ETF comparison
ARKF vs XLK
Thematic vs Technology.
ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation ETF · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
4 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ARKF and XLK would leave roughly 8.6% 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
XLK is 67 bps cheaper than ARKF. On a $100,000 position that's about $670/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 XLK.
Top shared holdings
4 shared in total| # | Holding | In ARKF | In XLK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC | 3.51% | 5.28% | 3.51% |
| 2 | NVIDIA CORP | 2.55% | 14.65% | 2.55% |
| 3 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC | 4.23% | 1.49% | 1.49% |
| 4 | CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC | 2.32% | 1.08% | 1.08% |
Only in ARKF
34 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%
- META PLATFORMS INC 3.50%
- MERCADOLIBRE INC 3.48%
Only in XLK
70 total- Apple Inc 12.85%
- Microsoft Corp 8.38%
- Micron Technology Inc 5.42%
- Broadcom Inc 5.41%
- Intel Corp 3.68%
- Applied Materials Inc 3.20%
- Lam Research Corp 3.02%
- Cisco Systems Inc 2.58%
- KLA Corp 2.20%
- Sandisk Corp 1.88%
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- XLK vs KOMP · State Street SPDR S&P Kensho New Economies Composite ETF 7.4%
- XLK vs FDN · First Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund 7.1%
- XLK vs ROBO · Robo Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF 4.4%
- XLK vs PPA · Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF 2.9%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open ARKF or XLK at a brokerage
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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.