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EPAI vs ROBT: which is really different?

EPAI and ROBT hold 4% of their weight in the same names.

Harbor AI Inflection Strategy ETF and First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF.

58.0%EPAI in the S&P 500
32.0%ROBT in the S&P 500
+33.6%EPAI total return, 1 year
+9.9%ROBT total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: EPAI scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

EPAI 34.3ROBT 17.70.1, the lowest in this set91.8, the highest

A percentile among the 379 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

EPAI42% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
58%42%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 96% · top ten 38% of the fund · 37 holdings filed Apr 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 19% in58%42%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 96% · top ten 38% of the fund
ROBT68% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
32%68%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 85% · top ten 18% of the fund · 120 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 23% in32%68%inoutside the S&P 500active share 85% · top ten 18% of the fund

4% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EPAI and ROBT hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions EPAI and ROBT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingEPAIROBT
Synopsys Inc2.45%1.38%
Teradyne Inc4.25%0.78%
NXP Semiconductors NV2.76%0.75%
Only in each
Only in EPAIOnly in ROBT
Vertiv Holdings Co 4.76%US Dollar 2.00%
FormFactor Inc 3.98%Tempus AI, Inc. (Class A) 1.95%
MasTec Inc 3.82%Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.84%
Applied Materials Inc 3.65%Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A) 1.78%
Monolithic Power Systems Inc 3.61%Illumina, Inc. 1.77%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 3.61%AeroVironment, Inc. 1.70%
Everus Construction Group Inc 3.48%Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 1.68%
Entegris Inc 3.46%Symbiotic Inc. (Class A) 1.67%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

EPAI and ROBT over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
EPAIROBTEPAIROBTEPAIROBT
3 months−13.1%+5.1%−15.3 pts+2.8 pts−10.6 pts+7.5 pts
6 months+19.2%+24.1%+1.2 pts+6.0 pts−5.0 pts−0.2 pts
1 yearnot published+9.9%not published−6.7 ptsnot published−11.8 pts
3 yearsnot published+42.1%not published−36.3 ptsnot published−56.0 pts
Since launch+33.6%+99.4%+19.8 pts−122.5 pts+14.8 pts−263.7 pts
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EPAI and ROBT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
EPAI
Harbor AI Inflection Strategy ETF
Holds 37 stocks in artificial intelligence, 58% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
ROBT
First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF
Holds 120 stocks in artificial intelligence, 32% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerHarborFirst Trust
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50058.0%32.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50095.5%84.5%
In the Nasdaq-10019.0%22.7%
Holdings37120
Top ten, share of the fund37.9%17.7%
Expense ratio0.88%0.65%
Fee for the differing part0.92%0.77%
Total return, 1 year+33.6% (since launch on Dec 18, 2025)+9.9%
vs the S&P 500+19.8 pts−6.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+14.8 pts−11.8 pts
Below its high−16.8%−3.9%
Net assets$5m$766m

EPAI in plain words

By weight, 58% of EPAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 96%. The top ten holdings are 38% of the fund across 37 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Since it launched on Dec 18, 2025 the fund returned +33.6% with distributions reinvested against +13.8% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 19.8 pts. It sits 16.8% below its all-time high of Jun 30, 2026.

ROBT in plain words

By weight, 32% of ROBT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 84%. The top ten holdings are 18% of the fund across 120 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +9.9% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 6.7 pts.

Questions people ask

Do EPAI and ROBT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 4% 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, EPAI or ROBT?
EPAI has 58% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBT has 32%, so EPAI differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, EPAI or ROBT?
EPAI charges 0.88% a year and ROBT charges 0.65%, so ROBT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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EPAI against ROBT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 18, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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