CIBR vs HACK: which is really different?

CIBR and HACK hold 57% of their weight in the same names, and HACK returned +39.8% over the year. First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF and Amplify Cybersecurity ETF.

62.9%
CIBR in the S&P 500
45.5%
HACK in the S&P 500
+36.4%
CIBR total return, 1 year
+39.8%
HACK total return, 1 year
CIBR · 1 year to Sep 30, 202637% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
37% of its weight is outside the S&P 50063% of CIBR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 37% is outside the index63%37%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 91% · top ten 59% of the fund · 47 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 50% in37% of its weight is outside the S&P 50063% of CIBR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 37% is outside the index63%37%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 91% · top ten 59% of the fund

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

HACK · 1 year to Sep 30, 202655% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
55% of its weight is outside the S&P 50046% of HACK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 55% is outside the index46%55%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 95% · top ten 54% of the fund · 25 holdings filed Oct 1, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 34% in55% of its weight is outside the S&P 50046% of HACK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 55% is outside the index46%55%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 95% · top ten 54% of the fund

46% of HACK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 55% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · HACK 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, CIBR and HACK hold 57% 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 Oct 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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57% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CIBR HACK
Broadcom Inc. 7.36% 6.65%
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A) 8.89% 6.27%
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 8.07% 5.88%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 7.56% 5.75%
Fortinet, Inc. 8.11% 5.16%
Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 4.42% 5.57%
Okta, Inc. 4.42% 5.00%
F5, Inc. 3.61% 4.47%
Zscaler, Inc. 3.59% 4.34%
Rubrik, Inc. (Class A) 2.68% 4.85%
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 1.74% 3.50%
Gen Digital Inc. 1.55% 2.74%
Only in CIBR
Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.24%
NetApp, Inc. 2.20%
Dynatrace, Inc. 2.05%
Arista Networks, Inc. 2.02%
Akamai Technologies, Inc. 2.00%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.97%
Microsoft Corporation 1.96%
JFrog Ltd. 1.88%
Only in HACK
General Dynamics Corp 4.34%
Northrop Grumman Corp 4.26%
Trend Micro Inc/Japan 3.79%
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 12/31/2031 0.12%
Cash & Other -0.05%

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

57% 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
WindowCIBRHACKCIBRHACKCIBRHACK
3 months+13.2%+13.2%+10.6 pts+10.7 pts+11.0 pts+11.1 pts
6 months+63.4%+59.2%+46.4 pts+42.2 pts+36.5 pts+32.3 pts
1 year+36.4%+39.8%+20.7 pts+24.1 pts+12.6 pts+16.0 pts
3 years+129.8%+135.8%+44.9 pts+50.8 pts+19.9 pts+25.8 pts
Since launch
CIBR Jul 2015 · HACK Nov 2014
+447.2%+404.4%+106.0 pts+47.7 pts−197.2 pts−286.5 pts

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

On the same fields

CIBR
First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF · Holds 47 stocks in cybersecurity, 63% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
HACK
Amplify Cybersecurity ETF · Holds 25 stocks in cybersecurity, 46% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer First Trust Amplify
Theme Cybersecurity Cybersecurity
In the S&P 500 62.9% 45.5%
Active share vs the S&P 500 90.6% 95.3%
In the Nasdaq-100 49.7% 34.0%
Holdings 47 25
Top ten, share of the fund 58.7% 53.9%
Expense ratio 0.58% 0.60%
Fee for the differing part 0.64% 0.63%
Total return, 1 year +36.4% +39.8%
vs the S&P 500 +20.7 pts +24.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 +12.6 pts +16.0 pts
Below its high −0.9% −2.3%
Net assets $17.3bn $3.3bn

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

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.

HACK in plain words

By weight, 46% of HACK's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 95%. The top ten holdings are 54% of the fund across 25 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 1, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +39.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 24.1 pts.

Questions people ask

Do CIBR and HACK hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 57% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is close to holding one of them twice. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, CIBR or HACK?
CIBR has 63% of its weight in S&P 500 names and HACK has 46%, so HACK differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, CIBR or HACK?
CIBR charges 0.58% a year and HACK charges 0.60%, so CIBR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, CIBR against HACK, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/cibr-vs-hack

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Free to use with attribution. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology.