ETF comparison
ROBO vs VGT
Thematic vs Technology.
Robo Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF · Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
17 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ROBO and VGT would leave roughly 4.4% 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
VGT is 86 bps cheaper than ROBO. On a $100,000 position that's about $860/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 ROBO vs VGT.
Top shared holdings
17 shared in total| # | Holding | In ROBO | In VGT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 1.31% | 16.82% | 1.31% |
| 2 | QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 0.92% | 1.09% | 0.92% |
| 3 | CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. | 1.19% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 4 | TERADYNE, INC. | 1.67% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 5 | Coherent Corp. | 0.88% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 6 | MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED | 0.97% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 7 | AUTODESK, INC. | 1.38% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 8 | COGNEX CORPORATION | 1.32% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 9 | PTC INC. | 1.33% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 10 | ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | 1.56% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 11 | TRIMBLE INC. | 1.35% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 12 | Samsara Inc (Nevada) | 1.57% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
Only in ROBO
63 total- ILLUMINA, INC. 1.92%
- ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC. 1.90%
- FANUC CORPORATION 1.74%
- GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft 1.72%
- Yokogawa Electric Corporation 1.71%
- EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 1.67%
- JBT MAREL CORPORATION 1.63%
- SMC CORPORATION 1.62%
- ATS CORPORATION 1.57%
- NORDSON CORPORATION 1.57%
Only in VGT
300 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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