ARKQ vs BOTT: which is really different?

ARKQ and BOTT hold 15% of their weight in the same names, and ARKQ returned +9.0% over the year. ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF and Themes Humanoid Robotics ETF.

55.7%
ARKQ in the S&P 500
15.0%
BOTT in the S&P 500
+9.0%
ARKQ total return, 1 year
+4.8%
BOTT total return, 1 year
ARKQ · 1 year to Sep 30, 202644% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
44% of its weight is outside the S&P 50056% of ARKQ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 44% is outside the index56%44%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 80% · top ten 59% of the fund · 38 holdings filed Oct 1, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 40% in44% of its weight is outside the S&P 50056% of ARKQ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 44% is outside the index56%44%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 80% · top ten 59% of the fund

56% of ARKQ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 44% is outside the index

BOTT · 1 year to Sep 30, 202685% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
85% of its weight is outside the S&P 50015% of BOTT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 85% is outside the index15%85%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 94% · top ten 54% of the fund · 30 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 10% in85% of its weight is outside the S&P 50015% of BOTT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 85% is outside the index15%85%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 94% · top ten 54% of the fund

15% of BOTT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 85% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · BOTT scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
0.1, the lowest in this set92.0, the highest

A percentile among the 375 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 →

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ARKQ and BOTT hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 1, 2026.

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15% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ARKQ BOTT
TERADYNE INC 6.87% 5.37%
TESLA INC 10.55% 5.09%
NVIDIA CORP 5.91% 4.55%
Only in ARKQ
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 8.45%
KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY 5.05%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A 4.89%
ALPHABET INC-CL C 4.67%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.27%
ROCKET LAB 4.23%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 3.87%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.47%
Only in BOTT
Leader Harmonious Drive System 8.85%
Zhejiang Hechuan Technology Co 5.81%
EFORT Intelligent Robot Co Ltd 5.21%
MDA Space Ltd 4.82%
Ningbo PIA Automation Holding 4.76%
Estun Automation Co Ltd 4.74%
Yijiahe Technology Co Ltd 4.55%
Richtech Robotics Inc 4.44%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

15% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowARKQBOTTARKQBOTTARKQBOTT
3 months−7.0%−18.3%−9.6 pts−20.8 pts−9.2 pts−20.4 pts
6 months+5.9%−11.3%−11.1 pts−28.3 pts−21.0 pts−38.2 pts
1 year+9.0%+4.8%−6.7 pts−10.9 pts−14.8 pts−18.9 pts
3 years+131.7%not published+46.8 ptsnot published+21.8 ptsnot published
Since launch
ARKQ Sep 2014 · BOTT Apr 2024
+557.8%+68.5%+185.0 pts+11.4 pts−162.5 pts−10.5 pts

ARKQ and BOTT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

ARKQ
ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF · Holds 38 stocks in robotics and automation, 56% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
BOTT
Themes Humanoid Robotics ETF · Holds 30 stocks in humanoid robots, 15% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer ARK Themes
Theme Robotics and automation Humanoid robots
In the S&P 500 55.7% 15.0%
Active share vs the S&P 500 80.4% 93.5%
In the Nasdaq-100 39.8% 9.6%
Holdings 38 30
Top ten, share of the fund 58.8% 53.7%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.35%
Fee for the differing part 0.93% 0.37%
Total return, 1 year +9.0% +4.8%
vs the S&P 500 −6.7 pts −10.9 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −14.8 pts −18.9 pts
Below its high −15.7% −34.5%
Net assets $1.9bn $66m

ARKQ and BOTT on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ARKQ in plain words

By weight, 56% of ARKQ'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 59% of the fund across 38 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 1, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +9.0% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 6.7 pts. It sits 15.7% below its all-time high of May 28, 2026.

BOTT in plain words

By weight, 15% of BOTT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 94%. The top ten holdings are 54% of the fund across 30 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +4.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 10.9 pts. It sits 34.5% below its all-time high of Jan 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ARKQ and BOTT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 15% 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, ARKQ or BOTT?
ARKQ has 56% of its weight in S&P 500 names and BOTT has 15%, so BOTT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARKQ or BOTT?
ARKQ charges 0.75% a year and BOTT charges 0.35%, so BOTT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, ARKQ against BOTT, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/arkq-vs-bott

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