Do BAI and CIBR hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 18% 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, BAI or CIBR?

BAI has 55% of its weight in S&P 500 names and CIBR has 61%, so CIBR differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, BAI or CIBR?

BAI charges 0.55% a year and CIBR charges 0.58%, so BAI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BAI vs CIBR: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BAI returned +19.6% to CIBR's +39.0%; 18% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $13.6bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF, and $19.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF.

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At a glance

55.3%

BAI in the S&P 500

60.8%

CIBR in the S&P 500

+19.6%

BAI total return, 1 year

+39.0%

CIBR total return, 1 year

BAI · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 45% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

55% of BAI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 45% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

CIBR · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 39% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

61% of CIBR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 39% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

Pair scorecard

BAI costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.4 points; CIBR is 1.4 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

BAI vs CIBR: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	BAI	CIBR
Return
Measure	BAI	CIBR
Total return, 1 year	+19.6%	+39.0%
Drawdown
Measure	BAI	CIBR
Below its all-time high	19.6%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	BAI	CIBR
What it tracks	Artificial intelligence	Cybersecurity
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year	+47.8%
Against its benchmark, 1 year	behind by 28.2 pts
Cost and size
Measure	BAI	CIBR
Expense ratio	0.55%	0.58%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$13.2bn	$19.0bn
Holdings
Measure	BAI	CIBR
Holdings in common	18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	42%	57%

ETFIQ S&P 500 Difference Score · CIBR scores higher How much of its weight does it not share with the S&P 500?

IQ Themes Score25.4BAI61.2CIBR

How different its holdings are from the S&P 500, ranked against 112 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. 100 is best. How it is computed

BAI 25.4

CIBR 61.2

0.4, the lowest in this set 99.6, the highest

A percentile among the 112 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. Weight not shared with the S&P 500 only; it says nothing about returns, fees or whether the theme pays off. All thematic ETFs ranked by it →

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Nov 1, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026 · 103 weekly returns

BAI CIBR

Return

Total return edge CIBR +67.0% +77.5%

Annualized edge CIBR +29.5% +33.6%

Price return edge CIBR +64.0% +76.1%

Risk

Volatility edge CIBR 34.4% 26.3%

Max drawdown edge CIBR −33.3% −21.2%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge CIBR 0.81 1.08

Sortino edge CIBR 1.19 1.76

Calmar edge CIBR 0.89 1.58

Reading

CIBR returned more: +77.5% to +67.0%. CIBR swung less: 26.3% to 34.4%. CIBR fell less at its worst: −21.2% to −33.3%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: BAI vs CIBR: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	BAI	CIBR	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+67.0%	+77.5%	CIBR	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+29.5%	+33.6%	CIBR	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+64.0%	+76.1%	CIBR	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	34.4%	26.3%	CIBR	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	23.4%	16.2%	CIBR	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−33.3%	−21.2%	CIBR	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.81	1.08	CIBR	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.19	1.76	CIBR	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.89	1.58	CIBR	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 103 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

18%

By the books each fund has filed, BAI and CIBR hold 18% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BAI CIBR

BROADCOM INC 4.50% 6.74%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS CLASS A 2.49% 8.46%

MICROSOFT 2.40% 1.91%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 1.88% 7.66%

ARISTA NETWORKS 2.27% 1.74%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.15% 1.72%

OKTA CLASS A 1.34% 4.49%

ELASTIC 1.04% 1.51%

AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.96% 1.76%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BAI

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 6.21%

NVIDIA 5.61%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 5.54%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 5.00%

LAM RESEARCH 3.43%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 3.40%

SNOWFLAKE 3.21%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY 2.79%

Only in CIBR

Fortinet, Inc. 7.89%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 7.35%

Zscaler, Inc. 4.41%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.92%

F5, Inc. 3.50%

Rubrik, Inc. (Class A) 2.99%

Accenture plc 2.26%

NetApp, Inc. 2.24%

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Window by window

Window by window: BAI vs CIBR: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	BAI	CIBR	BAI	CIBR
3 months	+16.3%	+21.5%	−5.1 pts vs ARTY	not measured
6 months	+5.1%	+59.2%	−17.8 pts vs ARTY	not measured
1 year	+19.6%	+39.0%	−28.2 pts vs ARTY	not measured
3 years	–	+149.7%	–	not measured
Since launchNot the same days: BAI Oct 2024 · CIBR Jul 2015	+77.2%	+472.8%	−33.5 pts vs ARTY	not measured

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Side by side

BAI iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF · Holds 49 stocks in artificial intelligence, 55% of its weight in S&P 500 companies CIBR First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF · Holds 45 stocks in cybersecurity, 61% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer iShares First Trust

Theme Artificial intelligence Cybersecurity

In the S&P 500 55.3% 60.8%

Active share vs the S&P 500 75.9% 90.9%

In the Nasdaq-100 50.1% 48.3%

Holdings 49 45

Top ten, share of the fund 42.5% 57.4%

Expense ratio 0.55% 0.58%

Fee for the differing part 0.72% 0.64%

Total return, 1 year +19.6% +39.0%

vs its benchmark −28.2 pts vs ARTY not measured

Below its high −19.6% −1.9%

Net assets, BAI as of Oct 28, 2026 and CIBR as of Oct 27, 2026 $13.6bn $19.0bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

18% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-193BC037F0

BAI and CIBR are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Theme. BAI covers Artificial intelligence and CIBR covers Cybersecurity.
Concentration. The top ten holdings are 42.5% of BAI and 57.4% of CIBR, a gap of 14.9 points.
What each follows. BAI follows Artificial intelligence and CIBR follows Cybersecurity.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

BAI

By weight, 55% of BAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 76%. The top ten holdings are 42% of the fund across 49 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +19.6% with distributions reinvested against +47.8% for its benchmark, the Morningstar Global Artificial Intelligence Select Index, so a holder was behind by 28.2 pts. It sits 19.6% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

CIBR

By weight, 61% of CIBR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 91%. The top ten holdings are 57% of the fund across 45 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +39.0% with distributions reinvested.

Questions people ask

Do BAI and CIBR hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 18% 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, BAI or CIBR?: BAI has 55% of its weight in S&P 500 names and CIBR has 61%, so CIBR differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BAI or CIBR?: BAI charges 0.55% a year and CIBR charges 0.58%, so BAI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

BAI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BAI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for BAI ↗

CIBR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

CIBR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for CIBR ↗

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How this is computed

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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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