FDRV vs KARS: which is really different?
FDRV and KARS hold 21% of their weight in the same names. Fidelity Electric Vehicles and Future Transportation ETF and KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF.
21% of FDRV's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 79% is outside the index
7% of KARS's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 94% is outside the index
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What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, FDRV 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
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21% in common
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 | FDRV | KARS | FDRV | KARS | FDRV | KARS |
| 3 months | −16.6% | −12.4% | −19.1 pts | −14.9 pts | −18.7 pts | −14.5 pts |
| 6 months | −2.9% | −13.8% | −19.9 pts | −30.8 pts | −29.8 pts | −40.7 pts |
| 1 year | −8.2% | −8.5% | −23.9 pts | −24.3 pts | −31.9 pts | −32.3 pts |
| 3 years | −4.0% | +2.6% | −89.0 pts | −82.3 pts | −114.0 pts | −107.3 pts |
| Since launch FDRV Oct 2021 · KARS Jan 2018 | −35.6% | +25.2% | −121.5 pts | −185.6 pts | −145.5 pts | −345.6 pts |
FDRV 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
FDRV and KARS on the same fields, as of Sep 30, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
FDRV in plain words
By weight, 21% of FDRV's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 97%. The top ten holdings are 42% of the fund across 50 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −8.2% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 23.9 pts. It sits 45.3% below its all-time high of Nov 8, 2021.
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 FDRV 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.
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