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ETF comparison

ROBO vs XLK

Thematic vs Technology.

Robo Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
4.4 %

10 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ROBO and XLK would leave roughly 4.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ROBO unmatched 95.4% Shared 4.4% XLK unmatched 95.5%

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.

In ROBO only
70 positions
Shared
10 positions
In XLK only
64 positions

Side by side

ROBO

Robo Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF

Exchange Traded Concepts · Thematic

48 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.95%
Net assets
$2.02B
TTM yield
0.39%
Top-10 conc.
19.7%
XLK

State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

State Street · Technology

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.080%
Net assets
$127.30B
TTM yield
0.46%
Top-10 conc.
64.5%

Sub-score comparison

5
Cost
92
77
Tax efficiency
85
70
Liquidity
100
86
Concentration
22
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Tracking quality
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ROBO sub-score XLK

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

XLK is 87 bps cheaper than ROBO. On a $100,000 position that's about $870/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 XLK.

Top shared holdings

10 shared in total
# Holding In ROBO In XLK Overlap
1 NVIDIA CORPORATION 1.31% 14.65% 1.31%
2 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 0.92% 1.09% 0.92%
3 CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. 1.19% 0.58% 0.58%
4 Coherent Corp. 0.88% 0.43% 0.43%
5 TERADYNE, INC. 1.67% 0.42% 0.42%
6 MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 0.97% 0.27% 0.27%
7 AUTODESK, INC. 1.38% 0.23% 0.23%
8 PTC INC. 1.33% 0.07% 0.07%
9 ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1.56% 0.07% 0.07%
10 TRIMBLE INC. 1.35% 0.07% 0.07%

Only in ROBO

70 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%
  • EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 1.67%
  • JBT MAREL CORPORATION 1.63%
  • NOVANTA INC. 1.62%
  • SMC CORPORATION 1.62%

Only in XLK

64 total
  • Apple Inc 12.85%
  • Microsoft Corp 8.38%
  • Micron Technology Inc 5.42%
  • Broadcom Inc 5.41%
  • Advanced Micro Devices Inc 5.28%
  • Intel Corp 3.68%
  • Applied Materials Inc 3.20%
  • Lam Research Corp 3.02%
  • Cisco Systems Inc 2.58%
  • KLA Corp 2.20%

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.