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ARKF vs. VGT

ARK Fintech Innovation ETF

ARKF
$
Today’s Change
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vs

Vanguard Information Technology ETF

VGT
$
Today’s Change
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Correlation

1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max

Performance Measures**

for the time period Feb 4, 2019 to Apr 23, 2026

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

ARKF

4.6%

-9.3%

VGT

13.5%

7.7%

Diff.

-8.9%

-17%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

ARKF

-78.6%

39.9%

VGT

-35.1%

26.7%

Diff.

-43.5%

+13.2%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

ARKF

0.45

0.14

VGT

0.94

0.68

Diff.

-0.49

-0.54

ARKFARK Fintech Innovation ETF
VGTVanguard Information Technology ETF

What is ARKF?

ARKF is an actively managed Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) that seeks long-term growth of capital. It seeks to achieve this investment objective by investing 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 financial technology ( Fintech ) innovation.

Snapshot
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ARKF ARK Fintech Innovation ETF
VGT Vanguard Information Technology ETF
Inception date
Feb 4, 2019
Jan 26, 2004
Expense ratio
0.75%
0.1%
ARKF has a higher expense ratio than VGT by 0.65%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in ARKF than VGT.
Type
Global Equities
US Equities
ARKF targets investing in Global Equities, while VGT targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
ARK Funds
Vanguard
ARKF is managed by ARK Funds, while VGT is managed by Vanguard.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$9,483,865
$206,920,148
Both ARKF and VGT are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$808,992,455
$50,021,727,974
ARKF has more assets under management than VGT by $49,212,735,519. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
None
MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Transition Index
ARKF is based off of the undefined, while VGT is based off of the MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Transition Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither ARKF nor VGT use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Active
Passive
ARKF uses a Active investing strategy, while VGT uses a Passive investing strategy.
Dividend
No
No
ARKF and VGT may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
Neither ARKF nor VGT require a K1.

Disclaimers

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