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ARKXArk InvestACTIVE

ARK SPACE EXPLORATION & INNOVATION ETF

$29.63-3.01% vs prior close
263852-WK

Price through Oct 22, 2026 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 22, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 22, 2026.

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.

ARKX price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateARKX close
Sep 22, 2026$33.04
Sep 23, 2026$32.67
Sep 24, 2026$32.77
Sep 25, 2026$32.70
Sep 28, 2026$32.07
Sep 29, 2026$31.92
Sep 30, 2026$31.90
Oct 1, 2026$31.97
Oct 2, 2026$32.68
Oct 5, 2026$32.91
Oct 6, 2026$33.23
Oct 7, 2026$32.62
Oct 8, 2026$32.07
Oct 9, 2026$32.20
Oct 12, 2026$31.76
Oct 13, 2026$31.44
Oct 14, 2026$30.52
Oct 15, 2026$30.53
Oct 16, 2026$29.88
Oct 19, 2026$30.03
Oct 20, 2026$30.08
Oct 21, 2026$30.55
Oct 22, 2026$29.63

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +2.2% so far this year. At 0.75% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IWR has a reported fee of 0.19%.

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
541Kavg daily volume, 30 days
35holdings · US-domiciled
2021listed March 30, 2021 · beta 1.97

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%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
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%

Country weights

  • United States88.8%
  • Other8.8%
  • France4.76%
  • Japan3.42%
  • Switzerland2.97%
  • Israel1.49%
  • Hong Kong1.35%
  • Germany1.08%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
Show as table
ItemValue (%)
United States88.8%
Other8.8%
France4.76%
Japan3.42%
Switzerland2.97%
Israel1.49%
Hong Kong1.35%
Germany1.08%
Performance
1 week-0.8%
1 month-10.3%
3 months-4.3%
6 months-12.0%
YTD+2.2%
1 year-0.3%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
22%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
34%realized volatility, 1 year
-21.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-21.5%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
28calls · latest snapshot
16puts · latest snapshot
0.57put/call ratio
606Kshares 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 SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.2B+$609M-72bp on fee · 183× the assets · +$609M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.4B+$199M-72bp on fee · 81× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.4B+$497M-71bp on fee · 144× the assets · +$497M 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
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$191B+$817M-68bp on fee · 847× the assets · +$817M in over the monthHead-to-head
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