ARTY vs ROBT: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

iShares Future AI & Tech ETF

ARTYANYSE Arca

First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF

ROBTBNasdaq

Overlap

11.9%by weight

Expense ratio

ARTY −0.18pt a year

ARTY0.47%ROBT0.65%

Avg volume · 30D

ARTY 12.7×the volume

ARTY497KROBT39.2K

5Y return · a year

ARTY +9.4pt

ARTY+9.7%ROBT+0.3%

ARTY vs ROBT Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+58.9%ARTY+1.6%ROBT

Expense ratio: ARTY 0.47%, better; ROBT 0.65%
Fund size: ARTY $3.65B; ROBT $723M
1Y total return: ARTY +33.9%, better; ROBT −0.2%
Yield (12M): ARTY 0.06%, better; ROBT 0.02%
Holdings: ARTY 65; ROBT 117
Avg volume (30D): ARTY 497K sh, better; ROBT 39.2K sh
NAV per share: ARTY $68.50; ROBT $55.86
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for ARTY, ROBT, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	ARTY	ROBT
Cost30% weight	A83Higher	C52
Mission25% weight	Not scored	A79
Risk15% weight	C47	B55Higher
Tradability15% weight	A75Higher	B63
Holdings10% weight	B69	A86Higher
Durability5% weight	A91Higher	A81

Rank among Artificial Intelligence funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. ARTY and ROBT are both graded against the same 30 Artificial Intelligence funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Artificial Intelligence⁠

Category · 30 funds

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ARTY ranks 3rd and ROBT 8th of 30 funds in the Artificial Intelligence Category.

Rank 1AQTUMDefiance Quantum ETFScore 79
Rank 1AXAIXXtrackers Artificial Intelligence and Big Data ETFScore 79
Rank 3AARTYiShares Future AI & Tech ETFScore 72
Rank 4BAIHYDefiance AI Hyperscale Leaders ETFScore 67
Rank 8BAIVCAmplify Bloomberg AI Value Chain ETFScore 61
Rank 8BROBTFirst Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETFScore 61
Rank 10BALAIAlger AI Enablers & Adopters ETFScore 58

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

ARTYAiShares Future AI & Tech ETF

ROBTBFirst Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF

In short

ARTY Launched in 2018 as a robotics fund, ARTY switched benchmarks in 2024 and came back as a focused global AI portfolio: about 50 companies across chips, data centers, software and services, at a below-median theme fee.

ROBT AI plus the machines it runs. ROBT has tracked a Nasdaq index of global artificial intelligence and robotics companies since 2018, spreading the theme across roughly 110 names.

Stated mandate

ARTY The fund seeks to track a global index of companies contributing to artificial-intelligence technologies across software, infrastructure, and services.

ROBT The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Nasdaq CTA Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Index.

Why people hold it

ARTY 0.47% a year against a 0.68% median for AI-theme funds. The thematic markup is smaller here than on most of the shelf, though XAIX and QTUM undercut it.
Global by design. The index pulls from US and non-US companies contributing to AI across generative AI, data and infrastructure, software and services.ishares.com
A multi-billion-dollar, actively traded iShares fund, so getting in and out doesn't hinge on thin volume.
Stacks up as one of the stronger builds in a crowded AI cohort on cost, structure and staying power.

ROBT Robotics sits in the mandate, not just AI software: the index it follows spans artificial intelligence and robotics companies worldwide.
Trading since 2018, so it carries a real track record through the AI hype cycle rather than a launch-week backtest.
Roughly 110 global holdings, so the fund does not live or die on one or two AI names.
At 0.65% a year the fee lands just under the typical AI-theme ETF, and the fund sits in the upper half of that peer group, tracking its stated index closely.

Worth knowing

ARTY The record before August 2024 belongs to a different strategy: as IRBO it tracked a robotics and AI index, then moved to the Morningstar Global AI Select Index.ishares.com
About 50 names in one theme. The AI trade sets the tone here, and that concentration works in both directions.
Distributions land once or twice a year and are incidental. This is a growth-theme equity fund, not an income holding.

ROBT Cheaper routes to the theme exist: XAIX runs 0.35% and QTUM 0.40%.
One theme, one basket. AI and robotics stocks swing harder than a broad market index, in both directions.
Volume is moderate rather than heavy, so limit orders earn their keep.

Full ARTY profile⁠

Full ROBT profile⁠

ARTY vs ROBT Holdings

How ARTY and ROBT differ

Overlap by weight

11.9%

Shared holdings make up 49.2% of ARTY and 12.8% of ROBT.

Level by level

Holdings16 in both11.9%
Sector8 Sectors64.7%
Countryby domicile73.0%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in ARTY and ROBT, widest gap first
Sector	More in ARTYMore in ROBT	ARTY	ROBT
Technology	ARTY +32.5 points	86.3%	53.8%
Industrials	ROBT +18.4 points	4.2%	22.6%
Health Care	ROBT +9.1 points	0.9%	10.0%
Consumer Discretionary	ROBT +6.3 points	0.0%	6.3%
Consumer Staples	ROBT +1.6 points	0.0%	1.6%
Utilities	ARTY +1.4 points	1.4%	0.0%
Real Estate	ARTY +1.3 points	1.3%	0.0%
Communication	Same weight	5.8%	5.8%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in ARTY and ROBT, widest gap first
Country	More in ARTYMore in ROBT	ARTY	ROBT
Taiwan	ARTY +13.8 points	16.5%	2.7%
United States	ARTY +8.8 points	69.4%	60.6%
China	ROBT +7.3 points	0.0%	7.3%
Japan	ROBT +6.1 points	2.3%	8.4%
United Kingdom	ROBT +3.8 points	0.0%	3.8%
Israel	ROBT +2.9 points	0.0%	2.9%
South Korea	ARTY +1.9 points	5.6%	3.7%
Sweden	ROBT +1.7 points	0.0%	1.7%
Other countries (7)	ROBT +2.8 points	6.2%	9.0%

Outside the US: ARTY 28% developed, 72% emerging. ROBT 58% developed, 42% emerging.

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

ARTY42.5%
ROBT18.9%

Securities held

ARTY51
ROBT111

Asset class

ARTY: Equity
ROBT: Equity

Holdings

Only in ARTY35
In both16
Only in ROBT95

Only in ARTY

35 securities, 50.7% of ARTY by weight

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing4.53%
Oracle4.14%
Global Unichip3.84%
Coreweave Class A3.19%
Super Micro Computer Inc3.17%
Accenture PLC Class A2.44%
Advantest2.31%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC2.09%
Western Digital Corp1.94%
Alchip Technologies1.93%
Constellation Energy Corp1.43%
Ase Technology Holding1.41%
Bloom Energy Class A1.13%
Astera Labs1.09%
Workday Class A1.08%
Entegris Inc1.05%
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd1.05%
Legrand SA1.00%
Celestica0.98%
Cgi Inc Class A0.91%
Quanta Computer0.90%
Rambus0.85%
Wistron0.82%
Costar Group0.76%
Auras Technology Ltd0.74%
Wiwynn Corporation0.72%
Gigabyte Technology Ltd0.71%
Presight Ai Holding0.70%
Onto Innovation0.70%
Amkor Technology0.66%
Orient Semiconductor Electronics0.65%
Camtek0.65%
Macquarie Technology Group0.63%
Digico Infrastructure Reit Stapled0.56%
Twd/Usd<0.01%

Only in ROBT

95 securities, 87.0% of ROBT by weight

Ocado Group Plc2.19%
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A)1.95%
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.1.89%
Appian Corporation1.89%
SentinelOne, Inc. (Class A)1.88%
Illumina, Inc.1.82%
C3.ai, Inc. (Class A)1.81%
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Class A)1.77%
Hexagon AB (Class B)1.76%
Synopsys, Inc.1.75%
Dassault Systemes SE1.75%
Dynatrace, Inc.1.74%
QinetiQ Group Plc1.73%
NICE Ltd. (ADR)1.72%
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.1.60%
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.1.58%
Symbiotic Inc. (Class A)1.58%
Cisco Systems, Inc.1.56%
Fanuc Corporation1.54%
Pegasystems Inc.1.52%
Cloudflare, Inc. (Class A)1.52%
AutoStore Holdings Ltd.1.51%
Siemens AG1.47%
Salesforce, Inc.1.47%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited (ADR)1.42%
AeroVironment, Inc.1.40%
BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc.1.37%
Baidu, Inc. (ADR)1.32%
Rainbow Robotics1.30%
UBTech Robotics Corp Ltd (Class H)1.22%
UiPath, Inc. (Class A)1.21%
Horizon Robotics, Inc.1.19%
ServiceNow, Inc.1.17%
Mobileye Global Inc. (Class A)1.15%
Tecan Group AG (Registered)0.94%
NXP Semiconductors N.V.0.88%
Rockwell Automation, Inc.0.79%
Minimax Group Inc0.75%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (ADR)0.75%
QUALCOMM Incorporated0.74%
Valmet Oyj0.74%
ATS Corp.0.73%
Keyence Corporation0.72%
Amazon.com, Inc.0.71%
Cognex Corporation0.71%
Ambarella, Inc.0.70%
KLA Corporation0.69%
Yokogawa Electric Corporation0.69%
Daifuku Co., Ltd.0.68%
Mirle Automation Corporation0.68%

Weight gaps

All 16 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in ARTY and ROBT, widest gap first
Holding	More in ARTYMore in ROBT	ARTY	ROBT
Advanced Micro DevicesAMD	ARTY +4.78 points	5.60%	0.82%
Broadcom IncAVGO	ARTY +3.91 points	4.58%	0.67%
Marvell TechnologyMRVL	ARTY +3.88 points	4.59%	0.71%
NVIDIANVDA	ARTY +3.81 points	4.52%	0.71%
Micron TechnologyMU	ARTY +3.64 points	4.35%	0.71%
Naver	ARTY +2.82 points	3.17%	0.35%
Space Exploration Technologies CorSPCX	ARTY +2.22 points	2.63%	0.41%
Arista NetworksANET	ARTY +2.19 points	2.57%	0.38%
MicrosoftMSFT	ARTY +2.17 points	2.96%	0.79%
Sk Hynix	ARTY +1.70 points	2.34%	0.64%
Schneider Electric	ARTY +1.44 points	2.03%	0.59%
Palantir Technologies Class APLTR	ARTY +1.42 points	3.05%	1.63%
SnowflakeSNOW	ARTY +1.37 points	1.77%	0.40%
International Business Machines CoIBM	ARTY +1.16 points	2.98%	1.82%
Tempus Ai Class ATEM	ROBT +0.95 points	0.94%	1.89%
Mongodb Class AMDB	ARTY +0.76 points	1.10%	0.34%

All 50 ARTY holdings⁠All 111 ROBT holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

ARTY vs ROBT Cost

Overpaying ROBT vs ARTY

$3,299

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

ARTY 0.47%
$9,418
ROBT 0.65%
$12,717

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

ARTY 0.47%
ROBT 0.65%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	ARTY	ROBT	Overpaying
10	$847	$1,163	$316
20	$3,261	$4,440	$1,179
30	$9,418	$12,717	$3,299

Expense ratio

0.47%ARTY, cheaper
0.65%ROBT

ARTY0.47%ROBT0.65%

0.35%1.05%

Middle half of Artificial Intelligence funds
Median 0.65%

ARTY 6th cheapest of 30 funds

ROBT 14th cheapest of 30 funds

ARTY vs ROBT Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): ARTY 0.06%, better; ROBT 0.02%
Payout (12M): ARTY $0.04; ROBT $0.0094
Last payment: ARTY $0.04; ROBT $0.0094
Ex-dividend: ARTY Jun 15, 2026; ROBT Jun 25, 2026
Paid on: ARTY Jun 18, 2026; ROBT Jun 30, 2026
Frequency: ARTY Annual; ROBT Irregular

Distribution history

Per share, 2018 to 2026, same scale for both

ARTYAnnual · 16 paymentsAll ARTY payments⁠

ROBTIrregular · 22 paymentsAll ROBT payments⁠

ARTY vs ROBT Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

ARTY
ROBT

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: ARTY 32.7%ROBT 21.2%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: ARTY 0.92, betterROBT 0.55
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: ARTY −50.5%ROBT −43.3%, better
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: ARTY 2.06ROBT 1.55; Market = 1

ARTY and ROBT in the news

All news⁠

Deep Dive
Two AI funds share 8% of their weight and sit 28 points apart
Sep 16, 2026ARTYROBT
ETF Filings
Bitwise files to sell the credit side of the AI buildout as an ETF
Sep 21, 2026ARTY
Deep Dive
Cybersecurity paid for tech's week. The AI funds did not
Sep 19, 2026ARTY
Deep Dive
Chip funds rose 2.5% as software ETFs fell 4.5%
Sep 5, 2026ARTY

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ARTY vs ROBT

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it