Do ARKK and SIL hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, ARKK or SIL?

ARKK has 36% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SIL has 0%, so SIL differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, ARKK or SIL?

ARKK charges 0.75% a year and SIL charges 0.65%, so SIL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ARKK vs SIL: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ARKK returned −3.5% to SIL's +18.3%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $6.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for ARK Innovation ETF, and $4.4bn on Oct 12, 2026 for Global X Silver Miners ETF.

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At a glance

36.0%

ARKK in the S&P 500

0.0%

SIL in the S&P 500

−3.5%

ARKK total return, 1 year

+18.3%

SIL total return, 1 year

ARKK · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 64% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

36% of ARKK's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 64% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

SIL · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

0% of SIL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 100% is outside the index. Holdings as of Jul 31, 2026.

Pair scorecard

SIL costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 21.8 points; ARKK is 1.5 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ARKK vs SIL: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	ARKK	SIL
Return
Measure	ARKK	SIL
Total return, 1 year	−3.5%	+18.3%
Drawdown
Measure	ARKK	SIL
Below its all-time high	44.2%, high on Feb 12, 2021	34.2%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	ARKK	SIL
What it tracks	Broad innovation and megatrends	Silver miners
Against the S&P 500, 1 year	behind by 17.2 pts
Its benchmark, total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+13.4%
Against its benchmark, 1 year	behind by 17.2 pts	ahead by 4.9 pts
Cost and size
Measure	ARKK	SIL
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.65%
Net assets, as of Oct 12, 2026	$6.5bn	$4.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ARKK	SIL
Holdings in common	0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Nov 7, 2014 to Oct 23, 2026 · 624 weekly returns

ARKK SIL

Return

Total return edge ARKK +350.6% +212.3%

Annualized edge ARKK +13.4% +10.0%

Price return edge ARKK +307.5% +168.9%

Risk

Volatility edge ARKK (slight) 37.4% 40.0%

Max drawdown edge SIL −80.1% −62.7%

Downside capture 139.9% 100.9%

Beta 1.68 1.03

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge ARKK 0.46 0.39

Sortino edge ARKK 0.70 0.57

Treynor 0.103 0.101

Calmar edge ARKK (slight) 0.17 0.16

Against the benchmark

Alpha −2.7% a year +0.6% a year

Alpha t-stat −0.37 0.07

Information ratio 0.20 0.03

Tracking error 27.5% 36.2%

Each against its own benchmark: ARKK against VOO, Nov 7, 2014 to Oct 23, 2026; SIL against ACWI, Apr 30, 2010 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

ARKK returned more: +350.6% to +212.3%. ARKK swung slightly less: 37.4% to 40.0%. SIL fell less at its worst: −62.7% to −80.1%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: ARKK vs SIL: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	ARKK	SIL	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+350.6%	+212.3%	ARKK	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+13.4%	+10.0%	ARKK	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+307.5%	+168.9%	ARKK	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	37.4%	40.0%	ARKK (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	24.8%	27.1%	ARKK (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−80.1%	−62.7%	SIL	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	236.0%	84.6%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	139.9%	100.9%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.68	1.03	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.55	0.18	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.46	0.39	ARKK	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.70	0.57	ARKK	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.103	0.101		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.17	0.16	ARKK (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	VOO	ACWI		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	−2.7% a year	+0.6% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−0.37	0.07	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−17.0% to +11.6%	−16.9% to +18.2%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.20	0.03		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	27.5%	36.2%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 624 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ARKK and SIL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ARKK SIL

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ARKK

TESLA INC 10.99%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 6.42%

TEMPUS AI INC-CL A 5.47%

CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP INC 4.79%

CRISPR THERAPEUTICS AG 4.32%

COINBASE GLOBAL INC -CLASS A 4.01%

OPENAI GROUP PBC SERIES C 3.79%

TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP 3.46%

Only in SIL

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. 22.38%

Pan American Silver Corp. 12.54%

COEUR MINING, INC. 10.59%

INDUSTRIAS PENOLES, S.A.B. DE C.V. 5.21%

HECLA MINING COMPANY 4.63%

FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP. 4.47%

FRESNILLO PLC 4.30%

Compania de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. 4.18%

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Window by window

Window by window: ARKK vs SIL: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	ARKK	SIL	ARKK	SIL
3 months	+22.0%	+6.3%	+15.9 pts vs VOO	+1.9 pts vs ACWI
6 months	+17.1%	−10.2%	+8.0 pts vs VOO	−17.6 pts vs ACWI
1 year	−3.5%	+18.3%	−17.2 pts vs VOO	+4.9 pts vs ACWI
3 years	+152.6%	+227.9%	+57.1 pts vs VOO	+139.0 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: ARKK Oct 2014 · SIL Apr 2010	+367.2%	+109.0%	−3.5 pts vs VOO	−286.2 pts vs ACWI

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Side by side

ARKK ARK Innovation ETF · Holds 46 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 36% of its weight in S&P 500 companies SIL Global X Silver Miners ETF · Holds 39 stocks in silver miners, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer ARK Global X

Theme Broad innovation and megatrends Silver miners

In the S&P 500 36.0% 0.0%

Active share vs the S&P 500 85.3% 100.0%

In the Nasdaq-100 28.9% 0.0%

Holdings 46 39

Top ten, share of the fund 49.4% 76.3%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.65%

Fee for the differing part 0.88% 0.65%

Total return, 1 year −3.5% +18.3%

vs its benchmark −17.2 pts vs VOO +4.9 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −44.2% −34.2%

Net assets, ARKK as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIL as of Oct 12, 2026 $6.6bn $4.4bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

0% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-5A1731D128

ARKK and SIL are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Theme. ARKK covers Broad innovation and megatrends and SIL covers Silver miners.
Concentration. The top ten holdings are 49.4% of ARKK and 76.3% of SIL, a gap of 26.9 points.
What each follows. ARKK follows Broad innovation and megatrends and SIL follows Silver miners.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

ARKK

By weight, 36% 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 49% of the fund across 46 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned −3.5% with distributions reinvested against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, so a holder was behind by 17.2 pts. It sits 44.2% below its all-time high of Feb 12, 2021.

SIL

By weight, 0% of SIL's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 76% of the fund across 39 positions, as filed for Jul 31, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +18.3% with distributions reinvested against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was ahead by 4.9 pts. It sits 34.2% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ARKK and SIL hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, ARKK or SIL?: ARKK has 36% of its weight in S&P 500 names and SIL has 0%, so SIL differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARKK or SIL?: ARKK charges 0.75% a year and SIL charges 0.65%, so SIL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

ARKK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ARKK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ARK page for ARKK ↗

SIL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SIL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Global X page for SIL ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.

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