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CIBR vs DRAM: which is really different?

CIBR holds 62.2% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and DRAM 20.0%.

First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF and Roundhill Memory ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

62.2%CIBR in the S&P 500
20.0%DRAM in the S&P 500
+25.6%CIBR total return, 1 year
+112.9%DRAM total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: DRAM scores higher

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

CIBR 24.7DRAM 38.90.1, the lowest in this set91.6, the highest

A percentile among the 371 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

CIBR38% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
62%38%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 91% · top ten 58% of the fund · 43 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 48% in62%38%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 91% · top ten 58% of the fund
DRAM80% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 3 months to Sep 11, 2026
20%80%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 97% of the fund · 13 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 20% in20%80%inoutside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 97% of the fund

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CIBR and DRAM hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in CIBROnly in DRAM
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 9.10%TREASURY BILL 27.17%
Fortinet, Inc. 8.72%SK hynix Inc 20.19%
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A) 8.66%Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 18.26%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 6.76%Sandisk Corp 6.62%
Broadcom Inc. 6.12%Kioxia Holdings Corp 5.54%
Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 4.87%Western Digital Corp 5.46%
Okta, Inc. 4.20%Seagate Technology Holdings PL 5.32%
Zscaler, Inc. 3.36%GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc 3.90%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

Performance, window by window

CIBR and DRAM over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
CIBRDRAMCIBRDRAMCIBRDRAM
3 months+10.7%−9.1%+7.4 pts−12.4 pts+11.5 pts−8.3 pts
6 months+45.3%not published+29.3 ptsnot published+24.6 ptsnot published
1 year+25.6%not published+8.1 ptsnot published+2.6 ptsnot published
3 years+103.7%not published+25.8 ptsnot published+8.6 ptsnot published
Since launch+401.1%+112.9%+60.0 pts+96.1 pts−217.5 pts+90.6 pts
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CIBR and DRAM on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
CIBR
First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF
Holds 43 stocks in cybersecurity, 62% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
DRAM
Roundhill Memory ETF
Holds 13 stocks in memory and storage, 20% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerFirst TrustRoundhill
ThemeCybersecurityMemory and storage
In the S&P 50062.2%20.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50090.8%96.8%
In the Nasdaq-10048.1%20.0%
Holdings4313
Top ten, share of the fund57.7%97.3%
Expense ratio0.58%0.65%
Fee for the differing part0.64%0.67%
Total return, 1 year+25.6%+112.9% (since launch on Apr 2, 2026)
vs the S&P 500+8.1 pts+96.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+2.6 pts+90.6 pts
Below its high−7.6%−26.8%

CIBR in plain words

By weight, 62% 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 58% of the fund across 43 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +25.6% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 8.1 pts. It sits 7.6% below its all-time high of Aug 13, 2026.

DRAM in plain words

By weight, 20% of DRAM's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 97% of the fund across 13 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Apr 2, 2026 the fund returned +112.9% with distributions reinvested against +16.8% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 96.1 pts. It sits 26.8% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, CIBR or DRAM?
CIBR has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and DRAM has 20%, so DRAM differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, CIBR or DRAM?
CIBR charges 0.58% a year and DRAM charges 0.65%, so CIBR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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CIBR against DRAM, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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