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ETF comparison

ARKW vs QTUM

Both Thematic.

ARK Next Generation Technology ETF · Defiance Quantum ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
10.5 %

10 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ARKW and QTUM would leave roughly 10.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ARKW unmatched 86.7% Shared 10.5% QTUM unmatched 88.8%

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 ARKW only
31 positions
Shared
10 positions
In QTUM only
76 positions

Side by side

ARKW

ARK Next Generation Technology ETF

ARK · Thematic

49 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.76%
Net assets
$2.03B
TTM yield
1.52%
Top-10 conc.
48.0%
QTUM

Defiance Quantum ETF

Defiance · Thematic

75 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$5.64B
TTM yield
1.03%
Top-10 conc.
16.9%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
60
75
Tax efficiency
76
70
Liquidity
89
46
Concentration
90
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Tracking quality
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ARKW sub-score QTUM

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

Cost difference

QTUM is 36 bps cheaper than ARKW. On a $100,000 position that's about $360/yr more in fees for ARKW.

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 ARKW vs QTUM.

Top shared holdings

10 shared in total
# Holding In ARKW In QTUM Overlap
1 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 7.44% 1.36% 1.36%
2 TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD 2.35% 1.24% 1.24%
3 CLOUDFLARE INC 2.13% 1.19% 1.19%
4 SNOWFLAKE INC 1.29% 1.13% 1.13%
5 COREWEAVE INC 3.20% 1.11% 1.11%
6 BROADCOM INC 2.27% 1.08% 1.08%
7 AMAZON.COM INC 4.44% 1.06% 1.06%
8 NVIDIA CORP 1.75% 1.06% 1.06%
9 PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC 2.78% 0.95% 0.95%
10 ALPHABET INC 0.27% 1.07% 0.27%

Only in ARKW

31 total
  • TESLA INC 7.48%
  • ARK 21SHARES BITCOIN ETF 4.90%
  • ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC 4.56%
  • SHOPIFY INC 4.47%
  • ALPHABET INC 4.07%
  • BLOCK INC 3.61%
  • CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP INC 3.60%
  • COINBASE GLOBAL INC 3.43%
  • SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP 3.35%
  • META PLATFORMS INC 2.83%

Only in QTUM

76 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%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open ARKW or QTUM 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.