DRNZ vs IBOT: which is really different?

DRNZ and IBOT hold 1% of their weight in the same names. REX Drone ETF and VanEck Robotics ETF.

15.4%
DRNZ in the S&P 500
30.8%
IBOT in the S&P 500
−18.7%
DRNZ total return, since launch
+29.8%
IBOT total return, 1 year
DRNZ · 6 months to Sep 30, 202685% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
85% of its weight is outside the S&P 50015% of DRNZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 85% is outside the index15%85%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 68% of the fund · 45 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 4% in85% of its weight is outside the S&P 50015% of DRNZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 85% is outside the index15%85%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 68% of the fund

15% of DRNZ's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 85% is outside the index

IBOT · 1 year to Sep 30, 202669% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
69% of its weight is outside the S&P 50031% of IBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 69% is outside the index31%69%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 91% · top ten 41% of the fund · 65 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 17% in69% of its weight is outside the S&P 50031% of IBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 69% is outside the index31%69%inoutside the S&P 500active share 91% · top ten 41% of the fund

31% of IBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 69% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · DRNZ 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, DRNZ and IBOT hold 1% 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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1% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DRNZ IBOT
Teledyne Technologies Inc 0.58% 2.29%
Only in DRNZ
AeroVironment Inc 13.14%
Ondas Inc 12.61%
Next Vision Stabilized Systems 11.62%
Unusual Machines Inc /US 5.88%
Elsight Ltd 5.26%
DroneShield Ltd 5.17%
Red Cat Holdings Inc 5.00%
General Electric Co 3.21%
Only in IBOT
Keyence Corp 5.66%
Nvidia Corp 5.65%
Emerson Electric Co 5.61%
Asml Holding Nv 5.16%
Abb Ltd 4.70%
Rockwell Automation Inc 3.62%
Autodesk Inc 3.61%
Fanuc Corp 2.60%

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

1% 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
WindowDRNZIBOTDRNZIBOTDRNZIBOT
3 months−12.3%−4.5%−14.8 pts−7.0 pts−14.4 pts−6.6 pts
6 months−18.8%+18.6%−35.8 pts+1.6 pts−45.7 pts−8.3 pts
1 yearnot published+29.8%not published+14.1 ptsnot published+6.0 pts
3 yearsnot published+93.2%not published+8.2 ptsnot published−16.8 pts
Since launch
DRNZ Oct 2025 · IBOT Apr 2023
−18.7%+99.5%−30.8 pts+4.8 pts−35.6 pts−37.7 pts

DRNZ and IBOT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

DRNZ
REX Drone ETF · Holds 45 stocks in robotics and automation, 15% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IBOT
VanEck Robotics ETF · Holds 65 stocks in robotics and automation, 31% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer REX VanEck
Theme Robotics and automation Robotics and automation
In the S&P 500 15.4% 30.8%
Active share vs the S&P 500 97.3% 90.5%
In the Nasdaq-100 3.5% 17.0%
Holdings 45 65
Top ten, share of the fund 67.8% 41.2%
Expense ratio 0.65% 0.47%
Fee for the differing part 0.67% 0.52%
Total return, 1 year −18.7% (since launch on Oct 29, 2025) +29.8%
vs the S&P 500 −30.8 pts +14.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −35.6 pts +6.0 pts
Below its high −32.3% −6.5%
Net assets $117m $103m

DRNZ and IBOT on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

DRNZ in plain words

By weight, 15% of DRNZ's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 68% of the fund across 45 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Oct 29, 2025 the fund returned −18.7% with distributions reinvested against +12.1% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 30.8 pts. It sits 32.3% below its all-time high of May 29, 2026.

IBOT in plain words

By weight, 31% of IBOT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 90%. The top ten holdings are 41% of the fund across 65 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +29.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 14.1 pts. It sits 6.5% below its all-time high of Aug 17, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do DRNZ and IBOT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 1% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, DRNZ or IBOT?
DRNZ has 15% of its weight in S&P 500 names and IBOT has 31%, so DRNZ differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, DRNZ or IBOT?
DRNZ charges 0.65% a year and IBOT charges 0.47%, so IBOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, DRNZ against IBOT, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/drnz-vs-ibot

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