Do BATT and KARS hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 21% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.

Which is more different from the S&P 500, BATT or KARS?

BATT has 16% of its weight in S&P 500 names and KARS has 6%, so KARS differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, BATT or KARS?

BATT charges 0.59% a year and KARS charges 0.69%, so BATT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BATT vs KARS: which is really different?

BATT and KARS hold 21% of their weight in the same names, and BATT returned +12.1% over the year. Amplify Lithium & Battery Technology ETF and KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF.

15.6%

BATT in the S&P 500

6.5%

KARS in the S&P 500

+12.1%

BATT total return, 1 year

−8.5%

KARS total return, 1 year

BATT · 1 year to Sep 30, 202684% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

16% of BATT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 84% is outside the index

KARS · 1 year to Sep 30, 202694% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

7% of KARS's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 94% is outside the index

ETFIQ Off-Index Score · KARS scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

BATT 49.3

KARS 51.3

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, BATT and KARS hold 21% 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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21% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding BATT KARS

Tesla Inc 7.73% 4.35%

Samsung SDI Co Ltd 2.47% 4.91%

Rivian Automotive Inc 1.61% 2.59%

Albemarle Corp 1.56% 2.15%

MP Materials Corp 1.36% 2.11%

PLS Group Ltd 1.33% 2.22%

Ecopro BM Co Ltd 1.35% 1.25%

IGO LTD 1.04% 0.98%

Mineral Resources Ltd 1.19% 0.88%

Yadea Group Holdings Ltd 0.81% 0.34%

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 0.05% 0.02%

Only in BATT

BHP Group Ltd 6.90%

Freeport-McMoRan Inc 6.32%

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd 5.37%

Bloom Energy Corp 5.25%

BYD Co Ltd 4.47%

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 3.04%

TDK Corp 2.86%

Teck Resources Ltd 2.64%

Only in KARS

Panasonic Holdings Corporation 4.95%

STMICROELECTRONICS NV 4.83%

BYD CO LTD -A 4.22%

XIAOMI CORP-CLASS B 4.21%

BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 4.07%

CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHN-A 3.49%

CMOC GROUP LTD-A 2.55%

LG ENERGY SOLUTION 2.45%

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

21% of the two portfolios are the same securities at the same weight.

Performance, window by window

	Total return		vs the S&P 500		vs the Nasdaq-100
Window	BATT	KARS	BATT	KARS	BATT	KARS
3 months	−6.7%	−12.4%	−9.2 pts	−14.9 pts	−8.8 pts	−14.5 pts
6 months	−4.9%	−13.8%	−21.9 pts	−30.8 pts	−31.8 pts	−40.7 pts
1 year	+12.1%	−8.5%	−3.6 pts	−24.3 pts	−11.7 pts	−32.3 pts
3 years	+37.5%	+2.6%	−47.5 pts	−82.3 pts	−72.5 pts	−107.3 pts
Since launch BATT Jun 2018 · KARS Jan 2018	−15.2%	+25.2%	−228.1 pts	−185.6 pts	−359.8 pts	−345.6 pts

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

On the same fields

BATT

Amplify Lithium & Battery Technology ETF · Holds 57 stocks in lithium and battery metals, 16% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

KARS

KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF · Holds 86 stocks in electric vehicles and batteries, 6% of its weight in S&P 500 companies

Issuer Amplify KraneShares

Theme Lithium and battery metals Electric vehicles and batteries

In the S&P 500 15.6% 6.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 98.0% 98.1%

In the Nasdaq-100 7.7% 4.4%

Holdings 57 86

Top ten, share of the fund 47.1% 40.2%

Expense ratio 0.59% 0.69%

Fee for the differing part 0.60% 0.70%

Total return, 1 year +12.1% −8.5%

vs the S&P 500 −3.6 pts −24.3 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −11.7 pts −32.3 pts

Below its high −20.7% −44.6%

Net assets $112m $73m

BATT and KARS on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

BATT in plain words

By weight, 16% of BATT's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 47% of the fund across 57 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 1, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +12.1% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 3.6 pts. It sits 20.7% below its all-time high of May 13, 2026.

KARS in plain words

By weight, 6% of KARS's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 40% of the fund across 86 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −8.5% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 24.2 pts. It sits 44.6% below its all-time high of Nov 8, 2021.

Questions people ask

Do BATT and KARS hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 21% of their books are the same securities at the same weight, which is a meaningful overlap. Overlap is the sum of the smaller weight of every security they share.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, BATT or KARS?: BATT has 16% of its weight in S&P 500 names and KARS has 6%, so KARS differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, BATT or KARS?: BATT charges 0.59% a year and KARS charges 0.69%, so BATT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

BATT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BATT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Amplify page for BATT ↗KARS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗KARS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗KraneShares page for KARS ↗

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ETFIQ, BATT against KARS, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/batt-vs-kars

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