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PBOT vs ROBT: which is really different?

PBOT and ROBT hold 20% of their weight in the same names.

Pictet AI & Automation ETF and First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF.

61.0%PBOT in the S&P 500
32.0%ROBT in the S&P 500
+34.6%PBOT 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?

PBOT 13.6ROBT 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

PBOT39% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 6 months to Sep 18, 2026
61%39%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 82% · top ten 53% of the fund · 44 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 52% in61%39%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 82% · top ten 53% 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, PBOT and ROBT hold 20% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions PBOT and ROBT both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingPBOTROBT
CLOUDFLARE INC - CLASS A2.93%1.68%
PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC4.57%1.50%
SALESFORCE INC2.12%1.46%
SERVICENOW INC2.08%1.45%
INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC1.41%1.65%
META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS A0.98%1.84%
DYNATRACE INC0.83%1.60%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC2.12%0.78%
TERADYNE INC1.80%0.78%
NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV2.21%0.75%
BROADCOM INC6.33%0.71%
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC1.42%0.40%
Only in each
Only in PBOTOnly in ROBT
ALPHABET INC-CL A 6.86%US Dollar 2.00%
KLA CORP 6.36%Tempus AI, Inc. (Class A) 1.95%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 6.34%Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A) 1.78%
ASML HOLDING NV /EUR/ 5.77%Illumina, Inc. 1.77%
SNOWFLAKE INC 4.73%AeroVironment, Inc. 1.70%
CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC - A 4.64%Symbiotic Inc. (Class A) 1.67%
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG /EUR/ 3.91%SentinelOne, Inc. (Class A) 1.61%
NVIDIA CORP 3.15%Alibaba Group Holding Limited (ADR) 1.57%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

PBOT 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
PBOTROBTPBOTROBTPBOTROBT
3 months+1.0%+5.1%−1.2 pts+2.8 pts+3.5 pts+7.5 pts
6 months+39.5%+24.1%+21.4 pts+6.0 pts+15.2 pts−0.2 pts
1 yearnot published+9.9%not published−6.7 ptsnot published−11.8 pts
3 yearsnot published+42.1%not published−36.3 ptsnot published−56.0 pts
Since launch+34.6%+99.4%+18.0 pts−122.5 pts+13.9 pts−263.7 pts
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PBOT and ROBT on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
PBOT
Pictet AI & Automation ETF
Holds 44 stocks in artificial intelligence, 61% 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
IssuerPictetFirst Trust
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50061.0%32.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50082.1%84.5%
In the Nasdaq-10052.2%22.7%
Holdings44120
Top ten, share of the fund52.6%17.7%
Expense ratio0.70%0.65%
Fee for the differing part0.85%0.77%
Total return, 1 year+34.6% (since launch on Oct 16, 2025)+9.9%
vs the S&P 500+18.0 pts−6.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+13.9 pts−11.8 pts
Below its high−3.8%−3.9%
Net assets$14m$766m

PBOT in plain words

By weight, 61% of PBOT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 82%. The top ten holdings are 53% of the fund across 44 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on Oct 16, 2025 the fund returned +34.6% with distributions reinvested against +16.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 18.0 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 PBOT 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, PBOT or ROBT?
PBOT has 61% of its weight in S&P 500 names and ROBT has 32%, so ROBT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, PBOT or ROBT?
PBOT charges 0.70% 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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PBOT 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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