Do ILIT and KARS hold the same stocks?

By their latest filings, 5% 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, ILIT or KARS?

ILIT has 8% of its weight in S&P 500 names and KARS has 6%, so ILIT differs more from the index.

Which is cheaper, ILIT or KARS?

ILIT charges 0.47% a year and KARS charges 0.69%, so ILIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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ILIT vs KARS: which is really different?

ILIT and KARS hold 5% of their weight in the same names, and ILIT returned +7.0% over the year. iShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF and KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF.

7.9%

ILIT in the S&P 500

6.5%

KARS in the S&P 500

+7.0%

ILIT total return, 1 year

−8.5%

KARS total return, 1 year

ILIT · 1 year to Sep 30, 202692% of its weight is outside the S&P 500

8% of ILIT's weight is in S&P 500 companies and 92% 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 · ILIT scores higherHow much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?

ILIT 92

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, ILIT and KARS hold 5% 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 29, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

50%

half

5% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding ILIT KARS

PLS GROUP LTD 6.91% 2.22%

ALBEMARLE CORP 7.88% 2.15%

LITHIUM AMERICAS 4.73% 0.26%

Only in ILIT

SOCIEDAD QUIMICA Y MINERA DE CHILE 8.15%

LIONTOWN LTD 7.07%

COSMOAM&T LTD 3.93%

ELEVRA LITHIUM LTD 3.74%

LITHIUM ARGENTINA AG 3.69%

CORE LITHIUM LTD 3.59%

GANFENG LITHIUM GROUP LTD A 3.11%

SIGMA LITHIUM 3.11%

Only in KARS

Panasonic Holdings Corporation 4.95%

SAMSUNG SDI CO LTD 4.91%

STMICROELECTRONICS NV 4.83%

TESLA INC 4.35%

BYD CO LTD -A 4.22%

XIAOMI CORP-CLASS B 4.21%

BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG 4.07%

CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHN-A 3.49%

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

5% 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	ILIT	KARS	ILIT	KARS	ILIT	KARS
3 months	−27.4%	−12.4%	−29.9 pts	−14.9 pts	−29.5 pts	−14.5 pts
6 months	−26.2%	−13.8%	−43.2 pts	−30.8 pts	−53.1 pts	−40.7 pts
1 year	+7.0%	−8.5%	−8.7 pts	−24.3 pts	−16.7 pts	−32.3 pts
3 years	−24.5%	+2.6%	−109.5 pts	−82.3 pts	−134.5 pts	−107.3 pts
Since launch ILIT Jun 2023 · KARS Jan 2018	−42.3%	+25.2%	−125.5 pts	−185.6 pts	−150.1 pts	−345.6 pts

ILIT 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

ILIT

iShares Lithium Miners and Producers ETF · Holds 62 stocks in lithium and battery metals, 8% 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 iShares KraneShares

Theme Lithium and battery metals Electric vehicles and batteries

In the S&P 500 7.9% 6.5%

Active share vs the S&P 500 100.0% 98.1%

In the Nasdaq-100 0.0% 4.4%

Holdings 62 86

Top ten, share of the fund 52.8% 40.2%

Expense ratio 0.47% 0.69%

Fee for the differing part 0.47% 0.70%

Total return, 1 year +7.0% −8.5%

vs the S&P 500 −8.7 pts −24.3 pts

vs the Nasdaq-100 −16.7 pts −32.3 pts

Below its high −46.7% −44.6%

Net assets $13m $73m

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

ILIT in plain words

By weight, 8% of ILIT'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 53% of the fund across 62 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 29, 2026. Over the year to Sep 30, 2026 the fund returned +7.0% with distributions reinvested against +15.7% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 8.7 pts. It sits 46.7% below its all-time high of Jul 13, 2023.

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 ILIT and KARS hold the same stocks?: By their latest filings, 5% 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, ILIT or KARS?: ILIT has 8% of its weight in S&P 500 names and KARS has 6%, so ILIT differs more from the index.
Which is cheaper, ILIT or KARS?: ILIT charges 0.47% a year and KARS charges 0.69%, so ILIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

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

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

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