Do AIQ and ROBT hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 27% 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, AIQ or ROBT?

AIQ has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBT has 34%, so ROBT differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, AIQ or ROBT?

AIQ charges 0.68% 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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AIQ vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, AIQ returned +16.2% to ROBT's +3.1%; 27% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $10.6bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF, and $714m on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF.

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At a glance

61.8%

AIQ in the S&P 500

33.6%

ROBT in the S&P 500

+16.2%

AIQ total return, 1 year

+3.1%

ROBT total return, 1 year

AIQ · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 38% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

62% of AIQ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 38% is outside the index. Holdings as of Aug 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 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.1 points; AIQ is 13.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AIQ vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AIQ	ROBT
Return
Measure	AIQ	ROBT
Total return, 1 year	+16.2%	+3.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AIQ	ROBT
Below its all-time high	14.6%, high on Jun 2, 2026	9.1%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	AIQ	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	AIQ	ROBT
Expense ratio	0.68%	0.65%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$10.6bn	$778m
Holdings
Measure	AIQ	ROBT
Holdings in common	27%

Method

Risk and return

May 25, 2018 to Oct 30, 2026 · 440 weekly returns

AIQ ROBT

Return

Total return edge AIQ +311.8% +90.7%

Annualized edge AIQ +18.2% +7.9%

Price return edge AIQ +300.1% +86.6%

Risk

Volatility edge AIQ (slight) 24.3% 25.3%

Max drawdown edge Tie −44.1% −44.5%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AIQ 0.70 0.32

Sortino edge AIQ 1.06 0.46

Calmar edge AIQ 0.41 0.18

Reading

From May 2018 to Oct 2026, AIQ returned more: +311.8% to +90.7%. AIQ swung slightly less: 24.3% to 25.3%. AIQ and ROBT fell about the same at their worst: −44.1% and −44.5%.

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Risk and return: AIQ vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AIQ	ROBT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+311.8%	+90.7%	AIQ	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+18.2%	+7.9%	AIQ	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+300.1%	+86.6%	AIQ	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	24.3%	25.3%	AIQ (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	16.0%	17.5%	AIQ (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−44.1%	−44.5%	Tie	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.70	0.32	AIQ	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.06	0.46	AIQ	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.41	0.18	AIQ	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 440 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

27%

By the books each fund has filed, AIQ and ROBT hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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27% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AIQ ROBT

META PLATFORMS, INC. 2.58% 1.81%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 1.74% 1.79%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 4.12% 1.57%

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 2.67% 1.56%

Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.16% 1.47%

SALESFORCE, INC. 1.67% 1.44%

SERVICENOW, INC. 1.21% 1.23%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 2.38% 0.80%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.62% 0.80%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 2.73% 0.76%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.03% 0.75%

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 1.42% 0.75%

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Only in AIQ

ORACLE CORPORATION 3.39%

NETFLIX, INC. 3.21%

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 2.81%

SAP SE 2.15%

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft 2.06%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1.47%

SHOPIFY INC. 1.42%

UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 1.22%

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%

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A) 1.81%

Hexagon AB (Class B) 1.79%

QinetiQ Group Plc 1.79%

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Window by window

Window by window: AIQ vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	AIQ	ROBT	AIQ	ROBT
3 months	−4.0%	−4.5%	not measured	−4.4 pts vs VOO
6 months	−0.7%	+3.4%	not measured	−1.6 pts vs VOO
1 year	+16.2%	+3.1%	not measured	−11.7 pts vs VOO
3 years	+117.7%	+41.9%	not measured	−41.4 pts vs VOO
Since launchNot the same days: AIQ May 2018 · ROBT Feb 2018	+309.8%	+89.4%	not measured	−136.1 pts vs VOO

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Side by side

AIQ Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF · Holds 88 stocks in artificial intelligence, 62% 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 Global X First Trust

Theme Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence

In the S&P 500 61.8% 33.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 68.8% 84.8%

In the Nasdaq-100 55.5% 23.9%

Holdings 88 111

Top ten, share of the fund 32.4% 19.0%

Expense ratio 0.68% 0.65%

Fee for the differing part 0.99% 0.77%

Total return, 1 year +16.2% +3.1%

vs its benchmark not measured −11.7 pts vs VOO

Below its high −14.6% −9.1%

Net assets, AIQ as of Oct 12, 2026 and ROBT as of Nov 3, 2026 $10.6bn $714m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

27% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

AIQ

By weight, 62% of AIQ's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 69%. The top ten holdings are 32% of the fund across 88 positions, as filed for Aug 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +16.2% with distributions reinvested. It sits 14.6% 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 AIQ and ROBT hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 27% 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, AIQ or ROBT?: AIQ has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBT has 34%, so ROBT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIQ or ROBT?: AIQ charges 0.68% 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

AIQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AIQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Global X page for AIQ ↗

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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