ETF comparison
AIQ vs ARKF
Both Thematic.
Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF · ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation ETF
Holdings overlap
7 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AIQ and ARKF would leave roughly 16.2% 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
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Cost difference
AIQ is 7 bps cheaper than ARKF. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for ARKF.
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 ARKF.
Top shared holdings
7 shared in total| # | Holding | In AIQ | In ARKF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 4.12% | 4.23% | 4.12% |
| 2 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 3.03% | 4.35% | 3.03% |
| 3 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 2.57% | 3.50% | 2.57% |
| 4 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 2.88% | 2.55% | 2.55% |
| 5 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 2.38% | 3.51% | 2.38% |
| 6 | SHOPIFY INC. | 1.42% | 9.24% | 1.42% |
| 7 | Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 2.16% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
Only in AIQ
81 total- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.63%
- ORACLE CORPORATION 3.39%
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. 3.31%
- NETFLIX, INC. 3.21%
- TESLA, INC. 3.14%
- ALPHABET INC. 2.91%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 2.81%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.78%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 2.73%
- APPLE INC. 2.69%
Only in ARKF
31 total- BLOCK INC 6.64%
- ARK 21SHARES BITCOIN ETF 6.24%
- ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC 5.36%
- COINBASE GLOBAL INC 5.25%
- TOAST INC 5.13%
- CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP INC 4.78%
- MERCADOLIBRE INC 3.48%
- SOFI TECHNOLOGIES INC 2.65%
- CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC 2.32%
- SEA LTD 2.32%
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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/.
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