Do CIBR and IHAK hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 34% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, CIBR or IHAK?

CIBR has 63% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IHAK has 17%, so IHAK differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, CIBR or IHAK?

CIBR charges 0.58% a year and IHAK charges 0.47%, so IHAK is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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CIBR vs IHAK: which is really different?

CIBR and IHAK hold 34% of their weight in the same names, and CIBR returned +36.4% over the year. First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF and iShares Cybersecurity and Tech ETF.

62.9%

CIBR in the S&P 500

17.1%

IHAK in the S&P 500

+36.4%

CIBR total return, 1 year

+29.3%

IHAK total return, 1 year

CIBR · 1 year to Sep 30, 202637% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

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

IHAK · 1 year to Sep 30, 202683% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

17% of IHAK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 83% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · IHAK scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

CIBR 24.7

IHAK 64.5

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 IHAK hold 34% 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 Sep 29, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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34% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CIBR IHAK

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A) 8.89% 5.42%

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 8.07% 4.94%

Okta, Inc. 4.42% 5.98%

Fortinet, Inc. 8.11% 4.21%

Zscaler, Inc. 3.59% 5.25%

Akamai Technologies, Inc. 2.00% 2.52%

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 1.74% 3.24%

SentinelOne, Inc. (Class A) 1.26% 5.06%

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation 1.15% 3.04%

BlackBerry Ltd. 0.92% 3.20%

Qualys, Inc. 0.88% 5.62%

Varonis Systems, Inc. 0.80% 4.99%

Only in CIBR

Cisco Systems, Inc. 7.56%

Broadcom Inc. 7.36%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 4.42%

F5, Inc. 3.61%

Rubrik, Inc. (Class A) 2.68%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.24%

NetApp, Inc. 2.20%

Dynatrace, Inc. 2.05%

Only in IHAK

CACI INTERNATIONAL INC CLASS A 3.96%

TREND MICRO 3.44%

ALARM.COM HOLDINGS 3.33%

CLEAR SECURE CLASS A 2.62%

CALIX NETWORKS 2.57%

NETCOMPANY GROUP 2.53%

ACCTON TECHNOLOGY 2.47%

SAILPOINT 1.80%

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

34% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		vs the S&P 500		vs the Nasdaq-100
Window	CIBR	IHAK	CIBR	IHAK	CIBR	IHAK
3 months	+13.2%	+9.2%	+10.6 pts	+6.7 pts	+11.0 pts	+7.1 pts
6 months	+63.4%	+52.7%	+46.4 pts	+35.8 pts	+36.5 pts	+25.9 pts
1 year	+36.4%	+29.3%	+20.7 pts	+13.6 pts	+12.6 pts	+5.5 pts
3 years	+129.8%	+76.3%	+44.9 pts	−8.7 pts	+19.9 pts	−33.7 pts
Since launch CIBR Jul 2015 · IHAK Jun 2019	+447.2%	+173.5%	+106.0 pts	−20.5 pts	−197.2 pts	−149.2 pts

CIBR and IHAK 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

IHAK

iShares Cybersecurity and Tech ETF · Holds 50 stocks in cybersecurity, 17% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer First Trust iShares

Theme Cybersecurity Cybersecurity

In the S&P 500 62.9% 17.1%

Active share vs the S&P 500 90.6% 99.1%

In the Nasdaq-100 49.7% 19.8%

Holdings 47 50

Top ten, share of the fund 58.7% 51.2%

Expense ratio 0.58% 0.47%

Fee for the differing part 0.64% 0.47%

Total return, 1 year +36.4% +29.3%

vs the S&P 500 +20.7 pts +13.6 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 +12.6 pts +5.5 pts

Below its high −0.9% −1.7%

Net assets $17.3bn $1.2bn

CIBR and IHAK 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.

IHAK in plain words

By weight, 17% of IHAK's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 51% of the fund across 50 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 29, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +29.3% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 13.6 pts.

Questions people ask

Do CIBR and IHAK hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 34% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, CIBR or IHAK?: CIBR has 63% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IHAK has 17%, so IHAK differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, CIBR or IHAK?: CIBR charges 0.58% a year and IHAK charges 0.47%, so IHAK is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

CIBR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CIBR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for CIBR ↗IHAK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IHAK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IHAK ↗

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ETFIQ, CIBR against IHAK, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/cibr-vs-ihak

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