ETF comparison
ARKF vs QTUM
Both Thematic.
ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation ETF · Defiance Quantum ETF
Holdings overlap
5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ARKF and QTUM would leave roughly 4.5% 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
QTUM is 35 bps cheaper than ARKF. On a $100,000 position that's about $350/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 QTUM.
Top shared holdings
5 shared in total| # | Holding | In ARKF | In QTUM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC | 3.51% | 1.36% | 1.36% |
| 2 | AMAZON.COM INC | 4.35% | 1.06% | 1.06% |
| 3 | NVIDIA CORP | 2.55% | 1.06% | 1.06% |
| 4 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC | 4.23% | 0.95% | 0.95% |
| 5 | ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD | 0.08% | 0.88% | 0.08% |
Only in ARKF
33 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%
- META PLATFORMS INC 3.50%
- MERCADOLIBRE INC 3.48%
- SOFI TECHNOLOGIES INC 2.65%
Only in QTUM
81 total- Arqit Quantum Inc 2.41%
- Horizon Quantum Holdings LTD 2.38%
- Quantinuum Inc 1.57%
- Astera Labs Inc 1.55%
- Applied Materials Inc 1.55%
- KLA Corp 1.50%
- MKS Inc 1.50%
- Onto Innovation Inc 1.49%
- Teradyne Inc 1.48%
- Lam Research Corp 1.43%
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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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