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ARKK vs BAI

ARK Innovation ETF and iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF, side by side on the themes desk.

14% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ARKK and BAI hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions ARKK and BAI both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingARKKBAI
NVIDIA CORP2.54%5.43%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES2.44%3.84%
TESLA INC9.62%1.68%
BROADCOM INC1.66%5.97%
META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS A1.40%1.15%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A2.88%1.08%
KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY0.98%0.96%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR0.95%4.64%
TEMPUS AI INC-CL A5.17%0.68%
BWX TECHNOLOGIES INC0.88%0.41%
ALPHABET INC-CL A0.38%4.26%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in ARKKOnly in BAI
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 6.28%SK hynix Inc 4.93%
CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP INC 6.06%Tower Semiconductor Ltd 4.22%
COINBASE GLOBAL INC -CLASS A 4.76%Lam Research Corp 3.99%
CRISPR THERAPEUTICS AG 4.55%Lumentum Holdings Inc 3.32%
ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC - A 4.28%Micron Technology Inc 3.21%
SHOPIFY INC - CLASS A 3.37%Elite Material Co Ltd 3.20%
TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP 3.23%Fabrinet 3.13%
10X GENOMICS INC-CLASS A 2.92%Intel Corp 2.72%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings as filed for Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 4, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ARKK and BAI over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ARKKBAIARKKBAIARKKBAI
3 months+15.8%−2.1%+11.1 pts−6.8 pts+13.7 pts−4.2 pts
6 months+19.1%+36.4%+3.9 pts+21.2 pts−1.1 pts+16.2 pts
1 year+14.9%+43.1%−5.0 pts+23.1 pts−10.7 pts+17.5 pts
3 years+97.5%n/a+19.6 ptsn/a+4.1 ptsn/a
Since launch+367.8%+81.2%+2.5 pts+46.5 pts−308.1 pts+34.9 pts
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ARKK and BAI on the themes desk fields, as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ARKK
ARK Innovation ETF
BAI
iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF
IssuerARKiShares
ThemeBroad innovation and megatrendsArtificial intelligence
In the S&P 50037.9%50.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50085.4%77.9%
In the Nasdaq-10028.4%43.9%
Holdings4745
Top ten, share of the fund50.3%43.8%
Expense ratio0.75%not published
Fee for the differing part0.88%not published
Total return, 1 year+14.9%+43.1%
vs the S&P 500−5.0 pts+23.1 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−10.7 pts+17.5 pts
Below its high−44.2%−17.8%

ARKK in plain words

By weight, 38% of ARKK's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 85%. The top ten holdings are 50% of the fund across 47 positions, as filed for Sep 4, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 5.0 pts. It sits 44.2% below its all-time high of Feb 12, 2021.

BAI in plain words

By weight, 50% of BAI's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 78%. The top ten holdings are 44% of the fund across 45 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +43.1% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 23.1 pts. It sits 17.8% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ARKK and BAI hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 14% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is mostly different names. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, ARKK or BAI?
ARKK has 38% of its weight in S&P 500 names and BAI has 50%, so ARKK differs more from the index.

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Where these figures came from

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ARKK against BAI, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 4, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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