Do ROBT and WISE hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 10% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, ROBT or WISE?

ROBT has 34% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WISE has 30%, so ROBT differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, ROBT or WISE?

ROBT charges 0.65% a year and WISE charges 0.35%, so WISE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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ROBT vs WISE: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ROBT returned +3.1% to WISE's −29.1%; 10% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $714m on Nov 3, 2026 for First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF, and $22m on Nov 4, 2026 for Themes Generative Artificial Intelligence ETF.

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At a glance

33.6%

ROBT in the S&P 500

30.1%

WISE in the S&P 500

+3.1%

ROBT total return, 1 year

−29.1%

WISE total return, 1 year

ROBT · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 66% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

34% of ROBT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 66% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 3, 2026.

WISE · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 70% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

30% of WISE's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 70% is outside the index. Holdings as of Nov 4, 2026.

Pair scorecard

WISE costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 32.2 points; ROBT is far larger, $714m against $22m.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ROBT vs WISE: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	ROBT	WISE
Return
Measure	ROBT	WISE
Total return, 1 year	+3.1%	−29.1%
Drawdown
Measure	ROBT	WISE
Below its all-time high	9.1%, high on Oct 5, 2026	34.2%, high on Oct 15, 2025
Against its benchmark
Measure	ROBT	WISE
What it tracks	Artificial intelligence	Artificial intelligence
Against the S&P 500, 1 year	behind by 11.7 pts
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year	+14.8%	+15.0%
Against its benchmark, 1 year	behind by 11.7 pts	behind by 44.1 pts
Cost and size
Measure	ROBT	WISE
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026	$714m	$22m
Holdings
Measure	ROBT	WISE
Holdings in common	10%

Method

What they share

10%

By the books each fund has filed, ROBT and WISE hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026.

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10% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ROBT WISE

C3.ai, Inc. (Class A) 1.78% 5.12%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 1.57% 4.59%

BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc. 1.35% 4.17%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 0.80% 5.21%

Amazon.com, Inc. 0.75% 2.84%

NVIDIA Corporation 0.73% 5.47%

Broadcom Inc. 0.70% 3.70%

Ambarella, Inc. 0.69% 3.69%

Alphabet Inc. (Class A) 0.64% 4.26%

Snowflake Inc. (Class A) 0.39% 5.01%

MongoDB, Inc. 0.33% 0.12%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ROBT

Ocado Group Plc 2.22%

Tempus AI, Inc. (Class A) 2.06%

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 1.95%

Appian Corporation 1.89%

Illumina, Inc. 1.86%

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.81%

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A) 1.81%

Hexagon AB (Class B) 1.79%

Only in WISE

Information Services Group Inc 6.06%

Caris Life Sciences Inc 5.24%

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd 4.03%

PKSHA Technology Inc 3.80%

Oracle Corp 3.40%

Penguin Solutions Inc 3.33%

Safe Pro Group Inc 2.86%

QuickLogic Corp 2.53%

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Window by window

Window by window: ROBT vs WISE: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	ROBT	WISE	ROBT	WISE
3 months	−4.5%	−18.0%	−4.4 pts vs VOO	−16.7 pts vs ACWI
6 months	+3.4%	−23.6%	−1.6 pts vs VOO	−26.2 pts vs ACWI
1 year	+3.1%	−29.1%	−11.7 pts vs VOO	−44.1 pts vs ACWI
3 years	+41.9%	–	−41.4 pts vs VOO	–
Since launchNot the same days: ROBT Feb 2018 · WISE Dec 2023	+89.4%	+23.6%	−136.1 pts vs VOO	−45.1 pts vs ACWI

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Side by side

ROBT First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF · Holds 111 stocks in artificial intelligence, 34% of its weight in S&P 500 companies WISE Themes Generative Artificial Intelligence ETF · Holds 41 stocks in artificial intelligence, 30% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer First Trust Themes

Theme Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence

In the S&P 500 33.6% 30.1%

Active share vs the S&P 500 84.8% 83.3%

In the Nasdaq-100 23.9% 27.8%

Holdings 111 41

Top ten, share of the fund 19.0% 49.2%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.35%

Fee for the differing part 0.77% 0.42%

Total return, 1 year +3.1% −29.1%

vs its benchmark −11.7 pts vs VOO −44.1 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −9.1% −34.2%

Net assets, ROBT as of Nov 3, 2026 and WISE as of Nov 4, 2026 $714m $22m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

10% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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About each fund

ROBT

By weight, 34% of ROBT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 85%. The top ten holdings are 19% of the fund across 111 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 3, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +3.1% with distributions reinvested against +14.8% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, so a holder was behind by 11.7 pts. It sits 9.1% below its all-time high of Oct 5, 2026.

WISE

By weight, 30% of WISE's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 83%. The top ten holdings are 49% of the fund across 41 positions, as published by its issuer for Nov 4, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned −29.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was behind by 44.1 pts. It sits 34.2% below its all-time high of Oct 15, 2025.

Questions people ask

Do ROBT and WISE hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 10% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, ROBT or WISE?: ROBT has 34% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WISE has 30%, so ROBT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ROBT or WISE?: ROBT charges 0.65% a year and WISE charges 0.35%, so WISE is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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All thematic ETFs ranked by the S&P 500 Difference Score →How the scores are computed →ROBT on its own →WISE on its own →ROBT dividend history →ROBT holdings →WISE dividend history →WISE holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ROBT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROBT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for ROBT ↗

WISE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

WISE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Themes page for WISE ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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