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CHAT vs ROBT: which is really different?

CHAT and ROBT hold 14% of their weight in the same names, and CHAT returned more over the year.

Roundhill Generative AI & Technology ETF and First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF.

47.9%CHAT in the S&P 500
32.0%ROBT in the S&P 500
+52.0%CHAT total return, 1 year
+9.9%ROBT total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: ROBT scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

CHAT 5.7ROBT 17.70.1, the lowest in this set91.8, the highest

A percentile among the 379 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

CHAT52% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
48%52%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 72% · top ten 40% of the fund · 47 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 44% in48%52%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 72% · top ten 40% of the fund
ROBT68% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
32%68%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 85% · top ten 18% of the fund · 120 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 23% in32%68%inoutside the S&P 500active share 85% · top ten 18% of the fund

14% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CHAT and ROBT hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions CHAT and ROBT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingCHATROBT
Meta Platforms Inc2.36%1.84%
Cloudflare Inc2.13%1.68%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd1.97%1.57%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc3.14%0.87%
MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC1.40%0.85%
SK hynix Inc4.40%0.81%
Micron Technology Inc3.09%0.78%
Alphabet Inc5.69%0.76%
NVIDIA Corp6.92%0.74%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd2.49%0.73%
Amazon.com Inc3.42%0.72%
Broadcom Inc2.53%0.71%
Only in each
Only in CHATOnly in ROBT
ASML Holding NV 3.27%US Dollar 2.00%
Nebius Group NV 3.02%Tempus AI, Inc. (Class A) 1.95%
Astera Labs Inc 2.86%Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A) 1.78%
ARM Holdings PLC 2.63%Illumina, Inc. 1.77%
Coherent Corp 2.55%AeroVironment, Inc. 1.70%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.46%Symbiotic Inc. (Class A) 1.67%
Lumentum Holdings Inc 2.33%Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 1.65%
CoreWeave Inc 2.27%SentinelOne, Inc. (Class A) 1.61%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

CHAT and ROBT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
CHATROBTCHATROBTCHATROBT
3 months−12.2%+5.1%−14.5 pts+2.8 pts−9.8 pts+7.5 pts
6 months+43.6%+24.1%+25.6 pts+6.0 pts+19.4 pts−0.2 pts
1 year+52.0%+9.9%+35.5 pts−6.7 pts+30.3 pts−11.8 pts
3 years+237.0%+42.1%+158.6 pts−36.3 pts+138.8 pts−56.0 pts
Since launch+256.5%+99.4%+166.8 pts−122.5 pts+138.6 pts−263.7 pts
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CHAT and ROBT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CHAT
Roundhill Generative AI & Technology ETF
Holds 47 stocks in artificial intelligence, 48% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
ROBT
First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF
Holds 120 stocks in artificial intelligence, 32% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerRoundhillFirst Trust
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50047.9%32.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50072.1%84.5%
In the Nasdaq-10044.1%22.7%
Holdings47120
Top ten, share of the fund39.5%17.7%
Expense ratio0.75%0.65%
Fee for the differing part1.04%0.77%
Total return, 1 year+52.0%+9.9%
vs the S&P 500+35.5 pts−6.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+30.3 pts−11.8 pts
Below its high−13.7%−3.9%
Net assets$1.8bn$766m

CHAT in plain words

By weight, 48% of CHAT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 72%. The top ten holdings are 40% of the fund across 47 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +52.0% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 35.5 pts. It sits 13.7% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

ROBT in plain words

By weight, 32% of ROBT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 84%. The top ten holdings are 18% of the fund across 120 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +9.9% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 6.7 pts.

Questions people ask

Do CHAT and ROBT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 14% 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, CHAT or ROBT?
CHAT has 48% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBT has 32%, so ROBT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, CHAT or ROBT?
CHAT charges 0.75% a year and ROBT charges 0.65%, so ROBT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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CHAT against ROBT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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