Do CIBR and SPAM hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 44% 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 SPAM?

CIBR has 63% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SPAM has 26%, so SPAM differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, CIBR or SPAM?

CIBR charges 0.58% a year and SPAM charges 0.35%, so SPAM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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CIBR vs SPAM: which is really different?

CIBR and SPAM hold 44% of their weight in the same names, and CIBR returned +36.4% over the year. First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF and Themes Cybersecurity ETF.

62.9%

CIBR in the S&P 500

26.4%

SPAM in the S&P 500

+36.4%

CIBR total return, 1 year

+35.1%

SPAM 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

SPAM · 1 year to Sep 30, 202674% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

26% of SPAM's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 74% is outside the index

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

CIBR 24.7

SPAM 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 SPAM hold 44% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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44% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding CIBR SPAM

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 8.07% 6.45%

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A) 8.89% 6.06%

Fortinet, Inc. 8.11% 6.02%

Okta, Inc. 4.42% 6.36%

F5, Inc. 3.61% 4.46%

Zscaler, Inc. 3.59% 3.65%

Rubrik, Inc. (Class A) 2.68% 5.50%

Akamai Technologies, Inc. 2.00% 3.41%

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 1.74% 2.92%

SentinelOne, Inc. (Class A) 1.26% 3.99%

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation 1.15% 2.41%

BlackBerry Ltd. 0.92% 5.49%

Only in CIBR

Cisco Systems, Inc. 7.56%

Broadcom Inc. 7.36%

Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 4.42%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.24%

NetApp, Inc. 2.20%

Dynatrace, Inc. 2.05%

Arista Networks, Inc. 2.02%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.97%

Only in SPAM

Nebius Group NV 6.40%

NEXTDC Ltd 3.60%

Clear Secure Inc 3.59%

Trend Micro Inc/Japan 3.43%

CACI International Inc 2.58%

Alarm.com Holdings Inc 1.65%

Netcompany Group A/S 1.39%

Arlo Technologies Inc 1.01%

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

44% 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	SPAM	CIBR	SPAM	CIBR	SPAM
3 months	+13.2%	+10.9%	+10.6 pts	+8.4 pts	+11.0 pts	+8.8 pts
6 months	+63.4%	+61.0%	+46.4 pts	+44.0 pts	+36.5 pts	+34.1 pts
1 year	+36.4%	+35.1%	+20.7 pts	+19.4 pts	+12.6 pts	+11.3 pts
3 years	+129.8%	not published	+44.9 pts	not published	+19.9 pts	not published
Since launch CIBR Jul 2015 · SPAM Dec 2023	+447.2%	+88.0%	+106.0 pts	+16.1 pts	−197.2 pts	−3.9 pts

CIBR and SPAM 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

SPAM

Themes Cybersecurity ETF · Holds 35 stocks in cybersecurity, 26% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer First Trust Themes

Theme Cybersecurity Cybersecurity

In the S&P 500 62.9% 26.4%

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

In the Nasdaq-100 49.7% 22.2%

Holdings 47 35

Top ten, share of the fund 58.7% 54.4%

Expense ratio 0.58% 0.35%

Fee for the differing part 0.64% 0.35%

Total return, 1 year +36.4% +35.1%

vs the S&P 500 +20.7 pts +19.4 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 +12.6 pts +11.3 pts

Below its high −0.9% −1.9%

Net assets $17.3bn $7m

CIBR and SPAM 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.

SPAM in plain words

By weight, 26% of SPAM'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 54% of the fund across 35 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +35.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 19.4 pts.

Questions people ask

Do CIBR and SPAM hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 44% 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 SPAM?: CIBR has 63% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SPAM has 26%, so SPAM differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, CIBR or SPAM?: CIBR charges 0.58% a year and SPAM charges 0.35%, so SPAM 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 ↗SPAM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPAM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Themes page for SPAM ↗

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

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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.