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ARKF vs GRID

Both Thematic.

ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation ETF · First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
1.9 %

1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ARKF and GRID would leave roughly 1.9% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ARKF unmatched 95.1% Shared 1.9% GRID unmatched 97.9%

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
37 positions
Shared
1 positions
In GRID only
121 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%
GRID

First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund

First Trust · Thematic

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.56%
Net assets
$11.87B
TTM yield
0.95%
Top-10 conc.
58.4%

Sub-score comparison

25
Cost
44
78
Tax efficiency
76
53
Liquidity
100
36
Concentration
31
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Tracking quality
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ARKF sub-score GRID

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

Cost difference

GRID is 19 bps cheaper than ARKF. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/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 GRID.

Top shared holdings

1 shared in total
# Holding In ARKF In GRID Overlap
1 NVIDIA CORP 2.55% 1.90% 1.90%

Only in ARKF

37 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%
  • CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP INC 4.78%
  • AMAZON.COM INC 4.35%
  • PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC 4.23%
  • ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 3.51%

Only in GRID

121 total
  • EATON CORP PLC 8.52%
  • SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SE 8.29%
  • ABB LTD (CH) 8.11%
  • QUANTA SERVICES INC 8.10%
  • JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC 7.99%
  • NATIONAL GRID PLC 4.11%
  • E.ON SE 3.88%
  • PRYSMIAN SPA 3.87%
  • NVENT ELECTRIC PLC 2.87%
  • HUBBELL INC 2.61%

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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/.

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.