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CIBR vs IFRA: which is really different?

IFRA holds 71.4% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and CIBR 62.2%.

First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF and iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

62.2%CIBR in the S&P 500
71.4%IFRA in the S&P 500
+25.6%CIBR total return, 1 year
+13.5%IFRA total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: IFRA scores higher

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

CIBR 24.7IFRA 35.30.1, 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
IFRA29% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
71%29%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 96% · top ten 33% of the fund · 164 holdings filed Sep 10, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 11% in71%29%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 96% · top ten 33% of the fund

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, CIBR and IFRA 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 IFRA
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 9.10%UNION PACIFIC 4.43%
Fortinet, Inc. 8.72%NEXTERA ENERGY 4.05%
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A) 8.66%CATERPILLAR INC 3.76%
Cisco Systems, Inc. 6.76%QUANTA SERVICES INC 3.52%
Broadcom Inc. 6.12%CSX 3.48%
Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 4.87%SOUTHERN 2.91%
Okta, Inc. 4.20%CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP 2.85%
Zscaler, Inc. 3.36%NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP 2.78%

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 10, 2026.

Performance, window by window

CIBR and IFRA over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
CIBRIFRACIBRIFRACIBRIFRA
3 months+10.7%−5.6%+7.4 pts−8.9 pts+11.5 pts−4.8 pts
6 months+45.3%+2.3%+29.3 pts−13.7 pts+24.6 pts−18.4 pts
1 year+25.6%+13.5%+8.1 pts−4.0 pts+2.6 pts−9.5 pts
3 years+103.7%+61.6%+25.8 pts−16.3 pts+8.6 pts−33.5 pts
Since launch+401.1%+169.3%+60.0 pts−57.4 pts−217.5 pts−200.6 pts
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CIBR and IFRA 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
IFRA
iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF
Holds 164 stocks in infrastructure, 71% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerFirst TrustiShares
ThemeCybersecurityInfrastructure
In the S&P 50062.2%71.4%
Active share vs the S&P 50090.8%95.7%
In the Nasdaq-10048.1%11.0%
Holdings43164
Top ten, share of the fund57.7%33.1%
Expense ratio0.58%0.30%
Fee for the differing part0.64%0.31%
Total return, 1 year+25.6%+13.5%
vs the S&P 500+8.1 pts−4.0 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+2.6 pts−9.5 pts
Below its high−7.6%−8.9%

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.

IFRA in plain words

By weight, 71% of IFRA'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 33% of the fund across 164 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 4.0 pts. It sits 8.9% below its all-time high of Jun 25, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, CIBR or IFRA?
CIBR has 62% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IFRA has 71%, so IFRA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, CIBR or IFRA?
CIBR charges 0.58% a year and IFRA charges 0.30%, so IFRA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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CIBR against IFRA, 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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