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KARS · KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF

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By weight, 7% 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 79 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +13.3% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 6.6 pts. It sits 39.9% below its all-time high of Nov 8, 2021.

KARS (KraneShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility Index ETF), themes desk fields as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
Theme (ETFIQ, editorial)Electric vehicles and batteries
LaunchedJan 19, 2018
Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ)6.8%
Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ)98.1%
Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ)4.7%
Active share vs the Nasdaq-100 (ETFIQ)96.5%
Top ten holdings weight40.3%
Holdings79
Net assets (latest filing)$84M
Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT)Jun 30, 2026
Top holdingsPanasonic Holdings Corporation 5.5%, STMicroelectronics N.V. 5.5%, TESLA, INC. 4.7%, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. 4.2%, RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, INC. 3.8%, BYD COMPANY LIMITED 3.8%, SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. 3.5%, Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft 3.4%, XIAOMI CORPORATION 3.2%, LYNAS RARE EARTHS LIMITED 2.8%
3 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ)−8.2% / +4.7% / −12.8 pts / −10.2 pts
6 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ)−2.9% / +15.2% / −18.1 pts / −23.1 pts
1 year: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ)+13.3% / +20.0% / −6.6 pts / −12.2 pts
3 years: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ)+2.2% / +78.0% / −75.8 pts / −91.3 pts
since launch: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ)+35.7% / +213.1% / −177.4 pts / −321.5 pts
Below its all-time high (ETFIQ)−39.9%
Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL)0.69%
Fee for the part that differs from the S&P 500, active expense ratio (ETFIQ)0.70%
Closest funds by holdings overlapLIT 36%, IDRV 36%, BATT 31%, FDRV 30%, SMOG 21%

Questions people ask

How much of KARS is already in the S&P 500?
By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 7% of KARS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 98%, so that share is the part doing something different.
What does KARS hold?
79 positions as filed for Jun 30, 2026, with the top ten at 40% of the fund. The largest are Panasonic Holdings Corporation at 5.5%, STMicroelectronics N.V. at 5.5%, TESLA, INC. at 4.7%.
Has KARS beaten the S&P 500?
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 KARS returned +13.3% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so it finished behind the index by 6.6 points.
What does KARS cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.69% a year. Because 98% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.70%.

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