ETF comparison
BOTZ vs VGT
Thematic vs Technology.
Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF · Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
7 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BOTZ and VGT would leave roughly 9.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VGT is 59 bps cheaper than BOTZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $590/yr more in fees for BOTZ.
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 BOTZ vs VGT.
Top shared holdings
7 shared in total| # | Holding | In BOTZ | In VGT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 9.64% | 17.77% | 9.64% |
| 2 | UIPATH, INC. | 1.93% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 3 | COGNEX CORPORATION | 2.27% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 4 | AURORA INNOVATION, INC. | 2.07% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 5 | Ouster, Inc. | 0.49% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 6 | APPIAN CORPORATION | 0.41% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
| 7 | CERENCE INC. | 0.09% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Only in BOTZ
53 total- KEYENCE CORPORATION 10.78%
- ABB Ltd 9.19%
- FANUC CORPORATION 7.65%
- INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. 6.07%
- SMC CORPORATION 4.56%
- Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co., Ltd 4.07%
- DAIFUKU CO., LTD. 3.10%
- RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Co Ltd 2.73%
- ALPHABET INC. 2.26%
- OMRON Corporation 1.93%
Only in VGT
311 total- Apple Inc 15.83%
- Microsoft Corp 11.32%
- Micron Technology Inc 4.19%
- Broadcom Inc 4.05%
- Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.96%
- Cisco Systems Inc 1.72%
- Palantir Technologies Inc 1.62%
- Intel Corp 1.54%
- Lam Research Corp 1.49%
- Applied Materials Inc 1.44%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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.