CBOT vs ROBO: which is really different?

CBOT and ROBO hold 15% of their weight in the same names. Corgi Robots & Humanoids ETF and ROBO Global(R) Robotics and Automation Index ETF.

50.5%
CBOT in the S&P 500
22.6%
ROBO in the S&P 500
−11.1%
CBOT total return, since launch
+23.2%
ROBO 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

ROBO · 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 ROBO'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 96% · top ten 18% of the fund · 79 holdings filed Jul 31, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 8% in77% of its weight is outside the S&P 50023% of ROBO's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 77% is outside the index23%77%inoutside the S&P 500active share 96% · top ten 18% of the fund

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?
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 ROBO hold 15% 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 Sep 30, 2026.

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15% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CBOT ROBO
Ambarella Inc 4.10% 1.78%
Symbotic Inc 2.98% 1.65%
Novanta Inc 4.56% 1.53%
Intuitive Surgical Inc 4.46% 1.51%
Tesla Inc 4.79% 0.97%
Serve Robotics Inc 1.71% 0.85%
PTC Inc 0.71% 0.97%
Globus Medical Inc 0.19% 1.24%
Only in CBOT
NVIDIA Corp 14.45%
Alphabet Inc 11.03%
UiPath Inc 5.39%
Cognex Corp 5.27%
Aurora Innovation Inc 5.18%
Amazon.com Inc 4.83%
Caterpillar Inc 4.10%
JBT Marel Corp 3.74%
Only in ROBO
CELESTICA INC. 2.22%
AIRTAC INTERNATIONAL GROUP 1.94%
Koh Young Technology Inc 1.85%
TERADYNE, INC. 1.84%
Infineon Technologies AG 1.84%
HIWIN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1.83%
Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. 1.79%
FANUC CORPORATION 1.78%

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

15% 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
WindowCBOTROBOCBOTROBOCBOTROBO
3 months−8.3%−5.8%−10.8 pts−8.3 pts−10.4 pts−7.9 pts
6 monthsnot published+14.7%not published−2.3 ptsnot published−12.2 pts
1 yearnot published+23.2%not published+7.5 ptsnot published−0.6 pts
3 yearsnot published+61.4%not published−23.6 ptsnot published−48.6 pts
Since launch
CBOT May 2026 · ROBO Oct 2013
−11.1%+226.9%−15.6 pts−214.4 pts−17.7 pts−670.3 pts

CBOT 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

CBOT
Corgi Robots & Humanoids ETF · Holds 25 stocks in humanoid robots, 50% 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 Corgi ROBO Global
Theme Humanoid robots Robotics and automation
In the S&P 500 50.5% 22.6%
Active share vs the S&P 500 82.3% 96.1%
In the Nasdaq-100 39.6% 8.3%
Holdings 25 79
Top ten, share of the fund 64.1% 17.8%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.95%
Fee for the differing part 0.43% 0.99%
Total return, 1 year −11.1% (since launch on May 6, 2026) +23.2%
vs the S&P 500 −15.6 pts +7.5 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −17.7 pts −0.6 pts
Below its high −14.2% −10.9%
Net assets $2m $2.0bn

CBOT and ROBO 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.

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 CBOT and ROBO hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 15% 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 ROBO?
CBOT has 50% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBO has 23%, so ROBO differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, CBOT or ROBO?
CBOT charges 0.35% a year and ROBO charges 0.95%, so CBOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, CBOT against ROBO, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/cbot-vs-robo

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