First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence & Robotics
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The First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence and Robotics ETF tracks a modified equal-weighted index of roughly 90 all-cap, global companies involved in artificial intelligence or robotics. |
Category | Global Equities |
Fund Sponsor | First Trust |
Website | www.ftportfolios.com |
Inception date | Feb 21, 2018 |
Assets (mns) | $69 |
Currency | USD |
Expense ratio | 65 bp |
Distributions | Quarterly |
Regulation | Open-Ended Fund |
Custodian | |
Weighting | Tiered |
Index replication | |
Uses derivatives | No |
Options available | No |
No. of constituents | 99 |
Wgt avg mkt cap (mns) | $36,954 |
Large cap (>$10bn) | 41.3% |
Mid cap ($2-10bn) | 37.9% |
Small cap (<$2bn) | 20.8% |
Developed mkts | 94.9% |
Emerging mkts | 5.1% |
AVEVA GROUP PLC | 2.5 % |
HEXAGON AB-B SHS | 2.4 % |
QINETIQ GROUP PLC | 2.4 % |
ANSYS INC | 2.3 % |
NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC | 2.3 % |
BLUE PRISM GROUP PLC | 2.3 % |
AEROVIRONMENT INC | 2.3 % |
OBIC CO LTD | 2.2 % |
ILLUMINA INC | 2.2 % |
TOPCON CORP | 2.1 % | Total | 23.0 % |
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UNITED STATES | 50.0 % |
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JAPAN | 15.9 % |
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BRITAIN | 7.1 % |
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FRANCE | 5.6 % |
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ISRAEL | 3.8 % |
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SOUTH KOREA | 2.5 % |
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SWEDEN | 2.4 % |
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CHINA | 1.9 % |
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GERMANY | 1.8 % |
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SWITZERLAND | 1.5 % |
HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE 

Custom date range | Compare to | ||
thru |
Year-to-date | 1 year | 5 years | 10 years | Since Incep. |
30.9% | 17.5% | -- | -- | 8.4% |
versus... | Beta | R-squared |
S&P500 | 1.40 | 89% |
MSCI EAFE | 1.38 | 64% |
MSCI Emg. Mkts. | 1.06 | 54% |
Recent close | $33.56 |
30d moving avg. | $32.84 |
Annualized volatility | 22.0% |
Short interest (ETF) | 0.5% |
Relative strength (RSI) | 67 |
Avg. volume (thou.) | 10 |
Turnover | 0.5% |
Bid/Ask (% of price) | 0.11% |
ADV underlying (mns) | $29,009 |
FINDING ALTERNATIVE FUNDS
Below is a list of 20 potential alternatives to the First Trust Nasdaq Artificial Intelligence & Robotics ETF based on the alternatives' overlap in portfolio holdings with ROBT. Consider funds with lower expense ratios and/or higher ALTAR Score™ ratings as possible alternatives.
Benchmark ticker: | ROBT | Expense: | 65 bp | ALTAR Score™: | 2.5% |
Ticker | Fund Name |
Overlap1 vs ROBT (%) |
Expense ratio (bp) |
Savings vs ROBT (bp) |
ALTAR Score™ (%) |
ALTAR vs ROBT (%) |
ROBO | Robo Global Robotics & Automation | 36.0 | 95 | -30 | 3.6 | +1.2 |
GMAN | Goldman Sachs Motif Manufacturing Revolution | 23.9 | 50 | 15 | 4.8 | +2.3 |
IRBO | iShares Robotics and Artificial Intelligence | 19.4 | 47 | 18 | 1.9 | -0.5 |
ARKQ | ARK Industrial Innovation | 17.7 | 75 | -10 | 0.9 | -1.6 |
LOUP | Innovator Loup Frontier Tech | 16.3 | 70 | -5 | 2.7 | +0.2 |
BOTZ | Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Thematic | 15.9 | 68 | -3 | 3.7 | +1.2 |
QTUM | Defiance Quantum | 15.3 | 40 | 25 | 6.4 | +4.0 |
IFLY | ETFMG Drone Economy Strategy | 15.0 | 75 | -10 | 0.8 | -1.7 |
DTEC | ALPS Disruptive Technologies | 14.3 | 50 | 15 | 3.4 | +1.0 |
JHMT | John Hancock Multifactor Technology | 12.9 | 40 | 25 | 6.1 | +3.6 |
PRNT | 3D Printing | 12.5 | 66 | -1 | -0.4 | -2.9 |
RYT | Invesco S&P Equal Weight Technology | 12.4 | 40 | 25 | 6.4 | +4.0 |
XKST | SPDR Kensho Smart Mobility | 12.1 | 45 | 20 | 5.9 | +3.4 |
XT | iShares Exponential Technologies | 11.8 | 47 | 18 | 5.2 | +2.7 |
AIQ | Global X Future Analytics Tech | 11.7 | 68 | -3 | 4.5 | +2.1 |
GDAT | Goldman Sachs Motif Data-Driven World | 11.6 | 50 | 15 | 6.0 | +3.5 |
TTAC | TrimTabs All Cap US Free-Cash-Flow | 11.5 | 59 | 6 | 4.8 | +2.4 |
IGV | iShares N. American Tech-Software | 10.8 | 46 | 19 | 3.1 | +0.6 |
QQEW | First Trust NASDAQ 100 Equal Weight | 10.3 | 60 | 5 | 5.9 | +3.4 |
QQQE | Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weight | 10.3 | 35 | 30 | 0.0 | -2.5 |
1Overlap is the percentage of holdings by weight that are identical. For example, if Fund A has a 2% position in Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Fund B has a 5% position, their overlapping position in AAPL is 2%.
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RESULTS & ESTIMATES
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UNDERWEIGHT |
Below average appreciation potential. A rating of UNDERWEIGHT is assigned to ETFs with ALTAR Scores in the 2nd quintile (ranking higher than only 20%-40%) of their category. Typically, funds in this category consist of stocks trading at relatively expensive valuations and/or having below-average fundamentals. |
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CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS: FUND CONSTITUENTS
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