ARKQ vs BOTZ: which is really different?
ARKQ and BOTZ hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and ARKQ returned +9.0% over the year. ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF and Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF.
56% of ARKQ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 44% is outside the index
23% of BOTZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 77% is outside the index
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 BOTZ hold 18% 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 Oct 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
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18% in common
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.
18% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.
Performance, window by window
| Total return | vs the S&P 500 | vs the Nasdaq-100 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | ARKQ | BOTZ | ARKQ | BOTZ | ARKQ | BOTZ |
| 3 months | −7.0% | −7.4% | −9.6 pts | −10.0 pts | −9.2 pts | −9.6 pts |
| 6 months | +5.9% | +4.0% | −11.1 pts | −13.0 pts | −21.0 pts | −22.9 pts |
| 1 year | +9.0% | −0.1% | −6.7 pts | −15.8 pts | −14.8 pts | −23.9 pts |
| 3 years | +131.7% | +43.8% | +46.8 pts | −41.2 pts | +21.8 pts | −66.2 pts |
| Since launch ARKQ Sep 2014 · BOTZ Sep 2016 | +557.8% | +148.7% | +185.0 pts | −172.5 pts | −162.5 pts | −440.6 pts |
ARKQ and BOTZ 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 and BOTZ 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.
BOTZ in plain words
By weight, 23% of BOTZ's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 88%. The top ten holdings are 56% of the fund across 86 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −0.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 15.8 pts. It sits 15.3% below its all-time high of May 13, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Do ARKQ and BOTZ hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 18% 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.
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