ETF comparison
ARKK vs GRID
Both Thematic.
ARK Innovation ETF · First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund
Holdings overlap
2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ARKK and GRID would leave roughly 3.8% 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.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
GRID is 19 bps cheaper than ARKK. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/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 GRID.
Top shared holdings
2 shared in total| # | Holding | In ARKK | In GRID | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TESLA INC | 9.74% | 1.93% | 1.93% |
| 2 | NVIDIA CORP | 1.94% | 1.90% | 1.90% |
Only in ARKK
42 total- 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%
- 10X GENOMICS INC 3.30%
Only in GRID
120 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/.
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