ARKQ vs FBOT: which is really different?
ARKQ and FBOT hold 31% of their weight in the same names, and FBOT returned +18.8% over the year. ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF and Fidelity Disruptive Automation ETF.
56% of ARKQ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 44% is outside the index
45% of FBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 56% 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 FBOT hold 31% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 1, 2026.
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31% in common
Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.
31% 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 | FBOT | ARKQ | FBOT | ARKQ | FBOT |
| 3 months | −7.0% | −1.8% | −9.6 pts | −4.3 pts | −9.2 pts | −3.9 pts |
| 6 months | +5.9% | +14.9% | −11.1 pts | −2.0 pts | −21.0 pts | −11.9 pts |
| 1 year | +9.0% | +18.8% | −6.7 pts | +3.1 pts | −14.8 pts | −5.0 pts |
| 3 years | +131.7% | +77.2% | +46.8 pts | −7.7 pts | +21.8 pts | −32.7 pts |
| Since launch ARKQ Sep 2014 · FBOT Jun 2023 | +557.8% | +54.6% | +185.0 pts | −29.1 pts | −162.5 pts | −54.7 pts |
ARKQ and FBOT 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 FBOT 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.
FBOT in plain words
By weight, 44% of FBOT'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 42% of the fund across 49 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +18.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 3.1 pts.
Questions people ask
- Do ARKQ and FBOT hold the same stocks?
- By their latest filings, 31% 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.
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