ETF comparison
ARKQ vs XLK
Thematic vs Technology.
ARK Autonomous Technology & Robotics ETF · State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF
Holdings overlap
8 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ARKQ and XLK would leave roughly 11.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
XLK is 67 bps cheaper than ARKQ. On a $100,000 position that's about $670/yr more in fees for ARKQ.
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 ARKQ vs XLK.
Top shared holdings
8 shared in total| # | Holding | In ARKQ | In XLK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC | 3.81% | 2.98% | 2.98% |
| 2 | ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC | 6.34% | 2.95% | 2.95% |
| 3 | NVIDIA CORP | 2.27% | 15.50% | 2.27% |
| 4 | BROADCOM INC | 1.56% | 5.37% | 1.56% |
| 5 | SYNOPSYS INC | 1.03% | 0.68% | 0.68% |
| 6 | TERADYNE INC | 7.97% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 7 | TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INC | 1.06% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 8 | TRIMBLE INC | 2.39% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Only in ARKQ
30 total- TESLA INC 9.86%
- KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY SOLUTIONS INC 5.08%
- ROCKET LAB CORP 4.79%
- ALPHABET INC 4.63%
- DEERE & COMPANY 4.10%
- AMAZON.COM INC 3.31%
- TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD 3.03%
- AEROVIRONMENT INC 2.94%
- ARCHER AVIATION INC (NEW) 2.85%
- L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC 2.82%
Only in XLK
66 total- Apple Inc 13.63%
- Microsoft Corp 10.05%
- Micron Technology Inc 3.39%
- Cisco Systems Inc 2.73%
- Applied Materials Inc 2.42%
- Lam Research Corp 2.38%
- Oracle Corp 2.22%
- International Business Machines Corp 2.02%
- Intel Corp 1.85%
- KLA Corp 1.72%
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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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