ARKQ vs IBOT: which is really different?

ARKQ and IBOT hold 9% of their weight in the same names, and IBOT returned +29.8% over the year. ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF and VanEck Robotics ETF.

55.7%
ARKQ in the S&P 500
30.8%
IBOT in the S&P 500
+9.0%
ARKQ total return, 1 year
+29.8%
IBOT 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

IBOT · 1 year to Sep 30, 202669% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
69% of its weight is outside the S&P 50031% of IBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 69% is outside the index31%69%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 91% · top ten 41% of the fund · 65 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 17% in69% of its weight is outside the S&P 50031% of IBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 69% is outside the index31%69%inoutside the S&P 500active share 91% · top ten 41% of the fund

31% of IBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 69% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · IBOT 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 IBOT hold 9% 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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9% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ARKQ IBOT
NVIDIA CORP 5.91% 5.65%
SYMBOTIC INC 1.43% 1.39%
INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC 1.41% 0.87%
TERADYNE INC 6.87% 0.69%
Only in ARKQ
TESLA INC 10.55%
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%
Only in IBOT
Keyence Corp 5.66%
Emerson Electric Co 5.61%
Asml Holding Nv 5.16%
Abb Ltd 4.70%
Rockwell Automation Inc 3.62%
Autodesk Inc 3.61%
Fanuc Corp 2.60%
Teledyne Technologies Inc 2.29%

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

9% 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
WindowARKQIBOTARKQIBOTARKQIBOT
3 months−7.0%−4.5%−9.6 pts−7.0 pts−9.2 pts−6.6 pts
6 months+5.9%+18.6%−11.1 pts+1.6 pts−21.0 pts−8.3 pts
1 year+9.0%+29.8%−6.7 pts+14.1 pts−14.8 pts+6.0 pts
3 years+131.7%+93.2%+46.8 pts+8.2 pts+21.8 pts−16.8 pts
Since launch
ARKQ Sep 2014 · IBOT Apr 2023
+557.8%+99.5%+185.0 pts+4.8 pts−162.5 pts−37.7 pts

ARKQ and IBOT 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
IBOT
VanEck Robotics ETF · Holds 65 stocks in robotics and automation, 31% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer ARK VanEck
Theme Robotics and automation Robotics and automation
In the S&P 500 55.7% 30.8%
Active share vs the S&P 500 80.4% 90.5%
In the Nasdaq-100 39.8% 17.0%
Holdings 38 65
Top ten, share of the fund 58.8% 41.2%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.47%
Fee for the differing part 0.93% 0.52%
Total return, 1 year +9.0% +29.8%
vs the S&P 500 −6.7 pts +14.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −14.8 pts +6.0 pts
Below its high −15.7% −6.5%
Net assets $1.9bn $103m

ARKQ and IBOT 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.

IBOT in plain words

By weight, 31% of IBOT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 90%. The top ten holdings are 41% of the fund across 65 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +29.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 14.1 pts. It sits 6.5% below its all-time high of Aug 17, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ARKQ and IBOT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 9% 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 IBOT?
ARKQ has 56% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IBOT has 31%, so IBOT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARKQ or IBOT?
ARKQ charges 0.75% a year and IBOT charges 0.47%, so IBOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, ARKQ against IBOT, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/arkq-vs-ibot

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