ARK Blockchain & Fintech Innovation ETF
$47.16−0.57 (−1.20%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.75%
- Fund size
- $701M
- 1Y return
- −16.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.09%
- Volume · 30D
- 0.2M sh
- NAV per share
- $47.73
- 52W range
The ETF.net ARKF Grade
Score 40 of 100 sits in the D band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.FScore 17Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.CScore 43Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 34Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 87Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 35Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 75Category rank
Our read on ARKF
DARK's bet that finance gets rebuilt on rails of code: an actively managed, global basket of blockchain and fintech names picked by analysts rather than an index rulebook, running since 2019.
The fund seeks long-term capital growth through active investment, primarily in domestic and foreign equity securities connected to blockchain and financial-technology innovation.
Why people hold it
- Genuinely active. ARK's team picks domestic and foreign blockchain and fintech names, so the portfolio answers to a research view, not an index rulebook.ark-funds.com
- Getting in and out is rarely the friction point. For a niche theme fund, it changes hands steadily and trades among the smoother names in its group.
- Live since 2019, so it has already run through a full boom and bust in speculative growth rather than being a fresh launch with no track record.
- One mandate covers both sides of the trade: payments and financial technology plus the blockchain infrastructure underneath, in a single wrapper.ark-funds.com
Worth knowing
- The 0.75% annual fee sits at the top of its fintech peer set, above the cohort median and above cheaper builds like FDFF (0.50%) and BPAY (0.66%).
- High-conviction and concentrated by design, which means bigger swings than a broad tech basket when the theme moves either way.
- Built for capital growth, not cash flow: distributions arrive at most once or twice a year.
ARKF Holdings
- Stocks
- —
- 54%
- XYZ
Sectors
- Technology44.3%
- Financials31.8%
- Consumer Discr.15.5%
- Communication8.2%
- Health Care0.1%
Geography
- United States72.73%
- Canada8.18%
- Cayman Islands3.71%
- Uruguay3.02%
- Singapore2.01%
- Brazil1.92%
- Netherlands1.87%
- Sweden1.75%
- 4.82%
ARKF Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
ARKF$8,355
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | ARKF |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.2% |
| 1 month | +4.4% |
| 3 months | +21.1% |
| 1 year | −16.5% |
| 3 years | +36.5% |
| 5 years | −1.8% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | ARKF |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.2% | |
| 2025 | +28.7% | |
| 2024 | +34.3% | |
| 2023 | +93.3% | |
| 2022 | −65.1% | |
| 2021 | −17.8% | |
| 2020 | +108.0% |
ARKF in the news
ARKF Dividends
- 0.09%
- $0.04
- $0.04 per share
- Irregular
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $0.04 |
| Dec 29, 2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | $0.18 |
| Dec 27, 2019 | Dec 31, 2019 | $0.30 |
ARKF Risk
- 38.5%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.75
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −75.0%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 2.00
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ARKF Cost
0.75%
ARKF0.75%
- The middle half of Fintech & Payments funds
- Median 0.66%
5 of the 7 Fintech & Payments funds charge less.