CIBR vs WCBR: which is really different?

CIBR and WCBR hold 52% of their weight in the same names, and WCBR returned +45.9% over the year. First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF and WisdomTree Cybersecurity Fund.

62.9%
CIBR in the S&P 500
34.0%
WCBR in the S&P 500
+36.4%
CIBR total return, 1 year
+45.9%
WCBR 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

WCBR · 1 year to Sep 30, 202666% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
66% of its weight is outside the S&P 50034% of WCBR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index34%66%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 59% of the fund · 25 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 32% in66% of its weight is outside the S&P 50034% of WCBR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index34%66%inoutside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 59% of the fund

34% of WCBR's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · WCBR 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 WCBR hold 52% 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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52% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding CIBR WCBR
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A) 8.89% 7.74%
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 8.07% 6.76%
Fortinet, Inc. 8.11% 6.13%
Okta, Inc. 4.42% 5.82%
Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 4.42% 3.89%
F5, Inc. 3.61% 3.72%
Zscaler, Inc. 3.59% 4.17%
Rubrik, Inc. (Class A) 2.68% 4.99%
Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 2.24% 6.87%
Akamai Technologies, Inc. 2.00% 2.82%
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 1.74% 2.83%
Elastic N.V. 1.39% 2.78%
Only in CIBR
Cisco Systems, Inc. 7.56%
Broadcom Inc. 7.36%
NetApp, Inc. 2.20%
Dynatrace, Inc. 2.05%
Arista Networks, Inc. 2.02%
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 1.97%
Microsoft Corporation 1.96%
JFrog Ltd. 1.88%
Only in WCBR
TREND MICRO INC 3.67%
SAILPOINT INC 3.18%
FFRI SECURITY INC 1.29%
AHNLAB INC 0.32%

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

52% 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
WindowCIBRWCBRCIBRWCBRCIBRWCBR
3 months+13.2%+23.0%+10.6 pts+20.4 pts+11.0 pts+20.9 pts
6 months+63.4%+81.9%+46.4 pts+64.9 pts+36.5 pts+55.0 pts
1 year+36.4%+45.9%+20.7 pts+30.1 pts+12.6 pts+22.1 pts
3 years+129.8%+124.1%+44.9 pts+39.1 pts+19.9 pts+14.1 pts
Since launch
CIBR Jul 2015 · WCBR Jan 2021
+447.2%+86.7%+106.0 pts−31.4 pts−197.2 pts−51.3 pts

CIBR and WCBR 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
WCBR
WisdomTree Cybersecurity Fund · Holds 25 stocks in cybersecurity, 34% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer First Trust WisdomTree
Theme Cybersecurity Cybersecurity
In the S&P 500 62.9% 34.0%
Active share vs the S&P 500 90.6% 98.9%
In the Nasdaq-100 49.7% 31.7%
Holdings 47 25
Top ten, share of the fund 58.7% 58.7%
Expense ratio 0.58% 0.45%
Fee for the differing part 0.64% 0.46%
Total return, 1 year +36.4% +45.9%
vs the S&P 500 +20.7 pts +30.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 +12.6 pts +22.1 pts
Below its high −0.9% −1.8%
Net assets $17.3bn $134m

CIBR and WCBR 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.

WCBR in plain words

By weight, 34% of WCBR'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 59% of the fund across 25 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +45.9% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 30.1 pts.

Questions people ask

Do CIBR and WCBR hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 52% 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 WCBR?
CIBR has 63% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WCBR has 34%, so WCBR differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, CIBR or WCBR?
CIBR charges 0.58% a year and WCBR charges 0.45%, so WCBR is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
Cite this page

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

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