ETF comparison
AIQ vs ARKK
Both Thematic.
Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF · ARK Innovation ETF
Holdings overlap
12 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AIQ and ARKK would leave roughly 19.6% 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 ARKK. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for ARKK.
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Top shared holdings
12 shared in total| # | Holding | In AIQ | In ARKK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. | 4.80% | 3.98% | 3.98% |
| 2 | AMAZON.COM, INC. | 2.73% | 2.95% | 2.73% |
| 3 | TESLA, INC. | 2.29% | 9.74% | 2.29% |
| 4 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC. | 2.23% | 3.11% | 2.23% |
| 5 | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 2.70% | 1.94% | 1.94% |
| 6 | META PLATFORMS, INC. | 2.30% | 1.56% | 1.56% |
| 7 | BROADCOM INC. | 3.24% | 1.24% | 1.24% |
| 8 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 3.02% | 1.13% | 1.13% |
| 9 | SHOPIFY INC. | 1.06% | 4.36% | 1.06% |
| 10 | SNOWFLAKE INC. | 0.64% | 0.64% | 0.64% |
| 11 | ALPHABET INC. | 2.72% | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 12 | COREWEAVE, INC. | 0.31% | 2.38% | 0.31% |
Only in AIQ
72 total- SK hynix Inc. 7.11%
- MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 5.77%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.79%
- INTEL CORPORATION 4.18%
- CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 3.82%
- ORACLE CORPORATION 2.99%
- APPLE INC. 2.97%
- NETFLIX, INC. 2.43%
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2.36%
- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION 2.03%
Only in ARKK
32 total- TEMPUS AI INC 4.89%
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 4.87%
- CRISPR THERAPEUTICS AG 4.73%
- COINBASE GLOBAL INC 4.17%
- CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP INC 3.90%
- ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC 3.64%
- TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP 3.31%
- 10X GENOMICS INC 3.30%
- BEAM THERAPEUTICS INC 2.79%
- ROBLOX CORP 2.39%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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