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ROBT · First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF

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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 86%. The top ten holdings are 20% of the fund across 115 positions, as filed for Sep 3, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +17.7% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 2.3 pts.

ROBT (First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF), themes desk fields as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
Theme (ETFIQ, editorial)Artificial intelligence
LaunchedFeb 22, 2018
Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ)32.0%
Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ)86.3%
Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ)21.2%
Active share vs the Nasdaq-100 (ETFIQ)83.9%
Top ten holdings weight20.0%
Holdings115
Net assets (latest filing)$730M
Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT)Sep 3, 2026
Top holdingsAppian Corporation 2.5%, UiPath, Inc. (Class A) 2.2%, CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. 2.2%, Workday, Inc. (Class A) 2.0%, Salesforce, Inc. 2.0%, Illumina, Inc. 1.9%, Oceaneering International, Inc. 1.9%, Tempus AI, Inc. (Class A) 1.8%, Dynatrace, Inc. 1.8%, AutoStore Holdings Ltd. 1.7%
3 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ)+6.1% / +4.7% / +1.4 pts / +4.0 pts
6 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ)+20.2% / +15.2% / +5.1 pts / +0.1 pts
1 year: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ)+17.7% / +20.0% / −2.3 pts / −7.9 pts
3 years: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ)+37.9% / +78.0% / −40.0 pts / −55.5 pts
since launch: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ)+101.1% / +224.7% / −123.6 pts / −260.4 pts
Below its all-time high (ETFIQ)−3.0%
Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL)0.65%
Fee for the part that differs from the S&P 500, active expense ratio (ETFIQ)0.75%
Closest funds by holdings overlapROBO 23%, AIQ 22%, THNQ 20%, AGIX 20%, XT 19%

Questions people ask

How much of ROBT is already in the S&P 500?
By its holdings filed for Sep 3, 2026, 32% of ROBT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 86%, so that share is the part doing something different.
What does ROBT hold?
115 positions as filed for Sep 3, 2026, with the top ten at 20% of the fund. The largest are Appian Corporation at 2.5%, UiPath, Inc. (Class A) at 2.2%, CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. at 2.2%.
Has ROBT beaten the S&P 500?
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 ROBT returned +17.7% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so it finished behind the index by 2.3 points.
What does ROBT cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.65% a year. Because 86% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.75%.

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