Do ARKK and XT hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 17% 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 XT?

ARKK has 36% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 66%, so ARKK differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, ARKK or XT?

ARKK charges 0.75% a year and XT charges 0.46%, so XT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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ARKK vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ARKK returned −3.5% to XT's +22.1%; 17% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $6.6bn for ARK Innovation ETF and $4.1bn for iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF.

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At a glance

36.0%

ARKK in the S&P 500

65.5%

XT in the S&P 500

−3.5%

ARKK total return, 1 year

+22.1%

XT 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.

XT · 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 35% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

66% of XT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 35% is outside the index. Holdings as of Oct 27, 2026.

Pair scorecard

XT costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 25.6 points; ARKK is 1.6 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

ARKK vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	ARKK	XT
Return
Measure	ARKK	XT
Total return, 1 year	−3.5%	+22.1%
Drawdown
Measure	ARKK	XT
Below its all-time high	44.2%, high on Feb 12, 2021
Against its benchmark
Measure	ARKK	XT
What it tracks	Broad innovation and megatrends	Broad innovation and megatrends
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 8.7 pts
Cost and size
Measure	ARKK	XT
Expense ratio	0.75%	0.46%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$6.6bn	$4.1bn
Holdings
Measure	ARKK	XT
Holdings in common	17%

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

Risk and return

Apr 2, 2015 to Oct 23, 2026 · 603 weekly returns

ARKK XT

Return

Total return edge ARKK +338.8% +292.0%

Annualized edge ARKK (slight) +13.6% +12.5%

Price return edge ARKK +296.9% +225.6%

Risk

Volatility edge XT 37.9% 19.0%

Max drawdown edge XT −80.1% −34.3%

Downside capture 139.9% 108.7%

Beta 1.68 1.11

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge XT 0.47 0.60

Sortino edge XT 0.70 0.87

Treynor 0.103 0.103

Calmar edge XT 0.17 0.36

Against the benchmark

Alpha −2.7% a year +1.1% a year

Alpha t-stat −0.37 0.61

Information ratio 0.20 0.33

Tracking error 27.5% 6.5%

Each against its own benchmark: ARKK against VOO, Nov 7, 2014 to Oct 23, 2026; XT against ACWI, Apr 2, 2015 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

ARKK returned more: +338.8% to +292.0%. XT swung less: 19.0% to 37.9%. XT fell less at its worst: −34.3% to −80.1%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: ARKK vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
Measure	ARKK	XT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+338.8%	+292.0%	ARKK	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+13.6%	+12.5%	ARKK (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+296.9%	+225.6%	ARKK	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	37.9%	19.0%	XT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	25.1%	13.2%	XT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−80.1%	−34.3%	XT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	236.0%	123.1%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	139.9%	108.7%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.68	1.11	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.55	0.89	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.47	0.60	XT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.70	0.87	XT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.103	0.103		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.17	0.36	XT	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	+1.1% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	−0.37	0.61	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−17.0% to +11.6%	−2.5% to +4.7%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.20	0.33		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	27.5%	6.5%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 603 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

17%

By the books each fund has filed, ARKK and XT hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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17% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ARKK XT

TESLA INC 10.99% 4.45%

NVIDIA CORP 3.03% 3.66%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.30% 2.62%

BROADCOM INC 1.91% 1.73%

META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS A 2.10% 1.33%

CLOUDFLARE INC - CLASS A 1.20% 1.13%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.82% 0.94%

ELI LILLY & CO 0.55% 4.32%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC-A 2.70% 0.49%

BLOCK INC 2.28% 0.39%

COINBASE GLOBAL INC -CLASS A 4.01% 0.35%

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 6.42% 0.30%

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Only in ARKK

TEMPUS AI INC-CL A 5.47%

CIRCLE INTERNET GROUP INC 4.79%

OPENAI GROUP PBC SERIES C 3.79%

TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORP 3.46%

SHOPIFY INC - CLASS A 3.14%

ROBINHOOD MARKETS INC - A 2.92%

10X GENOMICS INC-CLASS A 2.74%

COREWEAVE INC-CL A 2.50%

Only in XT

TEXAS INSTRUMENT 4.56%

MICROSOFT 4.11%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 3.67%

ANALOG DEVICES 3.33%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.02%

CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS CLASS A 2.83%

ABBVIE 2.44%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.96%

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Window by window

Window by window: ARKK vs XT: Holdings Overlap & Returns
	Total return		vs its benchmark
Window	ARKK	XT	ARKK	XT
3 months	+22.0%	+10.2%	+15.9 pts vs VOO	+5.8 pts vs ACWI
6 months	+17.1%	+14.0%	+8.0 pts vs VOO	+6.6 pts vs ACWI
1 year	−3.5%	+22.1%	−17.2 pts vs VOO	+8.7 pts vs ACWI
3 years	+152.6%	+93.2%	+57.1 pts vs VOO	+4.3 pts vs ACWI
Since launchNot the same days: ARKK Oct 2014 · XT Mar 2015	+367.2%	+297.8%	−3.5 pts vs VOO	+71.7 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 XT iShares Future Exponential Technologies ETF · Holds 197 stocks in broad innovation and megatrends, 66% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer ARK iShares

Theme Broad innovation and megatrends Broad innovation and megatrends

In the S&P 500 36.0% 65.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 85.3% 69.2%

In the Nasdaq-100 28.9% 41.6%

Holdings 46 197

Top ten, share of the fund 49.4% 36.6%

Expense ratio 0.75% 0.46%

Fee for the differing part 0.88% 0.66%

Total return, 1 year −3.5% +22.1%

vs its benchmark −17.2 pts vs VOO +8.7 pts vs ACWI

Below its high −44.2% −0.5%

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $6.6bn $4.1bn

As of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

17% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

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

Concentration. The top ten holdings are 49.4% of ARKK and 36.6% of XT, a gap of 12.8 points.
Holdings in common. 17% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 ARKK returned −3.5% and XT +22.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 25.6 points.

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.

By weight, 66% of XT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 69%. The top ten holdings are 37% of the fund across 197 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +22.1% with distributions reinvested against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index, so a holder was ahead by 8.7 pts.

Questions people ask

Do ARKK and XT hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 17% 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 XT?: ARKK has 36% of its weight in S&P 500 names and XT has 66%, so ARKK differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARKK or XT?: ARKK charges 0.75% a year and XT charges 0.46%, so XT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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All thematic ETFs ranked by the S&P 500 Difference Score →How the scores are computed →ARKK on its own →XT on its own →ARKK holdings →XT dividend history →XT holdings →Method →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

ARKK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ARKK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ARK page for ARKK ↗

XT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for XT ↗

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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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