Do BUG and CIBR hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 45% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, BUG or CIBR?

BUG has 22% of its weight in S&P 500 names and CIBR has 63%, so BUG differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, BUG or CIBR?

BUG charges 0.50% a year and CIBR charges 0.58%, so BUG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BUG vs CIBR: which is really different?

BUG and CIBR hold 45% of their weight in the same names, and CIBR returned +36.4% over the year. Global X Cybersecurity ETF and First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF.

21.8%

BUG in the S&P 500

62.9%

CIBR in the S&P 500

+31.3%

BUG total return, 1 year

+36.4%

CIBR total return, 1 year

BUG · 1 year to Sep 30, 202678% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

22% of BUG's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 78% is outside the index

CIBR · 1 year to Sep 30, 202637% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

63% of CIBR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 37% is outside the index

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

BUG 67.9

CIBR 24.7

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, BUG and CIBR hold 45% 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 Sep 30, 2026.

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45% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding BUG CIBR

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC - A 8.32% 8.89%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 7.76% 8.07%

FORTINET INC 7.43% 8.11%

OKTA INC 9.95% 4.42%

ZSCALER INC 5.35% 3.59%

RUBRIK INC-A 5.66% 2.68%

AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC 3.62% 2.00%

CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECH 3.00% 1.74%

GEN DIGITAL INC 3.00% 1.55%

SENTINELONE INC -CLASS A 4.41% 1.26%

QUALYS INC 5.66% 0.88%

COMMVAULT SYSTEMS INC 3.99% 0.86%

Only in BUG

SAILPOINT INC 4.68%

TREND MICRO INC 3.12%

AHNLAB INC 0.77%

NCC GROUP PLC 0.69%

DIGITAL ARTS INC 0.55%

GORILLA TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC 0.48%

FFRI SECURITY INC 0.44%

TELOS CORPORATION 0.40%

Only in CIBR

Cisco Systems, Inc. 7.56%

Broadcom Inc. 7.36%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 4.42%

F5, Inc. 3.61%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.24%

NetApp, Inc. 2.20%

Dynatrace, Inc. 2.05%

Arista Networks, Inc. 2.02%

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

45% 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	BUG	CIBR	BUG	CIBR	BUG	CIBR
3 months	+17.9%	+13.2%	+15.3 pts	+10.6 pts	+15.8 pts	+11.0 pts
6 months	+82.2%	+63.4%	+65.3 pts	+46.4 pts	+55.4 pts	+36.5 pts
1 year	+31.3%	+36.4%	+15.6 pts	+20.7 pts	+7.5 pts	+12.6 pts
3 years	+90.6%	+129.8%	+5.6 pts	+44.9 pts	−19.4 pts	+19.9 pts
Since launch BUG Oct 2019 · CIBR Jul 2015	+205.0%	+447.2%	+27.0 pts	+106.0 pts	−86.7 pts	−197.2 pts

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

On the same fields

BUG

Global X Cybersecurity ETF · Holds 34 stocks in cybersecurity, 22% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

CIBR

First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF · Holds 47 stocks in cybersecurity, 63% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Global X First Trust

Theme Cybersecurity Cybersecurity

In the S&P 500 21.8% 62.9%

Active share vs the S&P 500 99.4% 90.6%

In the Nasdaq-100 20.5% 49.7%

Holdings 34 47

Top ten, share of the fund 64.1% 58.7%

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.58%

Fee for the differing part 0.50% 0.64%

Total return, 1 year +31.3% +36.4%

vs the S&P 500 +15.6 pts +20.7 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 +7.5 pts +12.6 pts

Below its high −2.0% −0.9%

Net assets $2.1bn $17.3bn

BUG and CIBR on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

BUG in plain words

By weight, 22% of BUG's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 64% of the fund across 34 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +31.3% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 15.6 pts.

CIBR in plain words

By weight, 63% 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 59% of the fund across 47 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +36.4% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 20.7 pts.

Questions people ask

Do BUG and CIBR hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 45% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, BUG or CIBR?: BUG has 22% of its weight in S&P 500 names and CIBR has 63%, so BUG differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BUG or CIBR?: BUG charges 0.50% a year and CIBR charges 0.58%, so BUG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

BUG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BUG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Global X page for BUG ↗CIBR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CIBR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for CIBR ↗

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ETFIQ, BUG against CIBR, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/bug-vs-cibr

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