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ARTY vs ROBT: which is really different?

ARTY and ROBT hold 10% of their weight in the same names, and ARTY returned more over the year.

iShares Future AI & Tech ETF and First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF.

51.7%ARTY in the S&P 500
32.0%ROBT in the S&P 500
+67.3%ARTY total return, 1 year
+9.9%ROBT total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: ROBT scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

ARTY 14.6ROBT 17.70.1, the lowest in this set91.8, the highest

A percentile among the 379 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

ARTY48% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
52%48%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 83% · top ten 43% of the fund · 65 holdings filed Sep 17, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 36% in52%48%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 83% · top ten 43% of the fund
ROBT68% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
32%68%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 85% · top ten 18% of the fund · 120 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 23% in32%68%inoutside the S&P 500active share 85% · top ten 18% of the fund

10% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ARTY and ROBT hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ARTY and ROBT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingARTYROBT
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES2.53%1.55%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A2.64%1.51%
TEMPUS AI CLASS A0.90%1.95%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES5.29%0.87%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY4.91%0.85%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY4.52%0.78%
NVIDIA4.50%0.74%
BROADCOM INC4.54%0.71%
MICROSOFT2.64%0.71%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR2.67%0.44%
ARISTA NETWORKS2.66%0.42%
SNOWFLAKE1.70%0.42%
Only in each
Only in ARTYOnly in ROBT
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.52%US Dollar 2.00%
ORACLE 4.18%Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.84%
COREWEAVE CLASS A 4.09%Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A) 1.78%
GLOBAL UNICHIP 3.51%Illumina, Inc. 1.77%
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 3.45%AeroVironment, Inc. 1.70%
NAVER 3.31%Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 1.68%
SK HYNIX 2.63%Symbiotic Inc. (Class A) 1.67%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 2.46%Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 1.65%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ARTY and ROBT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ARTYROBTARTYROBTARTYROBT
3 months−3.8%+5.1%−6.0 pts+2.8 pts−1.3 pts+7.5 pts
6 months+59.0%+24.1%+41.0 pts+6.0 pts+34.8 pts−0.2 pts
1 year+67.3%+9.9%+50.8 pts−6.7 pts+45.6 pts−11.8 pts
3 years+147.8%+42.1%+69.4 pts−36.3 pts+49.6 pts−56.0 pts
Since launch+242.0%+99.4%+23.4 pts−122.5 pts−102.0 pts−263.7 pts
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ARTY and ROBT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ARTY
iShares Future AI & Tech ETF
Holds 65 stocks in artificial intelligence, 52% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
ROBT
First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF
Holds 120 stocks in artificial intelligence, 32% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssueriSharesFirst Trust
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50051.7%32.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50082.7%84.5%
In the Nasdaq-10036.2%22.7%
Holdings65120
Top ten, share of the fund42.5%17.7%
Expense ratio0.47%0.65%
Fee for the differing part0.57%0.77%
Total return, 1 year+67.3%+9.9%
vs the S&P 500+50.8 pts−6.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+45.6 pts−11.8 pts
Below its high−5.9%−3.9%
Net assets$4.1bn$766m

ARTY in plain words

By weight, 52% of ARTY's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 83%. The top ten holdings are 42% of the fund across 65 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +67.3% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 50.8 pts. It sits 5.9% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

ROBT in plain words

By weight, 32% of ROBT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 84%. The top ten holdings are 18% of the fund across 120 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +9.9% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 6.7 pts.

Questions people ask

Do ARTY and ROBT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 10% 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, ARTY or ROBT?
ARTY has 52% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBT has 32%, so ROBT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARTY or ROBT?
ARTY charges 0.47% a year and ROBT charges 0.65%, so ARTY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ARTY against ROBT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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