ETF comparison
GRID vs ROBO
Both Thematic.
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund · Robo Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF
Holdings overlap
13 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GRID and ROBO would leave roughly 8.9% 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
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Cost difference
GRID is 39 bps cheaper than ROBO. On a $100,000 position that's about $390/yr more in fees for ROBO.
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 GRID vs ROBO.
Top shared holdings
13 shared in total| # | Holding | In GRID | In ROBO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE | 8.29% | 1.50% | 1.50% |
| 2 | ABB LTD (CH) | 8.11% | 1.33% | 1.33% |
| 3 | NVIDIA CORP | 1.90% | 1.31% | 1.31% |
| 4 | TESLA INC | 1.93% | 0.91% | 0.91% |
| 5 | SIEMENS AG | 0.90% | 1.23% | 0.90% |
| 6 | APTIV PLC | 1.30% | 0.87% | 0.87% |
| 7 | QUALCOMM INC | 0.69% | 0.92% | 0.69% |
| 8 | INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG | 0.46% | 1.14% | 0.46% |
| 9 | MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP | 0.31% | 1.28% | 0.31% |
| 10 | EMERSON ELECTRIC COMPANY | 0.31% | 1.67% | 0.31% |
| 11 | DAIHEN CORP | 0.28% | 0.93% | 0.28% |
| 12 | TRIMBLE INC | 0.04% | 1.35% | 0.04% |
Only in GRID
109 total- EATON CORP PLC 8.52%
- QUANTA SERVICES INC 8.10%
- JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC 7.99%
- NATIONAL GRID PLC 4.11%
- E.ON SE 3.88%
- PRYSMIAN SPA 3.87%
- NVENT ELECTRIC PLC 2.87%
- HUBBELL INC 2.61%
- TERNA - RETE ELETTRICA NAZIONALE SPA 1.74%
- CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.67%
Only in ROBO
67 total- AMBARELLA, INC. 2.09%
- ILLUMINA, INC. 1.92%
- ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC. 1.90%
- FANUC CORPORATION 1.74%
- GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft 1.72%
- Yokogawa Electric Corporation 1.71%
- TERADYNE, INC. 1.67%
- JBT MAREL CORPORATION 1.63%
- NOVANTA INC. 1.62%
- SMC CORPORATION 1.62%
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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/.
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