Do BOTT and ROBO hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 8% 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 ROBO?

BOTT has 15% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBO has 23%, so ROBO differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, BOTT or ROBO?

BOTT charges 0.35% a year and ROBO charges 0.95%, so BOTT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BOTT vs ROBO: which is really different?

BOTT and ROBO hold 8% of their weight in the same names, and ROBO returned +23.2% over the year. Themes Humanoid Robotics ETF and ROBO Global(R) Robotics and Automation Index ETF.

15.0%

BOTT in the S&P 500

22.6%

ROBO in the S&P 500

+4.8%

BOTT total return, 1 year

+23.2%

ROBO total return, 1 year

BOTT · 1 year to Sep 30, 202685% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

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

ROBO · 1 year to Sep 30, 202677% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

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

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · ROBO scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

BOTT 29.1

ROBO 36.4

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 ROBO hold 8% 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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

50%

half

8% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding BOTT ROBO

Teradyne Inc 5.37% 1.84%

XPeng Inc 3.14% 1.24%

UBTech Robotics Corp Ltd 4.01% 1.10%

Tesla Inc 5.09% 0.97%

Serve Robotics Inc 2.47% 0.85%

Estun Automation Co Ltd 4.74% 0.35%

Only in BOTT

Leader Harmonious Drive System 8.85%

Zhejiang Hechuan Technology Co 5.81%

EFORT Intelligent Robot Co Ltd 5.21%

MDA Space Ltd 4.82%

Ningbo PIA Automation Holding 4.76%

NVIDIA Corp 4.55%

Yijiahe Technology Co Ltd 4.55%

Richtech Robotics Inc 4.44%

Only in ROBO

CELESTICA INC. 2.22%

AIRTAC INTERNATIONAL GROUP 1.94%

Koh Young Technology Inc 1.85%

Infineon Technologies AG 1.84%

HIWIN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1.83%

Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. 1.79%

FANUC CORPORATION 1.78%

AMBARELLA, INC. 1.78%

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

8% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		vs the S&P 500		vs the Nasdaq-100
Window	BOTT	ROBO	BOTT	ROBO	BOTT	ROBO
3 months	−18.3%	−5.8%	−20.8 pts	−8.3 pts	−20.4 pts	−7.9 pts
6 months	−11.3%	+14.7%	−28.3 pts	−2.3 pts	−38.2 pts	−12.2 pts
1 year	+4.8%	+23.2%	−10.9 pts	+7.5 pts	−18.9 pts	−0.6 pts
3 years	not published	+61.4%	not published	−23.6 pts	not published	−48.6 pts
Since launch BOTT Apr 2024 · ROBO Oct 2013	+68.5%	+226.9%	+11.4 pts	−214.4 pts	−10.5 pts	−670.3 pts

BOTT and ROBO 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

ROBO

ROBO Global(R) Robotics and Automation Index ETF · Holds 79 stocks in robotics and automation, 23% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Themes ROBO Global

Theme Humanoid robots Robotics and automation

In the S&P 500 15.0% 22.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 93.5% 96.1%

In the Nasdaq-100 9.6% 8.3%

Holdings 30 79

Top ten, share of the fund 53.7% 17.8%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.95%

Fee for the differing part 0.37% 0.99%

Total return, 1 year +4.8% +23.2%

vs the S&P 500 −10.9 pts +7.5 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −18.9 pts −0.6 pts

Below its high −34.5% −10.9%

Net assets $66m $2.0bn

BOTT and ROBO 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.

ROBO in plain words

By weight, 23% of ROBO's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 96%. The top ten holdings are 18% of the fund across 79 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +23.2% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 7.5 pts. It sits 10.9% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do BOTT and ROBO hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 8% 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 ROBO?: BOTT has 15% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBO has 23%, so ROBO differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BOTT or ROBO?: BOTT charges 0.35% a year and ROBO charges 0.95%, so BOTT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

BOTT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BOTT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Themes page for BOTT ↗ROBO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ROBO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ROBO Global website ↗

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

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