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ETF comparison

ARKW vs ROBO

Both Thematic.

ARK Next Generation Technology ETF · Robo Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
2.2 %

2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ARKW and ROBO would leave roughly 2.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ARKW unmatched 95.0% Shared 2.2% ROBO unmatched 97.6%

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
39 positions
Shared
2 positions
In ROBO only
78 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%
ROBO

Robo Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF

Exchange Traded Concepts · Thematic

48 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.95%
Net assets
$2.02B
TTM yield
0.39%
Top-10 conc.
19.7%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
5
75
Tax efficiency
77
70
Liquidity
70
46
Concentration
86
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Tracking quality
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ARKW sub-score ROBO

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

Cost difference

ARKW is 19 bps cheaper than ROBO. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/yr more in fees for ROBO.

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 ROBO.

Top shared holdings

2 shared in total
# Holding In ARKW In ROBO Overlap
1 NVIDIA CORP 1.75% 1.31% 1.31%
2 TESLA INC 7.48% 0.91% 0.91%

Only in ARKW

39 total
  • ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 7.44%
  • ARK 21SHARES BITCOIN ETF 4.90%
  • ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC 4.56%
  • SHOPIFY INC 4.47%
  • AMAZON.COM INC 4.44%
  • 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%

Only in ROBO

78 total
  • AMBARELLA, INC. 2.09%
  • ILLUMINA, INC. 1.92%
  • ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC. 1.90%
  • FANUC CORPORATION 1.74%
  • GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft 1.72%
  • Yokogawa Electric Corporation 1.71%
  • TERADYNE, INC. 1.67%
  • EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. 1.67%
  • JBT MAREL CORPORATION 1.63%
  • NOVANTA INC. 1.62%

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/.

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.