Do AIX and ROBT hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 16% 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, AIX or ROBT?

AIX has 90% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBT has 34%, so ROBT differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, AIX or ROBT?

AIX and ROBT both charge 0.65% a year, so neither is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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AIX vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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AIX and ROBT hold 16% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $446,975 for Defiance US 100 Tech AI Moat ETF and $714m for First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF.

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At a glance

90.3%

AIX in the S&P 500

33.6%

ROBT in the S&P 500

−11.6%

AIX total return, since launch, Jun 30, 2026

+3.1%

ROBT total return, 1 year

AIX · 3 months to Nov 4, 2026 10% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

90% of AIX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 10% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 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

Both cost 0.65% a year.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AIX vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	AIX	ROBT
Return
Measure	AIX	ROBT
Total return, 1 year	not published	+3.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AIX	ROBT
Below its all-time high	13.6%, high on Oct 6, 2026	9.1%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	AIX	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	AIX	ROBT
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.65%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$446,975	$714m
Holdings
Measure	AIX	ROBT
Holdings in common	16%

Method

What they share

16%

By the books each fund has filed, AIX and ROBT hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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16% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AIX ROBT

Meta Platforms Inc 5.50% 1.81%

Palantir Technologies Inc 6.53% 1.57%

Cadence Design Systems Inc 1.47% 1.60%

Synopsys Inc 1.45% 1.76%

NXP Semiconductors N V 1.07% 0.91%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 5.36% 0.80%

Microsoft Corp 6.96% 0.80%

Amazon.com Inc 5.48% 0.75%

Qualcomm Inc 3.02% 0.75%

Nvidia Corp 4.93% 0.73%

Broadcom Inc 4.37% 0.70%

Kla Corp 3.28% 0.69%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AIX

Texas Instruments Inc 4.74%

Analog Devices Inc 3.27%

Arm Holdings Plc 3.09%

T-mobile Us Inc 2.85%

Automatic Data Processing Inc 2.04%

Mercadolibre Inc 1.56%

Applovin Corp 1.52%

Monolithic Power Systems Inc 1.13%

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%

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A) 1.81%

Hexagon AB (Class B) 1.79%

International Business Machines Corporation 1.79%

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Window by window

Window by window: AIX vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	AIX	ROBT	AIX	ROBT
3 months	−4.4%	−4.5%	not measured	−4.4 pts vs VOO
6 months	–	+3.4%	–	−1.6 pts vs VOO
1 year	–	+3.1%	–	−11.7 pts vs VOO
3 years	–	+41.9%	–	−41.4 pts vs VOO
Since launchNot the same days: AIX Jun 2026 · ROBT Feb 2018	−11.6%	+89.4%	not measured	−136.1 pts vs VOO

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Side by side

AIX Defiance US 100 Tech AI Moat ETF · Holds 30 stocks in artificial intelligence, 90% 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 Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence

In the S&P 500 90.3% 33.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 63.4% 84.8%

In the Nasdaq-100 99.7% 23.9%

Holdings 30 111

Top ten, share of the fund 55.0% 19.0%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.65%

Fee for the differing part 1.03% 0.77%

Total return, 1 year −11.6% (since launch, Jun 30, 2026) +3.1%

vs its benchmark not measured −11.7 pts vs VOO

Below its high −13.6% −9.1%

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $446,975 $714m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

16% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

AIX

By weight, 90% of AIX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 63%. The top ten holdings are 55% of the fund across 30 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026. Since it first traded on Jun 30, 2026 the fund returned −11.6% with distributions reinvested. It sits 13.6% 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 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 AIX and ROBT hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 16% 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, AIX or ROBT?: AIX has 90% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBT has 34%, so ROBT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, AIX or ROBT?: AIX 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 →AIX on its own →ROBT on its own →AIX holdings →ROBT dividend history →ROBT holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AIX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AIX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Defiance page for AIX ↗

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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