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ARK Autonomous Technology&Robotics ETF Overview

ARK Autonomous Technology&Robotics ETF (ARKQ) is an actively managed U.S. Equity Mid-Cap Growth exchange-traded fund (ETF). ARK ETF Trust launched the ETF in 2014.

The investment seeks long-term growth of capital. The fund is an actively-managed exchange-traded fund that will invest under normal circumstances primarily (at least 80% of its assets) in domestic and foreign equity securities of autonomous technology and robotics companies that are relevant to the fund's investment theme of disruptive innovation. Substantially all of the fund's assets will be invested in equity securities, including common stocks, partnership interests, business trust shares and other equity investments or ownership interests in business enterprises. The fund is non-diversified.

About ARK Autonomous Technology&Robotics ETF (ARKQ)

There are 1 members of the management team with an average tenure of 11.76 years: Catherine Wood (2014). Management tenure is more important for actively managed ETFs than passive index ETFs.

The ETF has 2 primary benchmarks: S&P 500 (TR) (1970) index with a weighting of 100% and MSCI World NR USD index with a weighting of 100%. ARK Autonomous Technology&Robotics ETF has 42 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 56.1% of the ETF’s assets. The ETF meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a nondiversified fund. The ETF is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

ARK Autonomous Technology&Robotics ETF is part of the Equity global asset class and is within the U.S. Equity ETF group. ARK Autonomous Technology&Robotics ETF has 11.9% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 87.8% There is 11.9% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.0% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 0.0% (0.0% domestic bond, 0.0% foreign bond and 0.0% convertible bond). ARK Autonomous Technology&Robotics ETF has 0.3% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $2 billion in total assets, which is above the $1 billion average for the Mid-Cap Growth category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

ARKQ Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The ARK Autonomous Technology&Robotics ETF expense ratio is above average compared to funds in the Mid-Cap Growth category. ARK Autonomous Technology&Robotics ETF has an expense ratio of 0.75%, which is 44% higher than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a D. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. ARK Autonomous Technology&Robotics ETF has a portfolio turnover rate of 27%, which indicates that it holds its assets around / 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 168% for the Mid-Cap Growth category.

Recently, in the month of June 2026, ARK Autonomous Technology&Robotics ETF returned -7.4%, which earned it a grade of F, as the Mid-Cap Growth category had an average return of 2.6%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all ETFs in that category.

ARK Autonomous Technology&Robotics ETF has a trailing yield of 0.23%, which is below the 0.38% category average. The fund normally distributes its income annually and its capital gains annually.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

ARK Autonomous Technology&Robotics ETF Grades

Year to date, the ETF has returned 15.4%, 1.3 percentage points worse than the category, which translates into a grade of C. The fund has returned 48.7% over the past year (grade of A), 33.0% over the past three years (grade of A) and 9.3% per year over the past five years (grade of A) and 22.1% per year over the past 10 years (grade of A).

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