Do FAI and PBOT hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 28% 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, FAI or PBOT?

FAI has 76% of its weight in S&P 500 names and PBOT has 61%, so PBOT differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, FAI or PBOT?

FAI charges 0.65% a year and PBOT charges 0.70%, so FAI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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FAI vs PBOT: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, FAI returned +19.9% to PBOT's +17.1%; 28% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $245m on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelligence ETF, and $14m on Jun 30, 2026 for Pictet AI & Automation ETF.

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At a glance

76.5%

FAI in the S&P 500

60.7%

PBOT in the S&P 500

+19.9%

FAI total return, 1 year

+17.1%

PBOT total return, 1 year

FAI · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 24% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

77% of FAI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 24% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.

PBOT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 39% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

61% of PBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 39% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jun 30, 2026.

Pair scorecard

FAI costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.8 points.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

FAI vs PBOT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	FAI	PBOT
Return
Measure	FAI	PBOT
Total return, 1 year	+19.9%	+17.1%
Drawdown
Measure	FAI	PBOT
Below its all-time high	14.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026	17.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	FAI	PBOT
What it tracks	Artificial intelligence	Artificial intelligence
Against the S&P 500, 1 year	ahead by 5.1 pts
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year	+14.8%	+15.0%
Against its benchmark, 1 year	ahead by 5.1 pts	ahead by 2.1 pts
Cost and size
Measure	FAI	PBOT
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.70%
Net assets, FAI as of Nov 3, 2026 and PBOT as of Jun 30, 2026	$245m	$14m
Holdings
Measure	FAI	PBOT
Holdings in common	28%

ETFIQ S&P 500 Difference Score · PBOT scores higher How much of its weight does it not share with the S&P 500?

IQ Themes Score16.2FAI38.2PBOT

How different its holdings are from the S&P 500, ranked against 114 thematic ETFs with at least half their money in S&P 500 companies. 100 is best. How it is computed

FAI 16.2

PBOT 38.2

0.4, the lowest in this set 99.6, the highest

Weight not shared with the S&P 500 only; it says nothing about returns, fees or whether the theme pays off. All thematic ETFs ranked by it →

Method

What they share

28%

By the books each fund has filed, FAI and PBOT hold 28% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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28% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FAI PBOT

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 7.46% 6.83%

Broadcom Inc. 8.56% 6.31%

NVIDIA Corporation 8.09% 3.13%

Micron Technology, Inc. 3.64% 2.11%

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (Class A) 1.99% 4.62%

ServiceNow, Inc. 1.85% 2.08%

Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 1.59% 4.71%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 3.49% 1.44%

Datadog, Inc. (Class A) 1.17% 1.57%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 3.90% 0.98%

Zscaler, Inc. 0.33% 2.04%

Dynatrace, Inc. 0.23% 0.83%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FAI

Microsoft Corporation 9.22%

Amazon.com, Inc. 9.12%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 4.25%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. 4.08%

ASML Holding N.V. 3.81%

Oracle Corporation 3.55%

SK Hynix Inc. 3.49%

Marvell Technology, Inc. 2.46%

Only in PBOT

KLA CORP 6.33%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 6.31%

ASML HOLDING NV /EUR 5.75%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 4.55%

INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG /EUR 3.90%

CLOUDFLARE INC - CLASS A 2.92%

FORTINET INC 2.39%

LAM RESEARCH CORP 2.20%

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Window by window

Window by window: FAI vs PBOT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	FAI	PBOT	FAI	PBOT
3 months	−5.9%	−8.8%	−5.8 pts vs VOO	−7.5 pts vs ACWI
6 months	+3.2%	+5.5%	−1.8 pts vs VOO	+2.9 pts vs ACWI
1 year	+19.9%	+17.1%	+5.1 pts vs VOO	+2.1 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: FAI Nov 2024 · PBOT Oct 2025	+67.8%	+20.9%	+35.5 pts vs VOO	+4.4 pts vs ACWI

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Side by side

FAI First Trust Bloomberg Artificial Intelligence ETF · Holds 50 stocks in artificial intelligence, 76% of its weight in S&P 500 companies PBOT Pictet AI & Automation ETF · Holds 44 stocks in artificial intelligence, 61% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer First Trust Pictet

Theme Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence

In the S&P 500 76.5% 60.7%

Active share vs the S&P 500 70.1% 82.1%

In the Nasdaq-100 77.3% 51.8%

Holdings 50 44

Top ten, share of the fund 62.1% 52.5%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.70%

Fee for the differing part 0.93% 0.85%

Total return, 1 year +19.9% +17.1%

vs its benchmark +5.1 pts vs VOO +2.1 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −14.0% −17.2%

Net assets, FAI as of Nov 3, 2026 and PBOT as of Jun 30, 2026 $245m $14m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

28% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

FAI

By weight, 76% of FAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 70%. The top ten holdings are 62% of the fund across 50 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +19.9% with distributions reinvested against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, so a holder was ahead by 5.1 pts. It sits 14.0% below its all-time high of Oct 6, 2026.

PBOT

By weight, 61% of PBOT'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 52% of the fund across 44 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index, so a holder was ahead by 2.1 pts. It sits 17.2% below its all-time high of Oct 6, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do FAI and PBOT hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 28% 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, FAI or PBOT?: FAI has 76% of its weight in S&P 500 names and PBOT has 61%, so PBOT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, FAI or PBOT?: FAI charges 0.65% a year and PBOT charges 0.70%, so FAI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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FAI on its own →PBOT on its own →FAI dividend history →FAI holdings →PBOT dividend history →PBOT holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

FAI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FAI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FAI ↗

PBOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PBOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Pictet website ↗

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How this is computed

It is a place in a set, not a rating or a recommendation.

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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