Do CIBR and QTUM hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 9% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

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

CIBR has 61% of its weight in S&P 500 names and QTUM has 38%, so CIBR differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, CIBR or QTUM?

CIBR charges 0.58% a year and QTUM charges 0.40%, so QTUM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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CIBR vs QTUM: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, CIBR returned +39.0% to QTUM's +28.9%; 9% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $19.0bn for First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF and $5.4bn for Defiance Quantum ETF.

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At a glance

60.8%

CIBR in the S&P 500

37.5%

QTUM in the S&P 500

+39.0%

CIBR total return, 1 year

+28.9%

QTUM total return, 1 year

CIBR · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 39% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

61% of CIBR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 39% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

QTUM · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 63% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

38% of QTUM's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 63% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 28, 2026.

Pair scorecard

QTUM costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.1 points; CIBR is 3.5 times larger.

CIBR vs QTUM: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	CIBR	QTUM
Return
Measure	CIBR	QTUM
Total return, 1 year	+39.0%	+28.9%
Drawdown
Measure	CIBR	QTUM
Below its all-time high		14.3%, high on Jun 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	CIBR	QTUM
What it tracks	Cybersecurity	Quantum computing
Cost and size
Measure	CIBR	QTUM
Expense ratio	0.58%	0.40%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$19.0bn	$5.4bn
Holdings
Measure	CIBR	QTUM
Holdings in common	9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57%	18%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Sep 14, 2018 to Oct 23, 2026 · 423 weekly returns

CIBR QTUM

Return

Total return edge QTUM +284.1% +489.3%

Annualized edge QTUM +18.0% +24.4%

Price return edge QTUM +267.3% +450.1%

Risk

Volatility edge Tie 25.9% 26.3%

Max drawdown edge CIBR −33.9% −38.1%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge QTUM 0.66 0.86

Sortino edge QTUM 0.99 1.28

Calmar edge QTUM 0.53 0.64

Reading

QTUM returned more: +489.3% to +284.1%. CIBR and QTUM swung about the same: 25.9% and 26.3%. CIBR fell less at its worst: −33.9% to −38.1%.

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Risk and return: CIBR vs QTUM: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	CIBR	QTUM	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+284.1%	+489.3%	QTUM	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+18.0%	+24.4%	QTUM	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+267.3%	+450.1%	QTUM	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	25.9%	26.3%	Tie	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	17.2%	17.6%	CIBR (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−33.9%	−38.1%	CIBR	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.66	0.86	QTUM	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.99	1.28	QTUM	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.53	0.64	QTUM	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 423 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, CIBR and QTUM hold 9% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Oct 28, 2026.

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9% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first CIBR QTUM

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 3.92% 1.77%

Microsoft Corporation 1.91% 1.63%

Elastic N.V. 1.51% 2.14%

Broadcom Inc. 6.74% 1.15%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 7.35% 1.13%

International Business Machines Corporation 1.95% 1.13%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.72% 1.11%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in CIBR

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A) 8.46%

Fortinet, Inc. 7.89%

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 7.66%

Okta, Inc. 4.49%

Zscaler, Inc. 4.41%

F5, Inc. 3.50%

Rubrik, Inc. (Class A) 2.99%

Accenture plc 2.26%

Only in QTUM

Global Unichip Corp 2.43%

Horizon Quantum Holdings Ltd 1.86%

Palantir Technologies Inc 1.84%

Nutanix Inc 1.78%

Snowflake Inc 1.73%

Arqit Quantum Inc 1.72%

Fujitsu Ltd 1.64%

Nec Corp 1.63%

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Window by window

Window by window: CIBR vs QTUM: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return
Window	CIBR	QTUM
3 months	+21.5%	+9.1%
6 months	+59.2%	+11.2%
1 year	+39.0%	+28.9%
3 years	+149.7%	+229.7%
Since launchNot the same days: CIBR Jul 2015 · QTUM Sep 2018	+472.8%	+522.8%

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Side by side

CIBR First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF · Holds 45 stocks in cybersecurity, 61% of its weight in S&P 500 companies QTUM Defiance Quantum ETF · Holds 85 stocks in quantum computing, 38% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer First Trust Defiance

Theme Cybersecurity Quantum computing

In the S&P 500 60.8% 37.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 90.9% 82.2%

In the Nasdaq-100 48.3% 28.0%

Holdings 45 85

Top ten, share of the fund 57.4% 18.5%

Expense ratio 0.58% 0.40%

Fee for the differing part 0.64% 0.49%

Total return, 1 year +39.0% +28.9%

vs its benchmark not measured not measured

Below its high −1.9% −14.3%

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $19.0bn $5.4bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

9% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-A85E2E6ABE

CIBR and QTUM are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Theme. CIBR covers Cybersecurity and QTUM covers Quantum computing.
Concentration. The top ten holdings are 57.4% of CIBR and 18.5% of QTUM, a gap of 38.9 points.
What each follows. CIBR follows Cybersecurity and QTUM follows Quantum computing.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

CIBR

By weight, 61% 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 57% of the fund across 45 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +39.0% with distributions reinvested.

QTUM

By weight, 38% of QTUM's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 82%. The top ten holdings are 18% of the fund across 85 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 28, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +28.9% with distributions reinvested. It sits 14.3% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do CIBR and QTUM hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 9% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, CIBR or QTUM?: CIBR has 61% of its weight in S&P 500 names and QTUM has 38%, so CIBR differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, CIBR or QTUM?: CIBR charges 0.58% a year and QTUM charges 0.40%, so QTUM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

CIBR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

CIBR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for CIBR ↗

QTUM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QTUM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Defiance page for QTUM ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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