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ETF comparison

ARKF vs VGT

Thematic vs Technology.

ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation ETF · Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
8.1 %

6 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ARKF and VGT would leave roughly 8.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ARKF unmatched 88.9% Shared 8.1% VGT unmatched 91.8%

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.

In ARKF only
32 positions
Shared
6 positions
In VGT only
312 positions

Side by side

ARKF

ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation ETF

ARK · Thematic

44 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.75%
Net assets
$727.0M
TTM yield
0.10%
Top-10 conc.
54.7%
VGT

Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · Technology

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.090%
Net assets
$167.05B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
0.43%
Top-10 conc.
62.5%

Sub-score comparison

25
Cost
91
78
Tax efficiency
85
51
Liquidity
100
36
Concentration
25
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Tracking quality
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ARKF sub-score VGT

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

Cost difference

VGT is 66 bps cheaper than ARKF. On a $100,000 position that's about $660/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 ARKF vs VGT.

Top shared holdings

6 shared in total
# Holding In ARKF In VGT Overlap
1 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 3.51% 2.96% 2.96%
2 NVIDIA CORP 2.55% 17.77% 2.55%
3 PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC 4.23% 1.62% 1.62%
4 CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC 2.32% 0.93% 0.93%
5 CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP INC 4.78% 0.06% 0.06%
6 BITMINE IMMERSION TECHNOLOGIES INC 1.81% 0.00% 0.00%

Only in ARKF

32 total
  • SHOPIFY INC 9.24%
  • BLOCK INC 6.64%
  • ARK 21SHARES BITCOIN ETF 6.24%
  • ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC 5.36%
  • COINBASE GLOBAL INC 5.25%
  • TOAST INC 5.13%
  • AMAZON.COM INC 4.35%
  • META PLATFORMS INC 3.50%
  • MERCADOLIBRE INC 3.48%
  • SOFI TECHNOLOGIES INC 2.65%

Only in VGT

312 total
  • Apple Inc 15.83%
  • Microsoft Corp 11.32%
  • Micron Technology Inc 4.19%
  • Broadcom Inc 4.05%
  • Cisco Systems Inc 1.72%
  • Intel Corp 1.54%
  • Lam Research Corp 1.49%
  • Applied Materials Inc 1.44%
  • Palo Alto Networks Inc 1.24%
  • Oracle Corp 0.97%

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.