CBOT vs IBOT: which is really different?

CBOT and IBOT hold 12% of their weight in the same names. Corgi Robots & Humanoids ETF and VanEck Robotics ETF.

50.5%
CBOT in the S&P 500
30.8%
IBOT in the S&P 500
−11.1%
CBOT total return, since launch
+29.8%
IBOT total return, 1 year
CBOT · 3 months to Sep 30, 202650% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
50% of its weight is outside the S&P 50051% of CBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 50% is outside the index51%50%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 82% · top ten 64% of the fund · 25 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 40% in50% of its weight is outside the S&P 50051% of CBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 50% is outside the index51%50%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 82% · top ten 64% of the fund

51% of CBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 50% 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 · IBOT 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, CBOT and IBOT hold 12% 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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12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CBOT IBOT
NVIDIA Corp 14.45% 5.65%
Symbotic Inc 2.98% 1.39%
Novanta Inc 4.56% 1.38%
Cognex Corp 5.27% 0.98%
Intuitive Surgical Inc 4.46% 0.87%
PTC Inc 0.71% 1.20%
Ambarella Inc 4.10% 0.51%
Only in CBOT
Alphabet Inc 11.03%
UiPath Inc 5.39%
Aurora Innovation Inc 5.18%
Amazon.com Inc 4.83%
Tesla Inc 4.79%
Caterpillar Inc 4.10%
JBT Marel Corp 3.74%
Archer Aviation Inc 3.64%
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.

12% 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
WindowCBOTIBOTCBOTIBOTCBOTIBOT
3 months−8.3%−4.5%−10.8 pts−7.0 pts−10.4 pts−6.6 pts
6 monthsnot published+18.6%not published+1.6 ptsnot published−8.3 pts
1 yearnot published+29.8%not published+14.1 ptsnot published+6.0 pts
3 yearsnot published+93.2%not published+8.2 ptsnot published−16.8 pts
Since launch
CBOT May 2026 · IBOT Apr 2023
−11.1%+99.5%−15.6 pts+4.8 pts−17.7 pts−37.7 pts

CBOT 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

CBOT
Corgi Robots & Humanoids ETF · Holds 25 stocks in humanoid robots, 50% 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 Corgi VanEck
Theme Humanoid robots Robotics and automation
In the S&P 500 50.5% 30.8%
Active share vs the S&P 500 82.3% 90.5%
In the Nasdaq-100 39.6% 17.0%
Holdings 25 65
Top ten, share of the fund 64.1% 41.2%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.47%
Fee for the differing part 0.43% 0.52%
Total return, 1 year −11.1% (since launch on May 6, 2026) +29.8%
vs the S&P 500 −15.6 pts +14.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −17.7 pts +6.0 pts
Below its high −14.2% −6.5%
Net assets $2m $103m

CBOT and IBOT on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

CBOT in plain words

By weight, 50% of CBOT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 82%. The top ten holdings are 64% of the fund across 25 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Since it launched on May 6, 2026 the fund returned −11.1% with distributions reinvested against +4.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 15.6 pts. It sits 14.2% below its all-time high of May 28, 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 CBOT and IBOT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 12% 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, CBOT or IBOT?
CBOT has 50% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IBOT has 31%, so IBOT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, CBOT or IBOT?
CBOT charges 0.35% a year and IBOT charges 0.47%, so CBOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, CBOT against IBOT, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/cbot-vs-ibot

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