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BOTT vs IBOT: which is really different?

BOTT and IBOT hold 6% of their weight in the same names, and IBOT returned +29.8% over the year. Themes Humanoid Robotics ETF and VanEck Robotics ETF.

15.0%
BOTT in the S&P 500
30.8%
IBOT in the S&P 500
+4.8%
BOTT total return, 1 year
+29.8%
IBOT 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

IBOT · 1 year to Sep 30, 202669% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
69% of its weight is outside the S&P 50031% of IBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 69% is outside the index31%69%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 91% · top ten 41% of the fund · 65 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 17% in69% of its weight is outside the S&P 50031% of IBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 69% is outside the index31%69%inoutside the S&P 500active share 91% · top ten 41% of the fund

31% of IBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 69% 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 IBOT hold 6% 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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6% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BOTT IBOT
NVIDIA Corp 4.55% 5.65%
UBTech Robotics Corp Ltd 4.01% 0.98%
Teradyne Inc 5.37% 0.69%
Only in BOTT
Leader Harmonious Drive System 8.85%
Zhejiang Hechuan Technology Co 5.81%
EFORT Intelligent Robot Co Ltd 5.21%
Tesla Inc 5.09%
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 IBOT
Keyence Corp 5.66%
Emerson Electric Co 5.61%
Asml Holding Nv 5.16%
Abb Ltd 4.70%
Rockwell Automation Inc 3.62%
Autodesk Inc 3.61%
Fanuc Corp 2.60%
Teledyne Technologies Inc 2.29%

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

6% 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
WindowBOTTIBOTBOTTIBOTBOTTIBOT
3 months−18.3%−4.5%−20.8 pts−7.0 pts−20.4 pts−6.6 pts
6 months−11.3%+18.6%−28.3 pts+1.6 pts−38.2 pts−8.3 pts
1 year+4.8%+29.8%−10.9 pts+14.1 pts−18.9 pts+6.0 pts
3 yearsnot published+93.2%not published+8.2 ptsnot published−16.8 pts
Since launch
BOTT Apr 2024 · IBOT Apr 2023
+68.5%+99.5%+11.4 pts+4.8 pts−10.5 pts−37.7 pts

BOTT and IBOT 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
IBOT
VanEck Robotics ETF · Holds 65 stocks in robotics and automation, 31% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer Themes VanEck
Theme Humanoid robots Robotics and automation
In the S&P 500 15.0% 30.8%
Active share vs the S&P 500 93.5% 90.5%
In the Nasdaq-100 9.6% 17.0%
Holdings 30 65
Top ten, share of the fund 53.7% 41.2%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.47%
Fee for the differing part 0.37% 0.52%
Total return, 1 year +4.8% +29.8%
vs the S&P 500 −10.9 pts +14.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −18.9 pts +6.0 pts
Below its high −34.5% −6.5%
Net assets $66m $103m

BOTT and IBOT 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.

IBOT in plain words

By weight, 31% of IBOT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 90%. The top ten holdings are 41% of the fund across 65 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +29.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 14.1 pts. It sits 6.5% below its all-time high of Aug 17, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do BOTT and IBOT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 6% 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 IBOT?
BOTT has 15% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IBOT has 31%, so BOTT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BOTT or IBOT?
BOTT charges 0.35% a year and IBOT charges 0.47%, so BOTT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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BOTT on its own →IBOT on its own →How every figure is computed →Standards and sources →
Where these figures came from
BOTT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BOTT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Themes page for BOTT ↗IBOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IBOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VanEck website ↗

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

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Free to use with attribution. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology.