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ETF comparison

ARKF vs FDN

Both Thematic.

ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation ETF · First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
13.4 %

7 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ARKF and FDN would leave roughly 13.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ARKF unmatched 83.6% Shared 13.4% FDN unmatched 86.7%

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
31 positions
Shared
7 positions
In FDN only
35 positions

Side by side

ARKF

ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation ETF

ARK · Thematic

44 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.75%
Net assets
$830.9M
TTM yield
0.10%
Top-10 conc.
54.7%
FDN

First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund

First Trust · Thematic

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$5.23B
TTM yield
0.00%
Top-10 conc.
60.9%

Sub-score comparison

25
Cost
51
78
Tax efficiency
78
53
Liquidity
88
36
Concentration
27
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Tracking quality
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ARKF sub-score FDN

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

Cost difference

FDN is 26 bps cheaper than ARKF. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/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 FDN.

Top shared holdings

7 shared in total
# Holding In ARKF In FDN Overlap
1 AMAZON.COM INC 4.35% 9.98% 4.35%
2 META PLATFORMS INC 3.50% 9.83% 3.50%
3 AIRBNB INC 1.78% 2.45% 1.78%
4 DOORDASH INC 1.58% 2.87% 1.58%
5 ROBLOX CORP 2.13% 1.50% 1.50%
6 DRAFTKINGS INC 1.87% 0.52% 0.52%
7 CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP INC 4.78% 0.15% 0.15%

Only in ARKF

31 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%
  • PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC 4.23%
  • ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 3.51%
  • MERCADOLIBRE INC 3.48%
  • SOFI TECHNOLOGIES INC 2.65%

Only in FDN

35 total
  • CISCO SYSTEMS INC 8.54%
  • ALPHABET INC 5.55%
  • ARISTA NETWORKS INC 5.02%
  • BOOKING HOLDINGS INC 4.98%
  • ORACLE CORP 4.59%
  • ALPHABET INC 4.43%
  • SALESFORCE INC 4.11%
  • NETFLIX INC 3.90%
  • SNOWFLAKE INC 3.61%
  • DATADOG INC 3.53%

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.