BOTT vs BOTZ: which is really different?

BOTT and BOTZ hold 9% of their weight in the same names, and BOTT returned +4.8% over the year. Themes Humanoid Robotics ETF and Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF.

15.0%
BOTT in the S&P 500
23.4%
BOTZ in the S&P 500
+4.8%
BOTT total return, 1 year
−0.1%
BOTZ total return, 1 year
BOTT · 1 year to Sep 30, 202685% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
85% of its weight is outside the S&P 50015% of BOTT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 85% is outside the index15%85%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 94% · top ten 54% of the fund · 30 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 10% in85% of its weight is outside the S&P 50015% of BOTT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 85% is outside the index15%85%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 94% · top ten 54% of the fund

15% of BOTT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 85% is outside the index

BOTZ · 1 year to Sep 30, 202677% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
77% of its weight is outside the S&P 50023% of BOTZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 77% is outside the index23%77%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 88% · top ten 57% of the fund · 86 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 21% in77% of its weight is outside the S&P 50023% of BOTZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 77% is outside the index23%77%inoutside the S&P 500active share 88% · top ten 57% of the fund

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

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · BOTT 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, BOTT and BOTZ 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BOTT BOTZ
NVIDIA Corp 4.55% 7.97%
Tesla Inc 5.09% 1.95%
Rainbow Robotics 3.60% 1.52%
Hirata Corp 1.48% 0.20%
Serve Robotics Inc 2.47% 0.10%
Neuromeka Co Ltd 2.52% 0.09%
Richtech Robotics Inc 4.44% 0.07%
Only in BOTT
Leader Harmonious Drive System 8.85%
Zhejiang Hechuan Technology Co 5.81%
Teradyne Inc 5.37%
EFORT Intelligent Robot Co Ltd 5.21%
MDA Space Ltd 4.82%
Ningbo PIA Automation Holding 4.76%
Estun Automation Co Ltd 4.74%
Yijiahe Technology Co Ltd 4.55%
Only in BOTZ
INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC 8.56%
FANUC CORP 8.21%
KEYENCE CORP 8.18%
ABB LTD-REG 7.82%
SMC CORP 4.85%
DAIFUKU CO LTD 3.47%
COGNEX CORP 2.57%
SHENZHEN INOVANCE TECHNOLO-A 2.49%

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
WindowBOTTBOTZBOTTBOTZBOTTBOTZ
3 months−18.3%−7.4%−20.8 pts−10.0 pts−20.4 pts−9.6 pts
6 months−11.3%+4.0%−28.3 pts−13.0 pts−38.2 pts−22.9 pts
1 year+4.8%−0.1%−10.9 pts−15.8 pts−18.9 pts−23.9 pts
3 yearsnot published+43.8%not published−41.2 ptsnot published−66.2 pts
Since launch
BOTT Apr 2024 · BOTZ Sep 2016
+68.5%+148.7%+11.4 pts−172.5 pts−10.5 pts−440.6 pts

BOTT and BOTZ over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

BOTT
Themes Humanoid Robotics ETF · Holds 30 stocks in humanoid robots, 15% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
BOTZ
Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF · Holds 86 stocks in robotics and automation, 23% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Themes Global X
Theme Humanoid robots Robotics and automation
In the S&P 500 15.0% 23.4%
Active share vs the S&P 500 93.5% 88.1%
In the Nasdaq-100 9.6% 20.5%
Holdings 30 86
Top ten, share of the fund 53.7% 56.5%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.68%
Fee for the differing part 0.37% 0.77%
Total return, 1 year +4.8% −0.1%
vs the S&P 500 −10.9 pts −15.8 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −18.9 pts −23.9 pts
Below its high −34.5% −15.3%
Net assets $66m $3.3bn

BOTT and BOTZ on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

BOTT in plain words

By weight, 15% of BOTT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 94%. The top ten holdings are 54% of the fund across 30 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +4.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 10.9 pts. It sits 34.5% below its all-time high of Jan 22, 2026.

BOTZ in plain words

By weight, 23% of BOTZ's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 88%. The top ten holdings are 56% of the fund across 86 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −0.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 15.8 pts. It sits 15.3% below its all-time high of May 13, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do BOTT and BOTZ 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, BOTT or BOTZ?
BOTT has 15% of its weight in S&P 500 names and BOTZ has 23%, so BOTT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BOTT or BOTZ?
BOTT charges 0.35% a year and BOTZ charges 0.68%, so BOTT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

ETFIQ, BOTT against BOTZ, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/bott-vs-botz

Open data

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