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ARKXArk InvestACTIVE

ARK SPACE EXPLORATION & INNOVATION ETF

$31.97+0.22% vs prior close
263852-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 2. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 2.

The ARK Space Exploration & Innovation ETF's ("Fund") investment objective is long-term growth of capital. ARKX is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF") that will invest under normal circumstances primarily (at least 80% of its assets) in domestic and foreign equity securities of companies that are engaged in the Fund's investment theme of Space Exploration and innovation. The Adviser defines "Space Exploration" as leading, enabling, or benefitting from technologically enabled products and/or services that occur beyond the surface of the Earth.

Price & daily flows
35.231.728.331.97DAILY NET FLOWOct 2Feb 2Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +10.3% so far this year. At 0.75% a year it is not the cheapest way in — SIMS has a reported fee of 0.45%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$225Massets under management
0.75%expense ratio · $75 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
408Kavg daily volume, 30 days
35holdings · US-domiciled
2021listed March 30, 2021 · beta 1.94
Sector weights
Industrials55.52%
Electronic Technology49.03%
Technology29.49%
Technology Services24.42%
Communication Services10.7%
Producer Manufacturing8.45%
Communications6.32%
ETF4.99%
Consumer Cyclical3.84%
Retail Trade3.41%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States88.8%
Other8.8%
France4.76%
Japan3.42%
Switzerland2.97%
Israel1.49%
Hong Kong1.35%
Germany1.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.2%
1 month+0.4%
3 months-5.6%
6 months+8.9%
YTD+10.3%
1 year+7.4%
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PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
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CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
19%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
34%realized volatility, 1 year
-21.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-15.3%latest close versus that peak

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
28calls · latest snapshot
3puts · latest snapshot
0.11put/call ratio
717Kshares traded
The case against ARKX

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat ARKX on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-72bp on fee · 184× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-72bp on fee · 81× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-71bp on fee · 146× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-71bp on fee · 105× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-71bp on fee · 82× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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