BOTT vs BOTZ

BOTTBThemes Humanoid Robotics ETF

BOTZCGlobal X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF

In short

BOTT Most robotics funds buy the whole factory floor. BOTT buys the androids: about 30 global names across the humanoid and service robot value chain, at 0.35% a year.

BOTZ One of the original robotics-and-AI ETFs, running since 2016 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund: roughly 60 developed-market names covering industrial robots, factory automation and autonomous vehicles.

Stated mandate

BOTT The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, an index of companies deriving significant revenue from designing and developing humanoid and service robots.

BOTZ BOTZ seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Indxx Global Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Thematic Index. It invests primarily in companies benefiting from robotics and AI adoption, including industrial and non-industrial robotics and autonomous vehicles.

Why people hold it

• BOTT At 0.35% it undercuts the typical robotics and automation ETF (median 0.65%) and every peer ranked above it: IBOT at 0.47%, FBOT and FDIF at 0.50%.
• A true pure play. Its index, the Solactive Global Humanoid Robotics Index, targets companies building humanoid and service robots, not the broad factory automation basket.themesetfs.com
• Global mandate, about 30 names. Tight enough that the humanoid theme actually shows up in the portfolio instead of getting buried under mega-cap ballast.themesetfs.com
• Sits in the upper half of its robotics and automation peer group, one of the stronger builds of a very young theme.

• BOTZ Trading since 2016 and now a multi-billion-dollar, actively traded fund, so getting in and out tends to be straightforward.
• Tracks a published Indxx robotics and AI index, so the basket is set by disclosed rules rather than a manager's stock-picking mood.
• Roughly 60 developed-market names spanning industrial and non-industrial robotics and autonomous vehicles: a concentrated theme, not mega-cap tech in disguise.

Worth knowing

• BOTT Lightly traded next to the category's giants, so spreads can be wider and bigger orders need more care at the point of trade.
• Short file: the fund launched in 2024 and Themes relaunched it with the humanoid focus in 2025, so there is little live history to judge.globenewswire.com
• About 30 stocks in one early-stage theme is concentrated, swingy exposure, and cash comes back to you once or twice a year at most.

• BOTZ The 0.68% fee sits above the robotics cohort median, and cheaper shelf-mates exist: BOTT at 0.35%, IBOT at 0.47%.
• About 60 stocks in a single theme means one company's stumble moves this fund far more than it would a broad index.
• Distributions come once or twice a year, so it works as a theme holding rather than an income line.

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