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IBOT vs JEDI: which is really different?

IBOT and JEDI hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and IBOT returned +29.8% over the year. VanEck Robotics ETF and Defiance Drone and Modern Warfare ETF.

30.8%
IBOT in the S&P 500
3.7%
JEDI in the S&P 500
+29.8%
IBOT total return, 1 year
−4.0%
JEDI total return, 1 year
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

JEDI · 1 year to Sep 30, 202696% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
96% of its weight is outside the S&P 5004% of JEDI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 96% is outside the index4%96%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 55% of the fund · 48 holdings filed Oct 1, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 1% in96% of its weight is outside the S&P 5004% of JEDI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 96% is outside the index4%96%4% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 55% of the fund

4% of JEDI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 96% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · JEDI 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, IBOT and JEDI hold 0% 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 Oct 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

half

0% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding IBOT JEDI
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%
Only in JEDI
Ondas Inc 9.40%
Redwire Corp 8.14%
Unusual Machines Inc /us 7.22%
Intuitive Machines Inc 5.84%
Ast Spacemobile Inc 4.74%
Red Cat Holdings Inc 4.32%
Vertical Aerospace Ltd 4.17%
Rocket Lab Corp 4.11%

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

0% 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
WindowIBOTJEDIIBOTJEDIIBOTJEDI
3 months−4.5%−13.6%−7.0 pts−16.1 pts−6.6 pts−15.7 pts
6 months+18.6%−4.3%+1.6 pts−21.3 pts−8.3 pts−31.2 pts
1 year+29.8%−4.0%+14.1 pts−19.7 pts+6.0 pts−27.8 pts
3 years+93.2%not published+8.2 ptsnot published−16.8 ptsnot published
Since launch
IBOT Apr 2023 · JEDI Sep 2025
+99.5%−0.5%+4.8 pts−16.9 pts−37.7 pts−25.2 pts

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

On the same fields

IBOT
VanEck Robotics ETF · Holds 65 stocks in robotics and automation, 31% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
JEDI
Defiance Drone and Modern Warfare ETF · Holds 48 stocks in robotics and automation, 4% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer VanEck Defiance
Theme Robotics and automation Robotics and automation
In the S&P 500 30.8% 3.7%
Active share vs the S&P 500 90.5% 98.9%
In the Nasdaq-100 17.0% 1.2%
Holdings 65 48
Top ten, share of the fund 41.2% 54.9%
Expense ratio 0.47% 0.69%
Fee for the differing part 0.52% 0.70%
Total return, 1 year +29.8% −4.0%
vs the S&P 500 +14.1 pts −19.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 +6.0 pts −27.8 pts
Below its high −6.5% −40.9%
Net assets $103m $169m

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

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.

JEDI in plain words

By weight, 4% of JEDI'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 55% of the fund across 48 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 1, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −4.0% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 19.7 pts. It sits 40.9% below its all-time high of May 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do IBOT and JEDI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 0% 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, IBOT or JEDI?
IBOT has 31% of its weight in S&P 500 names and JEDI has 4%, so JEDI differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, IBOT or JEDI?
IBOT charges 0.47% a year and JEDI charges 0.69%, so IBOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
IBOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IBOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗VanEck website ↗JEDI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JEDI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Defiance page for JEDI ↗

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ETFIQ, IBOT against JEDI, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/ibot-vs-jedi

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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.