ETF comparison
BOTZ vs VGT
Thematic vs Technology.
Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF · Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
7 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BOTZ and VGT would leave roughly 8.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VGT is 59 bps cheaper than BOTZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $590/yr more in fees for BOTZ.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with BOTZ vs VGT.
Top shared holdings
7 shared in total| # | Holding | In BOTZ | In VGT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 8.28% | 16.82% | 8.28% |
| 2 | AURORA INNOVATION, INC. | 2.43% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 3 | COGNEX CORPORATION | 2.20% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 4 | UIPATH, INC. | 1.09% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 5 | Ouster Inc | 0.58% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 6 | APPIAN CORPORATION | 0.20% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 7 | CERENCE INC. | 0.12% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Only in BOTZ
54 total- KEYENCE CORPORATION 9.30%
- ABB Ltd 9.03%
- FANUC CORPORATION 8.98%
- INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. 6.14%
- Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co., Ltd 4.32%
- SMC CORPORATION 4.01%
- DAIFUKU CO., LTD. 3.52%
- RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Co Ltd 2.73%
- YASKAWA Electric Corporation 2.43%
- ALPHABET INC. 2.27%
Only in VGT
310 total- Apple Inc 14.57%
- Microsoft Corp 9.46%
- Broadcom Inc 4.21%
- Micron Technology Inc 4.20%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.21%
- Intel Corp 2.03%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.85%
- Lam Research Corp 1.56%
- Oracle Corp 1.45%
- Applied Materials Inc 1.40%
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- BOTZ vs ARKK · ARK Innovation ETF 4.4%
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- VGT vs ROBO · Robo Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF 4.4%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.