ETF comparison

AIQ vs CIBR

Both Thematic.

Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF · First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
14.5 %

10 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AIQ and CIBR would leave roughly 14.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AIQ only 85.4% Shared 14.5% CIBR only 85.5%
In AIQ only
74 positions
Shared
10 positions
In CIBR only
33 positions

Side by side

AIQ

Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF

Global X · Thematic

63 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.68%
Net assets
$10.41B
TTM yield
0.07%
Top-10 conc.
35.6%
CIBR

First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF

First Trust · Thematic

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.58%
Net assets
$13.84B
TTM yield
0.42%
Top-10 conc.
57.7%

Sub-score comparison

32
Cost
42
78
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
100
63
Concentration
32
Tracking quality
AIQ sub-score CIBR

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

CIBR is 10 bps cheaper than AIQ. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for AIQ.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with AIQ vs CIBR.

Top shared holdings

10 shared in total
# Holding In AIQ In CIBR Overlap
1 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 3.37% 7.67% 3.37%
2 BROADCOM INC. 3.10% 7.61% 3.10%
3 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2.19% 1.98% 1.98%
4 MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2.75% 1.85% 1.85%
5 ALPHABET INC. 2.98% 1.81% 1.81%
6 ACCENTURE PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1.25% 1.87% 1.25%
7 DATADOG, INC. 0.35% 2.07% 0.35%
8 DYNATRACE, INC. 0.28% 2.02% 0.28%
9 OKTA, INC. 0.25% 2.70% 0.25%
10 ZSCALER, INC. 0.23% 3.65% 0.23%

Only in AIQ

74 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.58%
  • SK hynix Inc. 4.53%
  • NETFLIX, INC. 3.63%
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 3.61%
  • APPLE INC. 3.36%
  • MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 3.27%
  • META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.16%
  • NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.02%
  • AMAZON.COM, INC. 2.83%
  • TESLA, INC. 2.83%

Only in CIBR

33 total
  • Palo Alto Networks Inc 8.46%
  • Crowdstrike Holdings Inc 8.25%
  • Fortinet Inc 7.40%
  • Cloudflare Inc 4.71%
  • Akamai Technologies, Inc. 3.68%
  • Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. 3.18%
  • F5 Inc 3.09%
  • Gen Digital Inc 2.27%
  • NetApp Inc. 2.03%
  • Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. 1.92%

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.