QTUM vs ROBT: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Defiance Quantum ETF

QTUMANasdaq

First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF

ROBTBNasdaq

Overlap

23.6%by weight

Expense ratio

QTUM −0.25pt a year

QTUM0.40%ROBT0.65%

Avg volume · 30D

QTUM 9.2×the volume

QTUM362KROBT39.2K

5Y return · a year

QTUM +21.2pt

QTUM+21.5%ROBT+0.3%

QTUM vs ROBT Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+164.9%QTUM+1.6%ROBT

Expense ratio: QTUM 0.40%, better; ROBT 0.65%
Fund size: QTUM $5.06B; ROBT $723M
1Y total return: QTUM +17.5%, better; ROBT −0.2%
Yield (12M): QTUM 1.05%, better; ROBT 0.02%
Holdings: QTUM 89; ROBT 117
Avg volume (30D): QTUM 362K sh, better; ROBT 39.2K sh
NAV per share: QTUM $134.11; ROBT $55.86
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for QTUM, ROBT, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	QTUM	ROBT
Cost30% weight	A86Higher	C52
Mission25% weight	A74	A79Higher
Risk15% weight	A70Higher	B55
Tradability15% weight	A70Higher	B63
Holdings10% weight	A91Higher	A86
Durability5% weight	A79	A81Higher

Rank among Artificial Intelligence funds

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Same Category. QTUM 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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QTUM ranks 1st 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 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

QTUMADefiance Quantum ETF

ROBTBFirst Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF

In short

QTUM Live since 2018, QTUM turns the quantum-computing story into a plain index fund: about 90 global names spanning quantum hardware and machine learning, for 0.40% a year.

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

QTUM The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of the BlueStar® Quantum Computing and Machine Learning Index. It uses a passive indexing approach.

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

QTUM 0.40% a year against a 0.68% median for its AI-theme cohort, and it undercuts peers like WTAI (0.45%) and ALAI (0.55%).
Rules-based by design: it tracks the BlueStar Quantum Computing and Machine Learning Index, so no manager is hand-picking which quantum story wins.
About 90 holdings across global markets, so the theme rides on a basket instead of two or three pure plays.
Size and liquidity back it up: a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, and one of the stronger implementations in its thematic peer group.

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

QTUM Risk is the softest part of the profile. One narrow, early-stage theme in a single asset class means sharper swings than a broad-market fund.
The index covers machine learning as well as quantum, so part of the basket is familiar AI exposure rather than quantum specialists.
Distributions come quarterly, but a growth theme like this is not built around income.

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 QTUM profile⁠

Full ROBT profile⁠

QTUM vs ROBT Holdings

How QTUM and ROBT differ

Overlap by weight

23.6%

Shared holdings make up 37.5% of QTUM and 26.2% of ROBT.

Level by level

Holdings30 in both23.6%
Sector6 Sectors72.4%
Countryby domicile81.1%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in QTUM and ROBT, widest gap first
Sector	More in QTUMMore in ROBT	QTUM	ROBT
Technology	QTUM +26.9 points	80.7%	53.8%
Industrials	ROBT +13.4 points	9.2%	22.6%
Health Care	ROBT +8.6 points	1.4%	10.0%
Consumer Discretionary	ROBT +4.0 points	2.3%	6.3%
Consumer Staples	ROBT +1.6 points	0.0%	1.6%
Communication	QTUM +0.7 points	6.5%	5.8%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in QTUM and ROBT, widest gap first
Country	More in QTUMMore in ROBT	QTUM	ROBT
China	ROBT +5.4 points	1.9%	7.3%
Netherlands	QTUM +4.8 points	4.8%	0.0%
Taiwan	QTUM +4.7 points	7.4%	2.7%
South Korea	ROBT +3.7 points	0.0%	3.7%
United States	QTUM +2.9 points	63.5%	60.6%
Singapore	QTUM +2.8 points	2.8%	0.0%
United Kingdom	ROBT +2.1 points	1.7%	3.8%
Israel	ROBT +1.9 points	1.0%	2.9%
Other countries (10)	ROBT +2.2 points	16.9%	19.1%

Outside the US: QTUM 68% developed, 32% emerging. ROBT 58% developed, 42% emerging.

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

QTUM18.3%
ROBT18.9%

Securities held

QTUM86
ROBT111

Asset class

QTUM: Equity
ROBT: Equity

Holdings

Only in QTUM56
In both30
Only in ROBT81

Only in QTUM

56 securities, 62.4% of QTUM by weight

Global Unichip Corp2.44%
Horizon Quantum Holdings LTD1.83%
Nutanix Inc1.77%
Reply SpA1.67%
RadNet Inc1.65%
NEC Corp1.61%
Lockheed Martin Corp1.58%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co1.58%
Arqit Quantum Inc1.57%
NTT Inc1.55%
RTX Corp1.47%
Asustek Computer Inc1.45%
Fujitsu Ltd1.43%
Hitachi Ltd1.42%
Texas Instruments Inc1.39%
Airbus Group SE1.39%
Analog Devices Inc1.39%
Teradata Corp1.35%
Wipro Ltd1.34%
Koninklijke KPN NV1.23%
MediaTek Inc1.21%
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd1.19%
ASML Holding NV1.18%
Microchip Technology Inc1.15%
Alchip Technologies Ltd1.09%
Applied Materials Inc1.03%
Tokyo Electron Ltd1.02%
Astera Labs Inc1.02%
ASM International NV1.02%
Orange S.a.1.01%
Onto Innovation Inc0.98%
NVE Corp0.96%
Nebius Group NV0.95%
Tower Semiconductor Ltd0.93%
Lattice Semiconductor Corp0.92%
Cirrus Logic Inc0.91%
Quantum Computing Inc0.90%
Quantinuum Inc0.88%
ARM Holdings PLC0.88%
STMicroelectronics NV0.86%
Infleqtion Inc0.85%
ON Semiconductor Corp0.85%
Infineon Technologies AG0.85%
Oracle Corp0.85%
MKS Inc0.83%
Nokia Oyj0.83%
Coherent Corp0.77%
Rigetti Computing Inc0.76%
CoreWeave Inc0.75%
IonQ Inc0.69%

Only in ROBT

81 securities, 73.6% of ROBT by weight

Ocado Group Plc2.19%
Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Class A)1.95%
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.1.89%
Tempus AI, Inc. (Class A)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%
Dassault Systemes SE1.75%
Dynatrace, Inc.1.74%
QinetiQ Group Plc1.73%
NICE Ltd. (ADR)1.72%
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.1.58%
Symbiotic Inc. (Class A)1.58%
Fanuc Corporation1.54%
Pegasystems Inc.1.52%
AutoStore Holdings Ltd.1.51%
Siemens AG1.47%
Salesforce, Inc.1.47%
AeroVironment, Inc.1.40%
BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc.1.37%
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%
Rockwell Automation, Inc.0.79%
Minimax Group Inc0.75%
Valmet Oyj0.74%
ATS Corp.0.73%
Keyence Corporation0.72%
Cognex Corporation0.71%
Ambarella, Inc.0.70%
Yokogawa Electric Corporation0.69%
Daifuku Co., Ltd.0.68%
Mirle Automation Corporation0.68%
Proto Labs, Inc.0.66%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.0.66%
Z AI Co., Ltd. (Class H)0.65%
3D Systems Corporation0.65%
SK Hynix Inc.0.64%
Yaskawa Electric Corporation0.64%
OMRON Corporation0.61%
Schneider Electric SE0.59%
PTC Inc.0.55%
Nidec Corp.0.54%

Weight gaps

All 30 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in QTUM and ROBT, widest gap first
Holding	More in QTUMMore in ROBT	QTUM	ROBT
Elastic NVESTC	QTUM +1.66 points	2.09%	0.43%
Snowflake IncSNOW	QTUM +1.27 points	1.67%	0.40%
MongoDB IncMDB	QTUM +0.98 points	1.32%	0.34%
Microsoft CorpMSFT	QTUM +0.93 points	1.72%	0.79%
Northrop Grumman CorpNOC	QTUM +0.89 points	1.34%	0.45%
Mitsubishi Electric Corp	QTUM +0.75 points	1.11%	0.36%
Advanced Micro Devices IncAMD	QTUM +0.64 points	1.46%	0.82%
NVIDIA CorpNVDA	QTUM +0.62 points	1.33%	0.71%
Amazon.com IncAMZN	QTUM +0.61 points	1.32%	0.71%
Micron Technology IncMU	QTUM +0.59 points	1.30%	0.71%
International Business Machines CorpIBM	ROBT +0.58 points	1.24%	1.82%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co LtdTSM	QTUM +0.55 points	1.30%	0.75%
Cadence Design Systems IncCDNS	ROBT +0.49 points	1.11%	1.60%
Intel CorpINTC	QTUM +0.48 points	0.80%	0.32%
Baidu IncBIDU	ROBT +0.47 points	0.85%	1.32%
Broadcom IncAVGO	QTUM +0.47 points	1.14%	0.67%
ABB Ltd	QTUM +0.45 points	1.12%	0.67%
Teradyne IncTER	QTUM +0.43 points	1.03%	0.60%
Synopsys IncSNPS	ROBT +0.42 points	1.33%	1.75%
Cisco Systems IncCSCO	ROBT +0.41 points	1.15%	1.56%
Alphabet IncGOOGL	QTUM +0.40 points	1.03%	0.63%
QUALCOMM IncQCOM	QTUM +0.39 points	1.13%	0.74%
Lam Research CorpLRCX	QTUM +0.36 points	0.97%	0.61%
Alibaba Group Holding LtdBABA	ROBT +0.31 points	1.11%	1.42%
Marvell Technology IncMRVL	QTUM +0.31 points	1.02%	0.71%
NXP Semiconductors NVNXPI	QTUM +0.31 points	1.19%	0.88%
Kla CorpKLAC	QTUM +0.28 points	0.97%	0.69%
Renesas Electronics Corp	QTUM +0.25 points	0.89%	0.64%
Palantir Technologies IncPLTR	QTUM +0.22 points	1.85%	1.63%
Cloudflare IncNET	QTUM +0.15 points	1.67%	1.52%

All 89 QTUM 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.

QTUM vs ROBT Cost

Overpaying ROBT vs QTUM

$4,627

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

QTUM 0.40%
$8,090
ROBT 0.65%
$12,717

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

QTUM 0.40%
ROBT 0.65%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	QTUM	ROBT	Overpaying
10	$723	$1,163	$440
20	$2,793	$4,440	$1,647
30	$8,090	$12,717	$4,627

Expense ratio

0.40%QTUM, cheaper
0.65%ROBT

QTUM0.40%ROBT0.65%

0.35%1.05%

Middle half of Artificial Intelligence funds
Median 0.65%

QTUM 5th cheapest of 30 funds

ROBT 14th cheapest of 30 funds

QTUM vs ROBT Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): QTUM 1.05%, better; ROBT 0.02%
Payout (12M): QTUM $1.40; ROBT $0.0094
Last payment: QTUM $0.46; ROBT $0.0094
Ex-dividend: QTUM Sep 23, 2026; ROBT Jun 25, 2026
Paid on: QTUM Sep 24, 2026; ROBT Jun 30, 2026
Frequency: QTUM Quarterly; ROBT Irregular

Distribution history

Per share, 2018 to 2026, same scale for both

QTUMQuarterly · 32 paymentsAll QTUM payments⁠

ROBTIrregular · 22 paymentsAll ROBT payments⁠

QTUM vs ROBT Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

QTUM
ROBT

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: QTUM 28.6%ROBT 21.2%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: QTUM 1.30, betterROBT 0.55
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: QTUM −38.4%, betterROBT −43.3%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: QTUM 1.67ROBT 1.55; Market = 1

QTUM and ROBT in the news

All news⁠

First-Year Review
A year on, Global X's weighting rules have this fund holding chips, led by Micron
Sep 30, 2026QTUM
Deep Dive
Two AI funds share 8% of their weight and sit 28 points apart
Sep 16, 2026ROBT
ETF Filings
Tuttle files eight Income Blast ETFs, including baskets that name OpenAI and Anthropic
Sep 15, 2026QTUM
Deep Dive
Disruptive innovation ETFs share a label, not a portfolio
Sep 11, 2026QTUM

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QTUM vs ROBT

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it