BOTT vs HUMN

BOTTBThemes Humanoid Robotics ETF

HUMNDRoundhill Humanoid Robotics 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.

HUMN The first US-listed ETF built purely around humanoid robots, live since 2025. Roundhill picks roughly 40 names actively, judging which companies are genuinely closest to building the machines rather than tracking an index.

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.

HUMN The actively managed ETF invests in equity securities of companies involved in humanoid robotics, including robots designed with human-like structures and functions and equipped with advanced sensors, artificial intelligence, and actuators.

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.

• HUMN The first US-listed ETF dedicated to humanoid robotics, trading since June 2025. The theme is the whole portfolio here, not a sleeve inside a broader automation basket.prnewswire.com
• Actively managed. Roundhill ranks companies by thematic relevance, reading 10-K filings, company presentations and research, instead of waiting on an index committee's rebalance.roundhillinvestments.com
• Roughly 40 stocks, and the mandate reaches beyond the US into Asian listings, where much of the robotics supply chain trades.

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.

• HUMN The 0.75% fee sits above the robotics cohort median of 0.65%, and well above index-based rivals such as BOTT at 0.35%. Stock picking is what the premium buys.
• It launched in 2025, so the risk record is still short, and a single-theme book of roughly 40 stocks can move sharply on one company's news.
• Against the robotics and automation group, its overall standing lands in the lower half, with cost the heaviest weight on it.

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