Do HAIL and KARS hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 12% 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, HAIL or KARS?

HAIL has 18% of its weight in S&P 500 names and KARS has 6%, so KARS differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, HAIL or KARS?

HAIL charges 0.45% a year and KARS charges 0.69%, so HAIL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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HAIL vs KARS: which is really different?

HAIL and KARS hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and HAIL returned −2.6% over the year. State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P Kensho Smart Mobility ETF and KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF.

18.2%

HAIL in the S&P 500

6.5%

KARS in the S&P 500

−2.6%

HAIL total return, 1 year

−8.5%

KARS total return, 1 year

HAIL · 1 year to Sep 30, 202682% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

18% of HAIL's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 82% 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?

HAIL 29.7

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, HAIL and KARS hold 12% 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 Sep 30, 2026.

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half

12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding HAIL KARS

RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE INC A 1.65% 2.59%

TESLA INC 1.52% 4.35%

AURORA INNOVATION INC 1.50% 2.44%

AMBARELLA INC 1.81% 0.82%

PLUG POWER INC 1.11% 0.74%

HESAI GROUP 1.49% 0.60%

PONY AI INC 1.31% 0.48%

MOBILEYE GLOBAL INC A 1.32% 0.36%

WERIDE INC ADR 1.42% 0.34%

LUCID GROUP INC 1.42% 0.18%

BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC 0.76% 0.15%

Only in HAIL

VIA TRANSPORTATION INC CL A 3.35%

HONDA MOTOR CO LTD SPONS ADR 1.98%

NVIDIA CORP 1.86%

LYFT INC A 1.83%

UNUSUAL MACHINES INC /US 1.75%

ASPEN AEROGELS INC 1.65%

UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC 1.63%

ALLISON TRANSMISSION HOLDING 1.63%

Only in KARS

Panasonic Holdings Corporation 4.95%

SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD 4.91%

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%

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

12% 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	HAIL	KARS	HAIL	KARS	HAIL	KARS
3 months	−14.3%	−12.4%	−16.8 pts	−14.9 pts	−16.4 pts	−14.5 pts
6 months	+3.6%	−13.8%	−13.4 pts	−30.8 pts	−23.3 pts	−40.7 pts
1 year	−2.6%	−8.5%	−18.3 pts	−24.3 pts	−26.4 pts	−32.3 pts
3 years	+17.5%	+2.6%	−67.5 pts	−82.3 pts	−92.5 pts	−107.3 pts
Since launch HAIL Dec 2017 · KARS Jan 2018	+32.9%	+25.2%	−193.2 pts	−185.6 pts	−367.5 pts	−345.6 pts

HAIL 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

HAIL

State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P Kensho Smart Mobility ETF · Holds 89 stocks in electric vehicles and batteries, 18% 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 State Street KraneShares

Theme Electric vehicles and batteries Electric vehicles and batteries

In the S&P 500 18.2% 6.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 94.4% 98.1%

In the Nasdaq-100 7.9% 4.4%

Holdings 89 86

Top ten, share of the fund 19.1% 40.2%

Expense ratio 0.45% 0.69%

Fee for the differing part 0.48% 0.70%

Total return, 1 year −2.6% −8.5%

vs the S&P 500 −18.3 pts −24.3 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −26.4 pts −32.3 pts

Below its high −45.8% −44.6%

Net assets $18m $73m

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

HAIL in plain words

By weight, 18% of HAIL's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 94%. The top ten holdings are 19% of the fund across 89 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned −2.6% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 18.3 pts. It sits 45.8% below its all-time high of Feb 9, 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 HAIL and KARS hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 12% 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, HAIL or KARS?: HAIL has 18% of its weight in S&P 500 names and KARS has 6%, so KARS differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, HAIL or KARS?: HAIL charges 0.45% a year and KARS charges 0.69%, so HAIL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

HAIL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗HAIL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗KARS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗KARS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗KraneShares page for KARS ↗

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

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