VanEck Robotics ETF
$64.25−0.59 (−0.91%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.47%
- Fund size
- $101M
- 1Y return
- +28.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.31%
- Holdings
- 70
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $63.98
- 52W range
The ETF.net IBOT Grade
Score 76 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 85Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 70Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 69Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 75Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.BScore 66Category rank
Our read on IBOT
AA straight robotics play. IBOT tracks the BlueStar Robotics Index across about 70 companies tied to robotics, rather than a broad basket of tech "disruptors", and charges well under the typical fee in its niche.
The fund seeks to track the BlueStar Robotics Index as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, while following companies involved in robotics.
Why people hold it
- 0.47% a year, comfortably below the median expense ratio among robotics and automation ETFs.
- Index-driven and focused: roughly 70 names selected for robotics involvement, so the theme stays the theme.
- On our review, one of the stronger builds in the robotics and automation group on cost, portfolio construction and risk profile combined.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded. Spreads can run wider and sizeable orders can nudge the price more than in mainstream funds.
- Not the cheapest shelf option: Themes Humanoid Robotics (BOTT) charges 0.35%, though it targets a narrower humanoid slice.
- Launched in 2023, so the track record is short, and payouts come annually or semiannually rather than as a steady income stream.
IBOT Holdings
- Stocks
- 70
- 41%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Industrials49.6%
- Technology45.3%
- Energy4.3%
- Health Care0.9%
Geography
- United States44.35%
- Japan23.46%
- Switzerland7.92%
- Netherlands5.65%
- United Kingdom3.32%
- Germany2.89%
- Sweden2.08%
- France2.08%
- 8.24%
Developed 97% · Emerging 3%
IBOT Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | IBOT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +23.2% |
| 1 month | −1.9% |
| 3 months | −6.1% |
| 1 year | +28.6% |
| 3 years | +24.7% |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | IBOT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +23.2% | |
| 2025 | +28.6% | |
| 2024 | +6.4% | |
| 2023 | +18.9% |
IBOT in the news
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IBOT Dividends
- 0.31%
- $0.20
- $0.20 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 26, 2025 | $0.20 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 24, 2024 | $1.15 |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Dec 22, 2023 | $0.82 |
IBOT Risk
- 21.2%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.84
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −25.4%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.55
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
IBOT Cost
- The middle half of Robotics & Automation funds
- Median 0.54%
3 of the 18 Robotics & Automation funds charge less.