ARKQ vs CBOT: which is really different?

ARKQ and CBOT hold 28% of their weight in the same names. ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF and Corgi Robots & Humanoids ETF.

55.7%
ARKQ in the S&P 500
50.5%
CBOT in the S&P 500
+9.0%
ARKQ total return, 1 year
−11.1%
CBOT total return, since launch
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

CBOT · 3 months to Sep 30, 202650% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
50% of its weight is outside the S&P 50051% of CBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 50% is outside the index51%50%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 82% · top ten 64% of the fund · 25 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 40% in50% of its weight is outside the S&P 50051% of CBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 50% is outside the index51%50%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 82% · top ten 64% of the fund

51% of CBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 50% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · CBOT 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 CBOT hold 28% 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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28% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ARKQ CBOT
NVIDIA CORP 5.91% 14.45%
TESLA INC 10.55% 4.79%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.47% 4.83%
DEERE & CO 2.92% 3.40%
AEROVIRONMENT INC 2.56% 3.36%
ARCHER AVIATION INC-A 2.34% 3.64%
AURORA INNOVATION INC 1.48% 5.18%
SYMBOTIC INC 1.43% 2.98%
INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC 1.41% 4.46%
CATERPILLAR INC 1.37% 4.10%
ALPHABET INC-CL A 0.00% 11.03%
Only in ARKQ
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 8.45%
TERADYNE INC 6.87%
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%
Only in CBOT
UiPath Inc 5.39%
Cognex Corp 5.27%
Novanta Inc 4.56%
Ambarella Inc 4.10%
JBT Marel Corp 3.74%
Mobileye Global Inc 2.94%
Procept Biorobotics Corp 2.80%
Stryker Corp 2.09%

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

28% 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
WindowARKQCBOTARKQCBOTARKQCBOT
3 months−7.0%−8.3%−9.6 pts−10.8 pts−9.2 pts−10.4 pts
6 months+5.9%not published−11.1 ptsnot published−21.0 ptsnot published
1 year+9.0%not published−6.7 ptsnot published−14.8 ptsnot published
3 years+131.7%not published+46.8 ptsnot published+21.8 ptsnot published
Since launch
ARKQ Sep 2014 · CBOT May 2026
+557.8%−11.1%+185.0 pts−15.6 pts−162.5 pts−17.7 pts

ARKQ and CBOT 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
CBOT
Corgi Robots & Humanoids ETF · Holds 25 stocks in humanoid robots, 50% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer ARK Corgi
Theme Robotics and automation Humanoid robots
In the S&P 500 55.7% 50.5%
Active share vs the S&P 500 80.4% 82.3%
In the Nasdaq-100 39.8% 39.6%
Holdings 38 25
Top ten, share of the fund 58.8% 64.1%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.35%
Fee for the differing part 0.93% 0.43%
Total return, 1 year +9.0% −11.1% (since launch on May 6, 2026)
vs the S&P 500 −6.7 pts −15.6 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −14.8 pts −17.7 pts
Below its high −15.7% −14.2%
Net assets $1.9bn $2m

ARKQ and CBOT 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.

CBOT in plain words

By weight, 50% of CBOT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 82%. The top ten holdings are 64% of the fund across 25 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Since it launched on May 6, 2026 the fund returned −11.1% with distributions reinvested against +4.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 15.6 pts. It sits 14.2% below its all-time high of May 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ARKQ and CBOT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 28% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, ARKQ or CBOT?
ARKQ has 56% of its weight in S&P 500 names and CBOT has 50%, so CBOT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARKQ or CBOT?
ARKQ charges 0.75% a year and CBOT charges 0.35%, so CBOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, ARKQ against CBOT, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/arkq-vs-cbot

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