ARKX vs WARP: which is really different?

ARKX and WARP hold 19% of their weight in the same names. ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF and VanEck Space ETF.

51.4%
ARKX in the S&P 500
4.9%
WARP in the S&P 500
+11.7%
ARKX total return, 1 year
−19.9%
WARP total return, since launch
ARKX · 1 year to Sep 30, 202649% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
49% of its weight is outside the S&P 50051% of ARKX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 49% is outside the index51%49%of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 84% · top ten 57% of the fund · 34 holdings filed Oct 1, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 28% in49% of its weight is outside the S&P 50051% of ARKX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 49% is outside the index51%49%in the S&P 500outsideactive share 84% · top ten 57% of the fund

51% of ARKX's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 49% is outside the index

WARP · 3 months to Sep 30, 202695% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
95% of its weight is outside the S&P 5005% of WARP's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 95% is outside the index5%95%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 74% of the fund · 20 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 0% in95% of its weight is outside the S&P 5005% of WARP's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 95% is outside the index5%95%5% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 100% · top ten 74% of the fund

5% of WARP's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 95% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · WARP scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
0.1, the lowest in this set92.0, the highest

A percentile among the 375 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 →

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ARKX and WARP hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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19% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding ARKX WARP
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHN-CL A 10.84% 20.43%
INTUITIVE MACHINES INC 1.91% 3.44%
IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC 0.47% 4.58%
Only in ARKX
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC 6.17%
ROCKET LAB 5.86%
DEERE & CO 5.60%
KRATOS DEFENSE & SECURITY 5.49%
NVIDIA CORP 5.37%
AEROVIRONMENT INC 4.61%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.52%
AMAZON.COM INC 4.48%
Only in WARP
Rocket Lab Corp 14.52%
Ast Spacemobile Inc 6.46%
Echostar Corp 4.89%
Viasat Inc 4.86%
Mda Space Ltd 4.62%
Globalstar Inc 4.57%
Firefly Aerospace Inc 4.46%
Redwire Corp 4.38%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

19% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

Total returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowARKXWARPARKXWARPARKXWARP
3 months−5.7%−18.7%−8.2 pts−21.2 pts−7.8 pts−20.8 pts
6 months+6.7%not published−10.3 ptsnot published−20.2 ptsnot published
1 year+11.7%not published−4.0 ptsnot published−12.1 ptsnot published
3 years+131.5%not published+46.5 ptsnot published+21.5 ptsnot published
Since launch
ARKX Mar 2021 · WARP May 2026
+57.1%−19.9%−50.8 pts−24.7 pts−85.9 pts−26.6 pts

ARKX and WARP over each window. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested. Source: ETFIQ. Open the live comparison on ETFIQ →

On the same fields

ARKX
ARK Space & Defense Innovation ETF · Holds 34 stocks in space, 51% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
WARP
VanEck Space ETF · Holds 20 stocks in space, 5% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
Issuer ARK VanEck
Theme Space Space
In the S&P 500 51.4% 4.9%
Active share vs the S&P 500 83.6% 100.0%
In the Nasdaq-100 28.4% 0.0%
Holdings 34 20
Top ten, share of the fund 57.1% 73.8%
Expense ratio 0.75% 0.50%
Fee for the differing part 0.90% 0.50%
Total return, 1 year +11.7% −19.9% (since launch on May 7, 2026)
vs the S&P 500 −4.0 pts −24.7 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −12.1 pts −26.6 pts
Below its high −15.5% −47.2%
Net assets $737m $43m

ARKX and WARP on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

ARKX in plain words

By weight, 51% of ARKX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 84%. The top ten holdings are 57% of the fund across 34 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 1, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +11.7% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 4.0 pts. It sits 15.5% below its all-time high of May 28, 2026.

WARP in plain words

By weight, 5% of WARP'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 74% of the fund across 20 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Since it launched on May 7, 2026 the fund returned −19.9% with distributions reinvested against +4.8% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 24.7 pts. It sits 47.2% below its all-time high of May 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Do ARKX and WARP hold the same stocks?
By their latest filings, 19% 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, ARKX or WARP?
ARKX has 51% of its weight in S&P 500 names and WARP has 5%, so WARP differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ARKX or WARP?
ARKX charges 0.75% a year and WARP charges 0.50%, so WARP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, ARKX against WARP, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/arkx-vs-warp

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