ETF comparison
QTUM vs ROBO
Both Thematic.
Defiance Quantum ETF · Robo Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF
Holdings overlap
10 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of QTUM and ROBO would leave roughly 12.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
QTUM is 55 bps cheaper than ROBO. On a $100,000 position that's about $550/yr more in fees for ROBO.
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 QTUM vs ROBO.
Top shared holdings
10 shared in total| # | Holding | In QTUM | In ROBO | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teradyne Inc | 1.88% | 1.84% | 1.84% |
| 2 | Coherent Corp | 1.65% | 1.49% | 1.49% |
| 3 | ABB Ltd | 1.39% | 1.45% | 1.39% |
| 4 | Infineon Technologies AG | 1.32% | 1.84% | 1.32% |
| 5 | Mitsubishi Electric Corp | 1.37% | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 6 | Microchip Technology Inc | 1.23% | 1.45% | 1.23% |
| 7 | NVIDIA Corp | 1.23% | 1.31% | 1.23% |
| 8 | Cadence Design Systems Inc | 1.06% | 1.27% | 1.06% |
| 9 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co | 1.01% | 1.47% | 1.01% |
| 10 | QUALCOMM Inc | 0.91% | 1.56% | 0.91% |
Only in QTUM
73 total- Tower Semiconductor Ltd 1.79%
- MKS Inc 1.77%
- STMicroelectronics NV 1.70%
- Nokia Oyj 1.67%
- Lockheed Martin Corp 1.67%
- Micron Technology Inc 1.66%
- Orange SA 1.65%
- Lam Research Corp 1.64%
- Applied Materials Inc 1.61%
- Northrop Grumman Corp 1.59%
Only in ROBO
68 total- CELESTICA INC. 2.22%
- AIRTAC INTERNATIONAL GROUP 1.93%
- Koh Young Technology Inc 1.85%
- HIWIN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 1.82%
- Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. 1.79%
- FANUC CORPORATION 1.77%
- AMBARELLA, INC. 1.77%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.76%
- ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC. 1.70%
- Symbotic Inc 1.65%
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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/.
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