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ROBT vs XA: which is really different?

ROBT and XA hold 4% of their weight in the same names.

First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF and Corgi AI Cybersecurity ETF.

32.0%ROBT in the S&P 500
47.2%XA in the S&P 500
+9.9%ROBT 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?

ROBT 17.7XA 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

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
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

4% 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 XA hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ROBT and XA both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingROBTXA
Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A)1.68%4.66%
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.1.50%12.91%
Akamai Technologies, Inc.0.40%3.16%
Datadog, Inc. (Class A)0.40%5.29%
Elastic N.V.0.37%3.92%
Only in each
Only in ROBTOnly in XA
US Dollar 2.00%Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 11.86%
Tempus AI, Inc. (Class A) 1.95%Okta Inc 6.91%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.84%Fortinet Inc 5.87%
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A) 1.78%Rubrik Inc 4.81%
Illumina, Inc. 1.77%Zscaler Inc 4.16%
AeroVironment, Inc. 1.70%F5 Inc 4.14%
Symbiotic Inc. (Class A) 1.67%GEN DIGITAL INC 3.95%
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 1.65%Qualys Inc 3.78%

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 Sep 18, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ROBT 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
ROBTXAROBTXAROBTXA
3 months+5.1%+27.7%+2.8 pts+25.4 pts+7.5 pts+30.2 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%+59.5%−122.5 pts+55.1 pts−263.7 pts+55.6 pts
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ROBT and XA 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
XA
Corgi AI Cybersecurity ETF
Holds 26 stocks in artificial intelligence, 47% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerFirst TrustCorgi
ThemeArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50032.0%47.2%
Active share vs the S&P 50084.5%98.9%
In the Nasdaq-10022.7%40.1%
Holdings12026
Top ten, share of the fund17.7%64.6%
Expense ratio0.65%0.35%
Fee for the differing part0.77%0.35%
Total return, 1 year+9.9%+59.5% (since launch on May 6, 2026)
vs the S&P 500−6.7 pts+55.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−11.8 pts+55.6 pts
Below its high−3.9%−2.6%
Net assets$766m$6m

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.

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 ROBT and XA hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 4% 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 XA?
ROBT has 32% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XA has 47%, so XA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ROBT or XA?
ROBT charges 0.65% 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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ROBT 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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