Do JEDI and ROBO hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 2% 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, JEDI or ROBO?

JEDI has 4% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBO has 23%, so JEDI differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, JEDI or ROBO?

JEDI charges 0.69% a year and ROBO charges 0.95%, so JEDI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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JEDI vs ROBO: which is really different?

JEDI and ROBO hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and ROBO returned +23.2% over the year. Defiance Drone and Modern Warfare ETF and ROBO Global(R) Robotics and Automation Index ETF.

3.7%

JEDI in the S&P 500

22.6%

ROBO in the S&P 500

−4.0%

JEDI total return, 1 year

+23.2%

ROBO total return, 1 year

JEDI · 1 year to Sep 30, 202696% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

4% of JEDI's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 96% 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 · JEDI scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

JEDI 60.1

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, JEDI and ROBO hold 2% 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 Oct 1, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding JEDI ROBO

Ondas Inc 9.40% 1.42%

Joby Aviation Inc 3.36% 1.19%

Only in JEDI

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%

Blacksky Technology Inc 3.65%

Only in ROBO

CELESTICA INC. 2.22%

AIRTAC INTERNATIONAL GROUP 1.94%

Koh Young Technology Inc 1.85%

TERADYNE, INC. 1.84%

Infineon Technologies AG 1.84%

HIWIN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1.83%

Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. 1.79%

FANUC CORPORATION 1.78%

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

2% 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	JEDI	ROBO	JEDI	ROBO	JEDI	ROBO
3 months	−13.6%	−5.8%	−16.1 pts	−8.3 pts	−15.7 pts	−7.9 pts
6 months	−4.3%	+14.7%	−21.3 pts	−2.3 pts	−31.2 pts	−12.2 pts
1 year	−4.0%	+23.2%	−19.7 pts	+7.5 pts	−27.8 pts	−0.6 pts
3 years	not published	+61.4%	not published	−23.6 pts	not published	−48.6 pts
Since launch JEDI Sep 2025 · ROBO Oct 2013	−0.5%	+226.9%	−16.9 pts	−214.4 pts	−25.2 pts	−670.3 pts

JEDI 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

JEDI

Defiance Drone and Modern Warfare ETF · Holds 48 stocks in robotics and automation, 4% 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 Defiance ROBO Global

Theme Robotics and automation Robotics and automation

In the S&P 500 3.7% 22.6%

Active share vs the S&P 500 98.9% 96.1%

In the Nasdaq-100 1.2% 8.3%

Holdings 48 79

Top ten, share of the fund 54.9% 17.8%

Expense ratio 0.69% 0.95%

Fee for the differing part 0.70% 0.99%

Total return, 1 year −4.0% +23.2%

vs the S&P 500 −19.7 pts +7.5 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −27.8 pts −0.6 pts

Below its high −40.9% −10.9%

Net assets $169m $2.0bn

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

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.

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 JEDI and ROBO hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 2% 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, JEDI or ROBO?: JEDI has 4% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBO has 23%, so JEDI differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, JEDI or ROBO?: JEDI charges 0.69% a year and ROBO charges 0.95%, so JEDI is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

JEDI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JEDI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Defiance page for JEDI ↗ROBO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ROBO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ROBO Global website ↗

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

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