Do IBOT and ROBO hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 28% 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, IBOT or ROBO?

IBOT has 31% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBO has 23%, so ROBO differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, IBOT or ROBO?

IBOT charges 0.47% a year and ROBO charges 0.95%, so IBOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IBOT vs ROBO: which is really different?

IBOT and ROBO hold 28% of their weight in the same names, and IBOT returned +29.8% over the year. VanEck Robotics ETF and ROBO Global(R) Robotics and Automation Index ETF.

30.8%

IBOT in the S&P 500

22.6%

ROBO in the S&P 500

+29.8%

IBOT total return, 1 year

+23.2%

ROBO total return, 1 year

IBOT · 1 year to Sep 30, 202669% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

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

IBOT 24.4

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, IBOT and ROBO hold 28% 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 Sep 30, 2026.

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28% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IBOT ROBO

Rockwell Automation Inc 3.62% 1.71%

Daifuku Co Ltd 1.72% 1.59%

Autostore Holdings Ltd 1.77% 1.52%

Renishaw Plc 1.58% 1.49%

Abb Ltd 4.70% 1.46%

Symbotic Inc 1.39% 1.65%

Novanta Inc 1.38% 1.53%

Emerson Electric Co 5.61% 1.36%

Kardex Holding Ag 1.34% 1.52%

Autodesk Inc 3.61% 1.07%

Ubtech Robotics Corp Ltd 0.98% 1.10%

Ptc Inc 1.20% 0.97%

Only in IBOT

Keyence Corp 5.66%

Nvidia Corp 5.65%

Asml Holding Nv 5.16%

Fanuc Corp 2.60%

Teledyne Technologies Inc 2.29%

Technipfmc Plc 2.29%

Hexagon Ab 2.03%

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc 2.02%

Only in ROBO

CELESTICA INC. 2.22%

AIRTAC INTERNATIONAL GROUP 1.94%

Koh Young Technology Inc 1.85%

Infineon Technologies AG 1.84%

HIWIN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1.83%

Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. 1.79%

FANUC CORPORATION 1.78%

DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.77%

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

28% 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	IBOT	ROBO	IBOT	ROBO	IBOT	ROBO
3 months	−4.5%	−5.8%	−7.0 pts	−8.3 pts	−6.6 pts	−7.9 pts
6 months	+18.6%	+14.7%	+1.6 pts	−2.3 pts	−8.3 pts	−12.2 pts
1 year	+29.8%	+23.2%	+14.1 pts	+7.5 pts	+6.0 pts	−0.6 pts
3 years	+93.2%	+61.4%	+8.2 pts	−23.6 pts	−16.8 pts	−48.6 pts
Since launch IBOT Apr 2023 · ROBO Oct 2013	+99.5%	+226.9%	+4.8 pts	−214.4 pts	−37.7 pts	−670.3 pts

IBOT 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

IBOT

VanEck Robotics ETF · Holds 65 stocks in robotics and automation, 31% 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 VanEck ROBO Global

Theme Robotics and automation Robotics and automation

In the S&P 500 30.8% 22.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 90.5% 96.1%

In the Nasdaq-100 17.0% 8.3%

Holdings 65 79

Top ten, share of the fund 41.2% 17.8%

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.95%

Fee for the differing part 0.52% 0.99%

Total return, 1 year +29.8% +23.2%

vs the S&P 500 +14.1 pts +7.5 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 +6.0 pts −0.6 pts

Below its high −6.5% −10.9%

Net assets $103m $2.0bn

IBOT and ROBO 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.

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 IBOT and ROBO hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 28% 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, IBOT or ROBO?: IBOT has 31% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBO has 23%, so ROBO differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, IBOT or ROBO?: IBOT charges 0.47% a year and ROBO charges 0.95%, 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 ↗ROBO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ROBO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ROBO Global website ↗

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

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