Do ROBT and XAIX hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 21% 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 XAIX?

ROBT has 34% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XAIX has 79%, so ROBT differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, ROBT or XAIX?

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

Data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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ROBT vs XAIX: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, ROBT returned +3.1% to XAIX's +25.0%; 21% 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 $147m on Nov 2, 2026 for Xtrackers Artificial Intelligence and Big Data ETF.

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At a glance

33.6%

ROBT in the S&P 500

79.0%

XAIX in the S&P 500

+3.1%

ROBT total return, 1 year

+25.0%

XAIX 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.

XAIX · 1 year to Nov 4, 2026 21% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

79% of XAIX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 21% is outside the index. Holdings as of Aug 31, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XAIX costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 21.9 points; ROBT is 4.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ROBT vs XAIX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	ROBT	XAIX
Return
Measure	ROBT	XAIX
Total return, 1 year	+3.1%	+25.0%
Drawdown
Measure	ROBT	XAIX
Below its all-time high	9.1%, high on Oct 5, 2026	11.3%, high on Jun 2, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	ROBT	XAIX
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	ahead by 10.0 pts
Cost and size
Measure	ROBT	XAIX
Expense ratio	0.65%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Nov 2, 2026	$717m	$147m
Holdings
Measure	ROBT	XAIX
Holdings in common	21%

Method

Risk and return

Aug 9, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026 · 116 weekly returns

ROBT XAIX

Return

Total return edge XAIX +40.1% +87.1%

Annualized edge XAIX +16.3% +32.4%

Price return edge XAIX +39.4% +85.5%

Risk

Volatility edge XAIX (slight) 24.9% 23.9%

Max drawdown edge XAIX −25.1% −21.8%

Downside capture 121.0% 126.8%

Beta 1.23 1.44

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge XAIX 0.57 1.12

Sortino edge XAIX 0.85 1.79

Treynor 0.064 0.186

Calmar edge XAIX 0.65 1.48

Against the benchmark

Alpha −7.3% a year +7.0% a year

Alpha t-stat −1.77 0.84

Information ratio −0.35 0.95

Tracking error 12.8% 13.7%

Each against its own benchmark: ROBT against VOO, Mar 2, 2018 to Oct 30, 2026; XAIX against ACWI, Aug 9, 2024 to Oct 30, 2026.

Reading

From Aug 2024 to Oct 2026, XAIX returned more: +87.1% to +40.1%. XAIX swung slightly less: 23.9% to 24.9%. XAIX fell less at its worst: −21.8% to −25.1%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: ROBT vs XAIX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	ROBT	XAIX	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+40.1%	+87.1%	XAIX	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+16.3%	+32.4%	XAIX	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+39.4%	+85.5%	XAIX	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	24.9%	23.9%	XAIX (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	16.6%	15.0%	XAIX (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−25.1%	−21.8%	XAIX	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	133.5%	198.7%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	121.0%	126.8%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.23	1.44	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.77	0.74	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.57	1.12	XAIX	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.85	1.79	XAIX	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.064	0.186		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.65	1.48	XAIX	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	VOO	ACWI		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−7.3% a year	+7.0% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−1.77	0.84	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−15.5% to +0.8%	−9.4% to +23.4%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	−0.35	0.95		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	12.8%	13.7%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 116 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

21%

By the books each fund has filed, ROBT and XAIX hold 21% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026.

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21% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ROBT XAIX

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A) 1.81% 4.38%

International Business Machines Corporation 1.79% 1.83%

Palantir Technologies Inc. (Class A) 1.57% 3.73%

Cisco Systems, Inc. 1.56% 3.63%

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 1.53% 2.60%

Alibaba Group Holding Limited (ADR) 1.47% 2.59%

Salesforce, Inc. 1.44% 1.72%

ServiceNow, Inc. 1.23% 1.27%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 0.80% 3.50%

Microsoft Corporation 0.80% 5.87%

Amazon.com, Inc. 0.75% 4.70%

NVIDIA Corporation 0.73% 4.75%

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%

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A) 1.81%

Hexagon AB (Class B) 1.79%

QinetiQ Group Plc 1.79%

Only in XAIX

WALMART INC 3.99%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 3.63%

DELL TECHNOLOGIES INC 2.48%

ORACLE CORP 2.44%

SAP SE 2.31%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC 1.97%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.74%

AT&T INC 1.50%

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Window by window

Window by window: ROBT vs XAIX: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	ROBT	XAIX	ROBT	XAIX
3 months	−4.5%	−3.6%	−4.4 pts vs VOO	−2.3 pts vs ACWI
6 months	+3.4%	+5.4%	−1.6 pts vs VOO	+2.8 pts vs ACWI
1 year	+3.1%	+25.0%	−11.7 pts vs VOO	+10.0 pts vs ACWI
3 years	+41.9%	–	−41.4 pts vs VOO	–
Since launchNot the same days: ROBT Feb 2018 · XAIX Aug 2024	+89.4%	+87.7%	−136.1 pts vs VOO	+39.2 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 XAIX Xtrackers Artificial Intelligence and Big Data ETF · Holds 101 stocks in artificial intelligence, 79% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer First Trust Xtrackers

Theme Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence

In the S&P 500 33.6% 79.0%

Active share vs the S&P 500 84.8% 66.5%

In the Nasdaq-100 23.9% 58.0%

Holdings 111 101

Top ten, share of the fund 19.0% 43.7%

Expense ratio 0.65% 0.35%

Fee for the differing part 0.77% 0.53%

Total return, 1 year +3.1% +25.0%

vs its benchmark −11.7 pts vs VOO +10.0 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −9.1% −11.3%

Net assets, ROBT as of Nov 3, 2026 and XAIX as of Nov 2, 2026 $714m $147m

As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

21% 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.

XAIX

By weight, 79% of XAIX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 66%. The top ten holdings are 44% of the fund across 101 positions, as filed for Aug 31, 2026. Over the year to Nov 4, 2026 the fund returned +25.0% with distributions reinvested against +15.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was ahead by 10.0 pts. It sits 11.3% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ROBT and XAIX hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 21% 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 XAIX?: ROBT has 34% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XAIX has 79%, so ROBT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ROBT or XAIX?: ROBT charges 0.65% a year and XAIX charges 0.35%, so XAIX is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

ROBT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ROBT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for ROBT ↗

XAIX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XAIX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Xtrackers website ↗

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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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