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ARKK vs URA: which is really different?

ARKK holds 38.1% of its weight in S&P 500 companies and URA 0.0%.

ARK Innovation ETF and Global X Uranium ETF, side by side, thematic ETFs on ETFIQ.

38.1%ARKK in the S&P 500
0.0%URA in the S&P 500
+6.7%ARKK total return, 1 year
+7.0%URA total return, 1 year

ETFIQ Off-Index Score: URA scores higher

How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

ARKK 18.2URA 91.60.1, the lowest in this set91.6, the highest

A percentile among the 371 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All thematic ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed

ARKK62% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
38%62%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 85% · top ten 49% of the fund · 47 holdings filed Sep 11, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 29% in38%62%in the S&P 500outside the S&P 500active share 85% · top ten 49% of the fund
URA100% of its weight is outside the S&P 500 · 1 year to Sep 11, 2026
0%100%0% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 61% of the fund · 58 holdings filed Sep 11, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in0%100%0% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 61% of the fund

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ARKK and URA hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in ARKKOnly in URA
TESLA INC 9.75%CAMECO CORP 22.39%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 6.52%SPROTT PHYSICAL URANIUM TR 6.46%
CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP INC 5.56%NEXGEN ENERGY LTD 5.88%
TEMPUS AI INC-CL A 4.83%OKLO INC 5.12%
CRISPR THERAPEUTICS AG 4.52%URANIUM ENERGY CORP 4.72%
COINBASE GLOBAL INC -CLASS A 4.47%NAC KAZATOMPROM JSC-GDR REGS 4.42%
ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC - A 4.18%PALADIN ENERGY LTD 3.15%
TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP 3.29%ENERGY FUELS INC 3.09%

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 dated Sep 11, 2026.

Performance, window by window

ARKK and URA over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
ARKKURAARKKURAARKKURA
3 months+10.5%−4.4%+7.2 pts−7.7 pts+11.3 pts−3.6 pts
6 months+19.0%−11.7%+3.0 pts−27.7 pts−1.7 pts−32.4 pts
1 year+6.7%+7.0%−10.8 pts−10.5 pts−16.2 pts−15.9 pts
3 years+89.9%+100.1%+12.0 pts+22.2 pts−5.2 pts+5.0 pts
Since launch+353.4%−34.6%−8.3 pts−758.0 pts−318.1 pts−1460.8 pts
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ARKK and URA on the same fields, as of Sep 11, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
ARKK
ARK Innovation ETF
Holds 47 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 38% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
URA
Global X Uranium ETF
Holds 58 stocks in nuclear and uranium, 0% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
IssuerARKGlobal X
ThemeBroad innovation and megatrendsNuclear and uranium
In the S&P 50038.1%0.0%
Active share vs the S&P 50085.0%100.0%
In the Nasdaq-10028.6%0.0%
Holdings4758
Top ten, share of the fund49.4%60.9%
Expense ratio0.75%0.69%
Fee for the differing part0.88%0.69%
Total return, 1 year+6.7%+7.0%
vs the S&P 500−10.8 pts−10.5 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100−16.2 pts−15.9 pts
Below its high−45.9%−50.4%

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 49% of the fund across 47 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 11, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +6.7% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 10.8 pts. It sits 45.9% below its all-time high of Feb 12, 2021.

URA in plain words

By weight, 0% of URA'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 61% of the fund across 58 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 11, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +7.0% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 10.5 pts. It sits 50.4% below its all-time high of Feb 2, 2011.

Questions people ask

Which is more different from the S&P 500, ARKK or URA?
ARKK has 38% of its weight in S&P 500 names and URA has 0%, so URA differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARKK or URA?
ARKK charges 0.75% a year and URA charges 0.69%, so URA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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ARKK against URA, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 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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