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.

21.3%
FDRV in the S&P 500
6.5%
KARS in the S&P 500
−8.2%
FDRV total return, 1 year
−8.5%
KARS total return, 1 year
FDRV · 1 year to Sep 30, 202679% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
79% of its weight is outside the S&P 50021% of FDRV's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 79% is outside the index21%79%in the S&P 500of its weight outside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 42% of the fund · 50 holdings filed Jun 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 10% in79% of its weight is outside the S&P 50021% of FDRV's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 79% is outside the index21%79%inoutside the S&P 500active share 97% · top ten 42% of the fund

21% of FDRV's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 79% is outside the index

KARS · 1 year to Sep 30, 202694% of its weight is outside the S&P 500
94% of its weight is outside the S&P 5007% of KARS's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 94% is outside the index7%94%inof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 40% of the fund · 86 holdings filed Sep 30, 2026 · Nasdaq-100: 4% in94% of its weight is outside the S&P 5007% of KARS's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 94% is outside the index7%94%7% of its weight in S&P 500 companiesof its weight outside the S&P 500active share 98% · top ten 40% of the fund

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?
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, 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

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding FDRV KARS
TESLA INC 4.95% 4.35%
AURORA INNOVATION INC 3.10% 2.44%
LG ENERGY SOLUTION 1.15% 2.45%
SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD 1.13% 4.91%
HESAI GROUP 1.57% 0.60%
LUCID GROUP INC 1.45% 0.18%
Only in FDRV
UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC 4.92%
CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 4.78%
INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 4.65%
NXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV 4.30%
BYD CO LTD 3.88%
RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE INC 3.83%
ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS INC 3.61%
APTIV PLC 3.44%
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%
RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE INC-A 2.59%
CMOC GROUP LTD-A 2.55%

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 returnvs the S&P 500vs the Nasdaq-100
WindowFDRVKARSFDRVKARSFDRVKARS
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
Fidelity Electric Vehicles and Future Transportation ETF · Holds 50 stocks in electric vehicles and batteries, 21% 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 Fidelity KraneShares
Theme Electric vehicles and batteries Electric vehicles and batteries
In the S&P 500 21.3% 6.5%
Active share vs the S&P 500 97.4% 98.1%
In the Nasdaq-100 9.7% 4.4%
Holdings 50 86
Top ten, share of the fund 41.5% 40.2%
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.69%
Fee for the differing part 0.40% 0.70%
Total return, 1 year −8.2% −8.5%
vs the S&P 500 −23.9 pts −24.3 pts
vs the Nasdaq-100 −31.9 pts −32.3 pts
Below its high −45.3% −44.6%
Net assets $25m $73m

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.
Which is more different from the S&P 500, FDRV or KARS?
FDRV has 21% of its weight in S&P 500 names and KARS has 6%, so KARS differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, FDRV or KARS?
FDRV charges 0.39% a year and KARS charges 0.69%, so FDRV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ETFIQ, FDRV against KARS, data as of Sep 30, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/themes/fdrv-vs-kars

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