FBOT vs ROBO: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Fidelity Disruptive Automation ETF

FBOTBNasdaq

ROBO Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF

ROBOCNYSE Arca

Overlap

28.9%by weight

Expense ratio

FBOT −0.45pt a year

FBOT0.50%ROBO0.95%

Avg volume · 30D

ROBO 11.3×the volume

FBOT13.9KROBO157K

3Y return · a year

FBOT +3.4pt

FBOT+21.2%ROBO+17.8%

FBOT vs ROBO Performance

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

+8.4%FBOT+7.6%ROBO

Expense ratio: FBOT 0.50%, better; ROBO 0.95%
Fund size: FBOT $213M; ROBO $1.95B
1Y total return: FBOT +8.4%, better; ROBO +7.6%
Yield (12M): FBOT 0.42%, better; ROBO 0.39%
Holdings: FBOT 53; ROBO 80
Avg volume (30D): FBOT 13.9K sh; ROBO 157K sh, better
NAV per share: FBOT $37.22; ROBO $77.55
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for FBOT, ROBO, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	FBOT	ROBO
Cost30% weight	B65Higher	F0
Mission25% weight	Not scored	Not scored
Risk15% weight	A79Higher	B62
Tradability15% weight	C52	B69Higher
Holdings10% weight	A75	A92Higher
Durability5% weight	A84Higher	A74

Rank among Robotics & Automation funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. FBOT and ROBO are both graded against the same 18 Robotics & Automation funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Robotics & Automation⁠

Category · 18 funds

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FBOT ranks 2nd and ROBO 11th of 18 funds in the Robotics & Automation Category.

Rank 1AIBOTVanEck Robotics ETFScore 77
Rank 2BFBOTFidelity Disruptive Automation ETFScore 67
Rank 3BFDIFFidelity Disruptors ETFScore 62
Rank 10CARKQARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETFScore 48
Rank 11CROBOROBO Global Robotics and Automation Index ETFScore 43
Rank 12CCBOTCorgi Robots & Humanoids ETFScore 40

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

FBOTBFidelity Disruptive Automation ETF

ROBOCROBO Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF

In short

FBOT Most robotics funds hand the job to an index. FBOT hands it to Fidelity's analysts: about 50 global picks spanning industrial robots, machine vision, autonomous driving and 3D printing, for 0.50% a year.

ROBO Robotics as an index, since 2013. ROBO holds roughly 80 automation and robotics names worldwide and tracks the Robo-Stox index it was named for: long-tenured, broadly spread, and priced at the premium end of its group.

Stated mandate

FBOT The fund seeks long-term capital growth by normally investing at least 80% of its assets in securities of disruptive automation companies.

ROBO The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Robo-Stox Global Robotics and Automation Index. It normally invests at least 80% of total assets in securities of that Index or related depositary receipts.

Why people hold it

FBOT Fidelity's analysts pick the names, and the fund's definition of automation runs from robotics and machine vision to autonomous driving, EVs and 3D printing.sec.gov
At 0.50% a year it undercuts the typical robotics and automation fund, and it concentrates in about 50 stocks rather than spreading the theme thin.
Born a 2020 Fidelity mutual fund, converted to an ETF in 2023, so there is real live history behind the strategy and holdings posted daily.fidelity.com
One of the stronger builds in the robotics and automation group on cost, portfolio construction and risk profile.

ROBO Trading since 2013 and now a billion-dollar-plus fund, with moderate day-to-day volume and one of the smoother execution profiles in the robotics cohort.
About 80 holdings spread across global markets, one of the better-diversified baskets in its peer group rather than a bet on three or four megacaps.
The prospectus pins at least 80% of assets to its named index, so you get a published rulebook for what counts as robotics, not a manager's rotating definition.

Worth knowing

FBOT Thinly traded next to the giant thematic funds, so bid-ask spreads and order size matter more here.
Two peers charge less: BOTT at 0.35% and IBOT at 0.47%.
No index to fall back on. Results ride on the manager's calls, and the theme can reach into any sector, so the fund can behave unlike broad tech.sec.gov

ROBO At 0.95% a year, it charges above the robotics-fund median (near 0.65%) and well above leaner builds like BOTT at 0.35% or IBOT at 0.47%.
One theme, many currencies. Robotics and automation stocks tend to move together, and the global holdings add exchange-rate swings on top.
Distributions land once or twice a year at most. This is a growth-theme equity basket, not an income holding.

Full FBOT profile⁠

Full ROBO profile⁠

FBOT vs ROBO Holdings

How FBOT and ROBO differ

Overlap by weight

28.9%

Shared holdings make up 53.1% of FBOT and 31.1% of ROBO.

Level by level

Holdings23 in both28.9%
Countryby domicile84.9%
Sector6 Sectors90.0%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in FBOT and ROBO, widest gap first
Sector	More in FBOTMore in ROBO	FBOT	ROBO
Industrials	FBOT +7.9 points	53.1%	45.2%
Health Care	ROBO +5.1 points	0.8%	5.9%
Technology	ROBO +3.2 points	39.4%	42.6%
Communication	FBOT +1.8 points	3.0%	1.2%
Financials	ROBO +1.7 points	0.0%	1.7%
Consumer Discretionary	FBOT +0.4 points	3.8%	3.4%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in FBOT and ROBO, widest gap first
Country	More in FBOTMore in ROBO	FBOT	ROBO
United States	FBOT +11.3 points	53.5%	42.2%
Germany	ROBO +6.4 points	3.2%	9.6%
Sweden	FBOT +2.3 points	5.0%	2.7%
Switzerland	ROBO +1.5 points	1.3%	2.8%
China	ROBO +1.4 points	3.1%	4.5%
Norway	ROBO +1.4 points	0.0%	1.4%
South Korea	ROBO +1.3 points	0.0%	1.3%
Ireland	ROBO +1.2 points	0.0%	1.2%
Other countries (7)	ROBO +0.5 points	33.9%	34.4%

Outside the US: FBOT 74% developed, 26% emerging. ROBO 74% developed, 26% emerging.

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

FBOT39.4%
ROBO17.6%

Securities held

FBOT49
ROBO79

Asset class

FBOT: Equity
ROBO: Equity

Holdings

Only in FBOT26
In both23
Only in ROBO56

Only in FBOT

26 securities, 47.5% of FBOT by weight

Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Co Lt5.57%
Palantir Technologies Inc4.12%
Axon Enterprise Inc3.48%
Hexagon Ab Ser B2.61%
Alphabet Inc Class C2.45%
Epiroc Ab Class A2.40%
Manhattan Associates Inc2.34%
Recruit Holdings Co Ltd2.23%
Misumi Group Inc2.20%
Amazon.com Inc2.08%
Ametek Inc New1.74%
Bloom Energy Corp Class A1.66%
Uber Technologies Inc1.65%
Komatsu Ltd1.65%
Synopsys Inc1.58%
Dassault Systemes SA1.33%
Microsoft Corp1.24%
Securities Lending Cf1.16%
Teledyne Technologies Inc1.14%
Caterpillar Inc1.13%
Beta Technologies Inc1.10%
Byd Company Ltd H1.04%
Rocket Lab Corp0.91%
Hesai Group Adr0.37%
Pony Ai Inc Adr0.35%
European Monetary Unit (Euro)0.00%

Only in ROBO

56 securities, 68.6% of ROBO by weight

Illumina Inc1.90%
Novanta Inc1.76%
Ipg Photonics Corp1.59%
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd.1.57%
Ambarella Inc1.54%
Hexagon Ab1.54%
Harmonic Drive Systems Inc.1.53%
Gea Group AG1.50%
Nordson Corp1.50%
Cadence Design Systems Inc.1.50%
Microchip Technology Incorporated1.50%
Jenoptik AG1.49%
Yokogawa Electric Corporation1.45%
Qualcomm Inc.1.44%
Globus Med Inc1.41%
Celestica Inc.1.41%
Ondas Inc.1.40%
Trimble Inc1.39%
Krones AG1.38%
Fuji Corporation1.38%
Autostore Holdings Ltd.1.36%
Advantech Co Ltd.1.35%
Koh Young Technology Inc.1.34%
Yaskawa Electric Corp.1.34%
Jbt Marel Corp.1.34%
Abb Limited1.31%
Xpeng Inc.1.30%
Nabtesco Corp.1.30%
Infineon Technologies AG1.27%
Tesla Inc1.27%
Zebra Technologies Corporation1.25%
Global Unichip Corp.1.23%
Octave Intelligence PLC1.23%
Cognex Corp1.20%
Xiaomi Corp.1.16%
Omron Corp.1.16%
Mitsubishi Electric Corp.1.15%
Elekta Ab1.14%
Schneider Electric SE1.12%
Ouster Inc1.12%
Kalmar Oyj1.08%
Coherent Corp1.06%
Duerr AG1.06%
Gxo Logistics Inc.1.05%
Ubtech Robotics Corp Ltd.1.04%
Joby Aviation Inc.1.03%
Delta Electronics Inc.1.01%
Daihen Corp1.01%
Schaeffler AG1.00%
Softbank Group Corp.0.90%

Weight gaps

All 23 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in FBOT and ROBO, widest gap first
Holding	More in FBOTMore in ROBO	FBOT	ROBO
Deere & CoDE	FBOT +4.18 points	5.45%	1.27%
NVIDIA CorpNVDA	FBOT +3.67 points	4.88%	1.21%
Teradyne IncTER	FBOT +2.29 points	3.61%	1.32%
Siemens AG (Regd)	FBOT +2.10 points	3.20%	1.10%
Thk Co Ltd	FBOT +1.73 points	2.92%	1.19%
Ptc IncPTC	FBOT +1.41 points	3.19%	1.78%
Intuitive Surgical IncISRG	ROBO +1.31 points	0.89%	2.20%
Shenzhen Inovance Tec Co Ltd A	FBOT +1.30 points	1.65%	0.35%
Emerson Electric CoEMR	FBOT +1.28 points	2.95%	1.67%
Keyence Corp	FBOT +1.23 points	2.66%	1.43%
Daifuku Co Ltd	FBOT +1.20 points	2.60%	1.40%
Renishaw PLC OrdRSW.L	FBOT +0.89 points	2.31%	1.42%
Smc Corp	FBOT +0.87 points	2.32%	1.45%
Airtac International Group	FBOT +0.73 points	1.96%	1.23%
Fanuc Corporation	FBOT +0.54 points	2.28%	1.74%
Ats Corp	ROBO +0.32 points	1.15%	1.47%
Estun Automation Co Ltd A	FBOT +0.31 points	0.68%	0.37%
Samsara IncIOT	FBOT +0.29 points	1.69%	1.40%
Autodesk IncADSK	ROBO +0.25 points	0.93%	1.18%
Kardex AG Reg	ROBO +0.21 points	1.29%	1.50%
Rockwell Automation IncROK	ROBO +0.19 points	1.60%	1.79%
Hiwin Technologies Corp	FBOT +0.18 points	1.53%	1.35%
Symbotic IncSYM	FBOT +0.05 points	1.37%	1.32%

All 46 FBOT holdings⁠All 79 ROBO 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.

FBOT vs ROBO Cost

Overpaying ROBO vs FBOT

$7,890

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

FBOT 0.50%
$9,979
ROBO 0.95%
$17,869

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

FBOT 0.50%
ROBO 0.95%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	FBOT	ROBO	Overpaying
10	$900	$1,678	$778
20	$3,460	$6,322	$2,862
30	$9,979	$17,869	$7,890

Expense ratio

0.50%FBOT, cheaper
0.95%ROBO

FBOT0.50%ROBO0.95%

0.35%0.95%

Middle half of Robotics & Automation funds
Median 0.54%

FBOT 7th cheapest of 18 funds

ROBO 18th cheapest of 18 funds

FBOT vs ROBO Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): FBOT 0.42%, better; ROBO 0.39%
Payout (12M): FBOT $0.16; ROBO $0.29
Last payment: FBOT $0.03; ROBO $0.29
Ex-dividend: FBOT Sep 18, 2026; ROBO Dec 30, 2025
Paid on: FBOT Sep 22, 2026; ROBO Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: FBOT Twice a year; ROBO Annual

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

FBOTTwice a year · 11 paymentsAll FBOT payments⁠

ROBOAnnual · 8 paymentsAll ROBO payments⁠

FBOT vs ROBO Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: FBOT 18.8%, betterROBO 22.6%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: FBOT 0.89, betterROBO 0.64
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: FBOT −23.6%since Jun 2023ROBO −43.7%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: FBOT 1.30ROBO 1.77; Market = 1

FBOT and ROBO in the news

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Deep Dive
BlackRock's new robotics ETF joins funds that size the same suppliers differently
Oct 21, 2026ROBO

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FBOT vs ROBO

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How FBOT and ROBO differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in FBOT

Only in ROBO

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

BlackRock's new robotics ETF joins funds that size the same suppliers differently

How FBOT and ROBO differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in FBOT

Only in ROBO

Weight gaps