Do FBOT and ROBO hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 31% 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, FBOT or ROBO?

FBOT has 44% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBO has 23%, so ROBO differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, FBOT or ROBO?

FBOT charges 0.50% a year and ROBO charges 0.95%, so FBOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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FBOT vs ROBO: which is really different?

FBOT and ROBO hold 31% of their weight in the same names, and ROBO returned +23.2% over the year. Fidelity Disruptive Automation ETF and ROBO Global(R) Robotics and Automation Index ETF.

44.5%

FBOT in the S&P 500

22.6%

ROBO in the S&P 500

+18.8%

FBOT total return, 1 year

+23.2%

ROBO total return, 1 year

FBOT · 1 year to Sep 30, 202656% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

45% of FBOT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 56% is outside the index

ROBO · 1 year to Sep 30, 202677% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

23% of ROBO's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 77% is outside the index

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

FBOT 18.9

ROBO 36.4

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, FBOT and ROBO hold 31% 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 Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

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31% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FBOT ROBO

AIRTAC INTERNATIONAL GROUP 2.56% 1.94%

TERADYNE INC 5.94% 1.84%

FANUC CORPORATION 2.03% 1.78%

ROCKWELL AUTOMATION INC 1.82% 1.71%

DAIFUKU CO LTD 3.39% 1.59%

RENISHAW PLC 2.16% 1.49%

ATS CORP 1.80% 1.46%

KARDEX HOLDING AG 1.38% 1.52%

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 2.40% 1.36%

THK CO LTD 3.60% 1.34%

NVIDIA CORP 4.66% 1.32%

DEERE and CO 4.32% 1.20%

Only in FBOT

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG CO LTD 6.72%

AXON ENTERPRISE INC 3.44%

SIEMENS AG 3.19%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC 3.17%

ALPHABET INC 3.16%

KEYENCE CORP 2.67%

SMC CORP 2.36%

MISUMI GROUP INC 2.26%

Only in ROBO

CELESTICA INC. 2.22%

Koh Young Technology Inc 1.85%

Infineon Technologies AG 1.84%

HIWIN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1.83%

Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. 1.79%

AMBARELLA, INC. 1.78%

DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.77%

QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 1.56%

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

31% 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	FBOT	ROBO	FBOT	ROBO	FBOT	ROBO
3 months	−1.8%	−5.8%	−4.3 pts	−8.3 pts	−3.9 pts	−7.9 pts
6 months	+14.9%	+14.7%	−2.0 pts	−2.3 pts	−11.9 pts	−12.2 pts
1 year	+18.8%	+23.2%	+3.1 pts	+7.5 pts	−5.0 pts	−0.6 pts
3 years	+77.2%	+61.4%	−7.7 pts	−23.6 pts	−32.7 pts	−48.6 pts
Since launch FBOT Jun 2023 · ROBO Oct 2013	+54.6%	+226.9%	−29.1 pts	−214.4 pts	−54.7 pts	−670.3 pts

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

On the same fields

FBOT

Fidelity Disruptive Automation ETF · Holds 49 stocks in robotics and automation, 44% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

ROBO

ROBO Global(R) Robotics and Automation Index ETF · Holds 79 stocks in robotics and automation, 23% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Fidelity ROBO Global

Theme Robotics and automation Robotics and automation

In the S&P 500 44.5% 22.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 85.1% 96.1%

In the Nasdaq-100 22.7% 8.3%

Holdings 49 79

Top ten, share of the fund 41.6% 17.8%

Expense ratio 0.50% 0.95%

Fee for the differing part 0.59% 0.99%

Total return, 1 year +18.8% +23.2%

vs the S&P 500 +3.1 pts +7.5 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −5.0 pts −0.6 pts

Below its high −4.8% −10.9%

Net assets $218m $2.0bn

FBOT and ROBO on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

FBOT in plain words

By weight, 44% of FBOT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 85%. The top ten holdings are 42% of the fund across 49 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +18.8% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 3.1 pts.

ROBO in plain words

By weight, 23% of ROBO'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 18% of the fund across 79 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +23.2% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 7.5 pts. It sits 10.9% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do FBOT and ROBO hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 31% 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, FBOT or ROBO?: FBOT has 44% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBO has 23%, so ROBO differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, FBOT or ROBO?: FBOT charges 0.50% a year and ROBO charges 0.95%, so FBOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

FBOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FBOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Fidelity website ↗ROBO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ROBO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ROBO Global website ↗

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ETFIQ, FBOT against ROBO, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/fbot-vs-robo

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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.