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ROBT vs WDRN: which is really different?

ROBT and WDRN hold 17% of their weight in the same names.

First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF and WisdomTree Physical AI, Humanoids, and Drones Fund.

32.0%ROBT in the S&P 500
23.1%WDRN in the S&P 500
+9.9%ROBT total return, 1 year
−15.3%WDRN total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: WDRN scores higher

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

ROBT 17.7WDRN 27.80.1, 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

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
WDRN77% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 3 months to Sep 18, 2026
23%77%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 93% · top ten 36% of the fund · 63 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 13% in23%77%inoutside the S&P 500active share 93% · top ten 36% of the fund

17% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ROBT and WDRN hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ROBT and WDRN both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingROBTWDRN
AeroVironment, Inc.1.70%1.88%
Siemens AG1.45%2.61%
Mobileye Global Inc. (Class A)1.49%1.31%
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.1.65%1.25%
Teradyne, Inc.0.78%2.20%
NXP Semiconductors N.V.0.75%1.45%
Cognex Corporation0.74%0.75%
NVIDIA Corporation0.74%4.62%
Rockwell Automation, Inc.0.72%1.81%
Symbiotic Inc. (Class A)1.67%0.69%
Daifuku Co., Ltd.0.70%0.65%
NIDEC CORP.0.83%0.65%
Only in each
Only in ROBTOnly in WDRN
US Dollar 2.00%AMPRIUS TECHNOLOGIES INC 4.35%
Tempus AI, Inc. (Class A) 1.95%HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC 3.76%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.84%RED CAT HOLDINGS INC 3.36%
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A) 1.78%AURORA INNOVATION INC 3.27%
Illumina, Inc. 1.77%ONDAS INC 2.77%
Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A) 1.68%ALLIENT INC 2.65%
SentinelOne, Inc. (Class A) 1.61%UNUSUAL MACHINES INC 2.52%
Dynatrace, Inc. 1.60%ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS INC 2.22%

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

ROBT and WDRN over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ROBTWDRNROBTWDRNROBTWDRN
3 months+5.1%−14.7%+2.8 pts−17.0 pts+7.5 pts−12.2 pts
6 months+24.1%not published+6.0 ptsnot published−0.2 ptsnot published
1 year+9.9%not published−6.7 ptsnot published−11.8 ptsnot published
3 years+42.1%not published−36.3 ptsnot published−56.0 ptsnot published
Since launch+99.4%−15.3%−122.5 pts−17.7 pts−263.7 pts−15.7 pts
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ROBT and WDRN on the same fields, as of Sep 18, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ROBT
First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF
Holds 120 stocks in artificial intelligence, 32% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
WDRN
WisdomTree Physical AI, Humanoids, and Drones Fund
Holds 63 stocks in artificial intelligence, 23% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerFirst TrustWisdomTree
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50032.0%23.1%
Active share vs the S&P 50084.5%92.6%
In the Nasdaq-10022.7%13.1%
Holdings12063
Top ten, share of the fund17.7%35.8%
Expense ratio0.65%0.45%
Fee for the differing part0.77%0.49%
Total return, 1 year+9.9%−15.3% (since launch on May 14, 2026)
vs the S&P 500−6.7 pts−17.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−11.8 pts−15.7 pts
Below its high−3.9%−23.7%
Net assets$766m$18m

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.

WDRN in plain words

By weight, 23% of WDRN's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 93%. The top ten holdings are 36% of the fund across 63 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Since it launched on May 14, 2026 the fund returned −15.3% with distributions reinvested against +2.3% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 17.7 pts. It sits 23.7% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ROBT and WDRN hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 17% 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, ROBT or WDRN?
ROBT has 32% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WDRN has 23%, so WDRN differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ROBT or WDRN?
ROBT charges 0.65% a year and WDRN charges 0.45%, so WDRN is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ROBT against WDRN, 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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