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PBOT vs XA: which is really different?

PBOT and XA hold 21% of their weight in the same names.

Pictet AI & Automation ETF and Corgi AI Cybersecurity ETF.

61.0%PBOT in the S&P 500
47.2%XA in the S&P 500
+34.6%PBOT total return, 1 year
+59.5%XA total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: XA scores higher

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

PBOT 13.6XA 59.60.1, 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
XA53% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 3 months to Sep 18, 2026
47%53%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 65% of the fund · 26 holdings filed Sep 18, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 40% in47%53%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 99% · top ten 65% of the fund

21% 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 XA hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions PBOT and XA both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingPBOTXA
PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC4.57%12.91%
FORTINET INC2.40%5.87%
ZSCALER INC2.04%4.16%
AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC1.42%3.16%
F5 INC1.12%4.14%
ELASTIC NV0.54%3.92%
Only in each
Only in PBOTOnly in XA
ALPHABET INC-CL A 6.86%Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 11.86%
KLA CORP 6.36%Okta Inc 6.91%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR 6.34%Datadog Inc 5.29%
BROADCOM INC 6.33%Rubrik Inc 4.81%
ASML HOLDING NV /EUR/ 5.77%Cloudflare Inc 4.66%
SNOWFLAKE INC 4.73%GEN DIGITAL INC 3.95%
CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC - A 4.64%Qualys Inc 3.78%
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG /EUR/ 3.91%CACI International Inc 3.61%

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 XA over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
PBOTXAPBOTXAPBOTXA
3 months+1.0%+27.7%−1.2 pts+25.4 pts+3.5 pts+30.2 pts
6 months+39.5%not published+21.4 ptsnot published+15.2 ptsnot published
Since launch+34.6%+59.5%+18.0 pts+55.1 pts+13.9 pts+55.6 pts
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PBOT and XA 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
XA
Corgi AI Cybersecurity ETF
Holds 26 stocks in artificial intelligence, 47% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerPictetCorgi
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50061.0%47.2%
Active share vs the S&P 50082.1%98.9%
In the Nasdaq-10052.2%40.1%
Holdings4426
Top ten, share of the fund52.6%64.6%
Expense ratio0.70%0.35%
Fee for the differing part0.85%0.35%
Total return, 1 year+34.6% (since launch on Oct 16, 2025)+59.5% (since launch on May 6, 2026)
vs the S&P 500+18.0 pts+55.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100+13.9 pts+55.6 pts
Below its high−3.8%−2.6%
Net assets$14m$6m

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.

XA in plain words

By weight, 47% of XA'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 65% of the fund across 26 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Since it launched on May 6, 2026 the fund returned +59.5% with distributions reinvested against +4.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 55.1 pts.

Questions people ask

Do PBOT and XA hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 21% 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 XA?
PBOT has 61% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XA has 47%, so XA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, PBOT or XA?
PBOT charges 0.70% a year and XA charges 0.35%, so XA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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PBOT against XA, 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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