumina, Inc. 2.06%
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A) 1.88%
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 1.87%
Appian Corporation 1.84%
Dynatrace, Inc. 1.84%
SentinelOne, Inc. (Class A) 1.83%
Tempus AI, Inc. (Class A) 1.81%
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Window by window: AINF vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Total returnvs its benchmark
WindowAINFROBTAINFROBT
3 months–+10.7%–+4.6 pts vs VOO
6 months–+17.4%–+8.3 pts vs VOO
1 year–+5.8%–−7.9 pts vs VOO
3 years–+63.0%–−32.5 pts vs VOO
Since launchNot the same days: AINF Aug 2026 · ROBT Feb 2018−3.9%+101.8%not measured−126.1 pts vs VOO

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Side by side

AINF Defiance Inference AI Chip ETF · Holds 26 stocks in aI infrastructure and chips, 35% 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 Defiance First Trust
Theme AI infrastructure and chips Artificial intelligence
In the S&P 500 35.3% 34.2%
Active share vs the S&P 500 87.2% 84.8%
In the Nasdaq-100 39.5% 23.7%
Holdings 26 111
Top ten, share of the fund 69.4% 18.8%
Expense ratio 0.65% 0.65%
Fee for the differing part 0.75% 0.77%
Total return, 1 year −3.9% (since launch, Aug 18, 2026) +5.8%
vs its benchmark not measured −7.9 pts vs VOO
Below its high −13.7% −3.1%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $443,594 $756m

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

4% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund
AINF

By weight, 35% of AINF's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 87%. The top ten holdings are 69% of the fund across 26 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 28, 2026. Since it first traded on Aug 18, 2026 the fund returned −3.9% with distributions reinvested. It sits 13.7% below its all-time high of Oct 6, 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 Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +5.8% with distributions reinvested against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, so a holder was behind by 7.9 pts.

Questions people ask

Do AINF and ROBT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 4% 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, AINF or ROBT?
AINF has 35% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBT has 34%, so AINF differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AINF or ROBT?
AINF and ROBT both charge 0.65% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
All thematic ETFs ranked by the S&P 500 Difference Score →How the scores are computed →AINF on its own →ROBT on its own →AINF dividend history →AINF holdings →ROBT dividend history →ROBT holdings →Method →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
AINF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
AINF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Defiance page for AINF ↗
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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