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IVES vs ROBT: which is really different?

IVES and ROBT hold 20% of their weight in the same names, and IVES returned more over the year.

Dan IVES Wedbush AI Revolution ETF and First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF.

73.9%IVES in the S&P 500
32.0%ROBT in the S&P 500
+27.2%IVES total return, 1 year
+9.9%ROBT total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: ROBT scores higher

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

IVES 2.5ROBT 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

IVES26% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 18, 2026
74%26%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesoutside the S&P 500active share 67% · top ten 50% of the fund · 30 holdings filed Apr 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 63% in74%26%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 67% · top ten 50% 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

20% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IVES and ROBT hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions IVES and ROBT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingIVESROBT
META PLATFORMS INC4.17%1.84%
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD3.40%1.57%
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP3.00%1.55%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC3.23%1.51%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC3.01%1.50%
SALESFORCE INC2.73%1.46%
SERVICENOW INC2.10%1.45%
PEGASYSTEMS INC0.99%1.51%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC6.33%0.87%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC4.66%0.78%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPA4.95%0.77%
ALPHABET INC5.38%0.76%
Only in each
Only in IVESOnly in ROBT
GE VERNOVA INC 4.25%US Dollar 2.00%
ORACLE CORP 3.45%Tempus AI, Inc. (Class A) 1.95%
SHOPIFY INC 2.83%Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A) 1.78%
CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC 2.67%Illumina, Inc. 1.77%
COREWEAVE INC 2.55%AeroVironment, Inc. 1.70%
NEBIUS GROUP NV 2.20%Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 1.68%
IREN LTD 1.69%Symbiotic Inc. (Class A) 1.67%
OKLO INC 1.67%Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 1.65%

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

IVES 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
IVESROBTIVESROBTIVESROBT
3 months+5.6%+5.1%+3.3 pts+2.8 pts+8.1 pts+7.5 pts
6 months+37.2%+24.1%+19.2 pts+6.0 pts+13.0 pts−0.2 pts
1 year+27.2%+9.9%+10.6 pts−6.7 pts+5.4 pts−11.8 pts
3 yearsnot published+42.1%not published−36.3 ptsnot published−56.0 pts
Since launch+58.8%+99.4%+28.9 pts−122.5 pts+21.6 pts−263.7 pts
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IVES and ROBT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IVES
Dan IVES Wedbush AI Revolution ETF
Holds 30 stocks in artificial intelligence, 74% 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
IssuerWedbushFirst Trust
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50073.9%32.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50066.5%84.5%
In the Nasdaq-10062.6%22.7%
Holdings30120
Top ten, share of the fund50.4%17.7%
Expense ratio0.75%0.65%
Fee for the differing part1.13%0.77%
Total return, 1 year+27.2%+9.9%
vs the S&P 500+10.6 pts−6.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+5.4 pts−11.8 pts
Below its high−3.8%−3.9%
Net assets$997m$766m

IVES in plain words

By weight, 74% of IVES's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 66%. The top ten holdings are 50% of the fund across 30 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +27.2% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 10.6 pts.

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 IVES and ROBT hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 20% 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, IVES or ROBT?
IVES has 74% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBT has 32%, so ROBT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, IVES or ROBT?
IVES charges 0.75% 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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IVES 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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