Do ARKQ and ROBO hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 11% 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 ROBO?

ARKQ has 56% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBO has 23%, so ROBO differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, ARKQ or ROBO?

ARKQ charges 0.75% a year and ROBO charges 0.95%, so ARKQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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ARKQ vs ROBO: which is really different?

ARKQ and ROBO hold 11% of their weight in the same names, and ROBO returned +23.2% over the year. ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF and ROBO Global(R) Robotics and Automation Index ETF.

55.7%

ARKQ in the S&P 500

22.6%

ROBO in the S&P 500

+9.0%

ARKQ total return, 1 year

+23.2%

ROBO total return, 1 year

ARKQ · 1 year to Sep 30, 202644% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

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

ROBO · 1 year to Sep 30, 202677% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

23% of ROBO's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 77% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · ROBO scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

ARKQ 10.9

ROBO 36.4

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 ROBO hold 11% 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 Apr 30, 2026 and Oct 1, 2026.

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11% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ARKQ ROBO

TERADYNE INC 6.87% 1.84%

SYMBOTIC INC 1.43% 1.65%

INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC 1.41% 1.51%

TRIMBLE INC 2.01% 1.09%

JOBY AVIATION INC 1.04% 1.19%

TESLA INC 10.55% 0.97%

Only in ARKQ

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 8.45%

NVIDIA CORP 5.91%

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 ROBO

CELESTICA INC. 2.22%

AIRTAC INTERNATIONAL GROUP 1.94%

Koh Young Technology Inc 1.85%

Infineon Technologies AG 1.84%

HIWIN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1.83%

Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. 1.79%

FANUC CORPORATION 1.78%

AMBARELLA, INC. 1.78%

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

11% 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	ROBO	ARKQ	ROBO	ARKQ	ROBO
3 months	−7.0%	−5.8%	−9.6 pts	−8.3 pts	−9.2 pts	−7.9 pts
6 months	+5.9%	+14.7%	−11.1 pts	−2.3 pts	−21.0 pts	−12.2 pts
1 year	+9.0%	+23.2%	−6.7 pts	+7.5 pts	−14.8 pts	−0.6 pts
3 years	+131.7%	+61.4%	+46.8 pts	−23.6 pts	+21.8 pts	−48.6 pts
Since launch ARKQ Sep 2014 · ROBO Oct 2013	+557.8%	+226.9%	+185.0 pts	−214.4 pts	−162.5 pts	−670.3 pts

ARKQ and ROBO 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

ROBO

ROBO Global(R) Robotics and Automation Index ETF · Holds 79 stocks in robotics and automation, 23% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer ARK ROBO Global

Theme Robotics and automation Robotics and automation

In the S&P 500 55.7% 22.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 80.4% 96.1%

In the Nasdaq-100 39.8% 8.3%

Holdings 38 79

Top ten, share of the fund 58.8% 17.8%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.95%

Fee for the differing part 0.93% 0.99%

Total return, 1 year +9.0% +23.2%

vs the S&P 500 −6.7 pts +7.5 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −14.8 pts −0.6 pts

Below its high −15.7% −10.9%

Net assets $1.9bn $2.0bn

ARKQ and ROBO 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.

ROBO in plain words

By weight, 23% of ROBO's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 96%. The top ten holdings are 18% of the fund across 79 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +23.2% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 7.5 pts. It sits 10.9% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ARKQ and ROBO hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 11% 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 ROBO?: ARKQ has 56% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBO has 23%, so ROBO differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARKQ or ROBO?: ARKQ charges 0.75% a year and ROBO charges 0.95%, so ARKQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

ARKQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ARKQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ARK page for ARKQ ↗ROBO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ROBO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ROBO Global website ↗

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ETFIQ, ARKQ against ROBO, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/arkq-vs-robo

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