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AINT vs ROBT: which is really different?

AINT and ROBT hold 6% of their weight in the same names.

FINQ DOLLAR NEUTRAL U.S. Large Cap AI-Managed Equity ETF and First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF.

100.0%AINT in the S&P 500
32.0%ROBT in the S&P 500
+26.2%AINT total return, 1 year
+9.9%ROBT total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: ROBT scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

AINT 10.4ROBT 17.70.1, the lowest in this set91.8, the highest

A percentile among the 379 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All thematic ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

AINT0% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
100%0%of its weight in S&P 500 companies0% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 80% · top ten 84% of the fund · 12 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 76% in100%0%of its weight in S&P 500 companies0% of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 80% · top ten 84% of the fund
ROBT68% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
32%68%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 85% · top ten 18% of the fund · 120 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 23% in32%68%inoutside the S&P 500active share 85% · top ten 18% of the fund

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, AINT and ROBT hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AINT and ROBT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingAINTROBT
Meta Platforms Inc8.41%1.84%
Palo Alto Networks Inc9.21%1.50%
NVIDIA Corp8.53%0.74%
Amazon.com Inc8.40%0.72%
Microsoft Corp8.20%0.71%
Only in each
Only in AINTOnly in ROBT
AppLovin Corp 8.86%US Dollar 2.00%
Mastercard Inc 8.44%Tempus AI, Inc. (Class A) 1.95%
DoorDash Inc 8.27%Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A) 1.78%
Booking Holdings Inc 8.06%Illumina, Inc. 1.77%
Netflix Inc 7.94%AeroVironment, Inc. 1.70%
Boston Scientific Corp 7.91%Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 1.68%
Uber Technologies Inc 7.77%Symbiotic Inc. (Class A) 1.67%
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 1.65%

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 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

AINT and ROBT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
AINTROBTAINTROBTAINTROBT
3 months+12.0%+5.1%+9.8 pts+2.8 pts+14.5 pts+7.5 pts
6 months+27.2%+24.1%+9.2 pts+6.0 pts+2.9 pts−0.2 pts
1 yearnot published+9.9%not published−6.7 ptsnot published−11.8 pts
3 yearsnot published+42.1%not published−36.3 ptsnot published−56.0 pts
Since launch+26.2%+99.4%+15.1 pts−122.5 pts+7.6 pts−263.7 pts
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AINT and ROBT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AINT
FINQ DOLLAR NEUTRAL U.S. Large Cap AI-Managed Equity ETF
Holds 12 stocks in artificial intelligence, 100% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
ROBT
First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF
Holds 120 stocks in artificial intelligence, 32% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerFINQFirst Trust
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 500100.0%32.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50080.2%84.5%
In the Nasdaq-10075.9%22.7%
Holdings12120
Top ten, share of the fund84.3%17.7%
Expense ratio1.25%0.65%
Fee for the differing part1.56%0.77%
Total return, 1 year+26.2% (since launch on Feb 6, 2026)+9.9%
vs the S&P 500+15.1 pts−6.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+7.6 pts−11.8 pts
Below its high−2.6%−3.9%
Net assets$7m$766m

AINT in plain words

By weight, 100% of AINT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 80%. The top ten holdings are 84% of the fund across 12 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Feb 6, 2026 the fund returned +26.2% with distributions reinvested against +11.2% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 15.1 pts.

ROBT in plain words

By weight, 32% of ROBT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 84%. The top ten holdings are 18% of the fund across 120 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +9.9% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 6.7 pts.

Questions people ask

Do AINT and ROBT 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, AINT or ROBT?
AINT has 100% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBT has 32%, so ROBT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AINT or ROBT?
AINT charges 1.25% a year and ROBT charges 0.65%, so ROBT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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AINT against ROBT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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