Do ARTY and ROBT hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 13% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. 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 34%, 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.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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ARTY vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ARTY returned +32.9% to ROBT's +3.1%; 13% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $3.6bn for iShares Future AI & Tech ETF and $714m for First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF.

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At a glance

52.0%

ARTY in the S&P 500

33.6%

ROBT in the S&P 500

+32.9%

ARTY total return, 1 year

+3.1%

ROBT total return, 1 year

ARTY · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 48% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

52% of ARTY's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 48% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.

ROBT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 66% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

34% of ROBT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.

Pair scorecard

ARTY costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 29.8 points; ARTY is 5.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ARTY vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	ARTY	ROBT
Return
Measure	ARTY	ROBT
Total return, 1 year	+32.9%	+3.1%
Drawdown
Measure	ARTY	ROBT
Below its all-time high	19.3%, high on Oct 6, 2026	9.1%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	ARTY	ROBT
What it tracks	Artificial intelligence	Artificial intelligence
Against the S&P 500, 1 year		behind by 11.7 pts
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year		+14.8%
Against its benchmark, 1 year		behind by 11.7 pts
Cost and size
Measure	ARTY	ROBT
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.65%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$3.6bn	$714m
Holdings
Measure	ARTY	ROBT
Holdings in common	13%

Method

Risk and return

Jul 6, 2018 to Oct 30, 2026 · 434 weekly returns

ARTY ROBT

Return

Total return edge ARTY +201.2% +91.9%

Annualized edge ARTY +14.1% +8.1%

Price return edge ARTY +183.2% +88.1%

Risk

Volatility edge ROBT (slight) 27.3% 25.5%

Max drawdown edge ROBT −53.8% −44.5%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge ARTY 0.52 0.32

Sortino edge ARTY 0.77 0.47

Calmar edge ARTY 0.26 0.18

Reading

From Jul 2018 to Oct 2026, ARTY returned more: +201.2% to +91.9%. ROBT swung slightly less: 25.5% to 27.3%. ROBT fell less at its worst: −44.5% to −53.8%.

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Risk and return: ARTY vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	ARTY	ROBT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+201.2%	+91.9%	ARTY	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.1%	+8.1%	ARTY	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+183.2%	+88.1%	ARTY	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	27.3%	25.5%	ROBT (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	18.4%	17.6%	ROBT (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−53.8%	−44.5%	ROBT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.52	0.32	ARTY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.77	0.47	ARTY	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.26	0.18	ARTY	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 434 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

13%

By the books each fund has filed, ARTY and ROBT hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.

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13% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ARTY ROBT

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 3.12% 1.79%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 2.95% 1.57%

TEMPUS AI CLASS A 1.02% 2.06%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 5.17% 0.80%

MICROSOFT 3.15% 0.80%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.61% 0.76%

NVIDIA 4.73% 0.73%

BROADCOM INC 4.77% 0.70%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.30% 0.69%

SK HYNIX 2.31% 0.66%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 3.91% 0.63%

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC 2.13% 0.61%

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Only in ARTY

ORACLE 4.04%

GLOBAL UNICHIP 3.66%

SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 3.13%

COREWEAVE CLASS A 3.05%

ACCENTURE PLC CLASS A 2.72%

ADVANTEST 2.40%

SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 1.96%

WESTERN DIGITAL CORP 1.84%

Only in ROBT

Ocado Group Plc 2.22%

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 1.95%

Appian Corporation 1.89%

Illumina, Inc. 1.86%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.81%

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A) 1.81%

Hexagon AB (Class B) 1.79%

QinetiQ Group Plc 1.79%

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Window by window

Window by window: ARTY vs ROBT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	ARTY	ROBT	ARTY	ROBT
3 months	−9.2%	−4.5%	not measured	−4.4 pts vs VOO
6 months	−3.2%	+3.4%	not measured	−1.6 pts vs VOO
1 year	+32.9%	+3.1%	not measured	−11.7 pts vs VOO
3 years	+116.7%	+41.9%	not measured	−41.4 pts vs VOO
Since launchNot the same days: ARTY Jun 2018 · ROBT Feb 2018	+195.6%	+89.4%	not measured	−136.1 pts vs VOO

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Side by side

ARTY iShares Future AI & Tech ETF · Holds 51 stocks in artificial intelligence, 52% of its weight in S&P 500 companies ROBT First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF · Holds 111 stocks in artificial intelligence, 34% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer iShares First Trust

Theme Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence

In the S&P 500 52.0% 33.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 83.0% 84.8%

In the Nasdaq-100 39.5% 23.9%

Holdings 51 111

Top ten, share of the fund 41.6% 19.0%

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.65%

Fee for the differing part 0.57% 0.77%

Total return, 1 year +32.9% +3.1%

vs its benchmark not measured −11.7 pts vs VOO

Below its high −19.3% −9.1%

Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 $3.6bn $714m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

13% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

ARTY

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 51 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +32.9% with distributions reinvested. It sits 19.3% below its all-time high of Oct 6, 2026.

ROBT

By weight, 34% of ROBT'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 19% of the fund across 111 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +3.1% with distributions reinvested against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, so a holder was behind by 11.7 pts. It sits 9.1% below its all-time high of Oct 5, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ARTY and ROBT hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 13% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. 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 34%, 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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Sources and dates

ARTY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ARTY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ARTY ↗

ROBT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROBT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for ROBT ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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