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ARKK vs CIBR

Both Thematic.

ARK Innovation ETF · First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
1.7 %

2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ARKK and CIBR would leave roughly 1.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ARKK unmatched 95.1% Shared 1.7% CIBR unmatched 98.3%

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 ARKK only
42 positions
Shared
2 positions
In CIBR only
41 positions

Side by side

ARKK

ARK Innovation ETF

ARK · Thematic

56 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.75%
Net assets
$7.92B
TTM yield
0.00%
Top-10 conc.
47.6%
CIBR

First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF

First Trust · Thematic

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.58%
Net assets
$17.32B
TTM yield
0.37%
Top-10 conc.
58.1%

Sub-score comparison

25
Cost
42
78
Tax efficiency
77
96
Liquidity
100
46
Concentration
31
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Tracking quality
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ARKK sub-score CIBR

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

Cost difference

CIBR is 17 bps cheaper than ARKK. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/yr more in fees for ARKK.

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 ARKK vs CIBR.

Top shared holdings

2 shared in total
# Holding In ARKK In CIBR Overlap
1 BROADCOM INC 1.24% 6.72% 1.24%
2 ALPHABET INC 0.49% 1.87% 0.49%

Only in ARKK

42 total
  • TESLA INC 9.74%
  • TEMPUS AI INC 4.89%
  • SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 4.87%
  • CRISPR THERAPEUTICS AG 4.73%
  • SHOPIFY INC 4.36%
  • COINBASE GLOBAL INC 4.17%
  • ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 3.98%
  • CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP INC 3.90%
  • ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC 3.64%
  • TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP 3.31%

Only in CIBR

41 total
  • PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC 9.62%
  • FORTINET INC 8.85%
  • CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS INC 8.29%
  • CISCO SYSTEMS INC 7.75%
  • CLOUDFLARE INC 4.03%
  • OKTA INC 3.52%
  • F5 INC 3.41%
  • ZSCALER INC 3.04%
  • AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC 2.84%
  • RUBRIK INC 2.67%

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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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