CastleArk Large Growth ETF
$49.380.00 (0.00%)
- 0.54%
- $351M
- +14.7%
- 0.01%
- 0M sh
- $49.38
- low $38.26high $49.92
The ETF.net CARK Grade
C
Score 47 out of 100
- 44 of 90
Score 47 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.B56 out of 100Rank 40 of 90Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C42 out of 100Rank 54 of 82Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C40 out of 100Rank 63 of 90Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D36 out of 100Rank 75 of 89Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B63 out of 100Rank 37 of 90
Our read on CARK
CA Chicago boutique's large-growth playbook in ETF form: a concentrated book of big U.S. franchises picked for profitability and free cash flow rather than headline revenue growth.
The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. It is an actively managed ETF investing primarily in large-capitalization common stocks through a bottom-up fundamental process focused on established growth companies with sustainable competitive advantages and strong potential free-cash-flow margins and earnings growth.
Why people hold it
- Concentrated by design. A focused portfolio of predominantly U.S. companies above $4 billion in market cap at purchase means manager conviction, not index weights, sets the shape of the fund.castleark-etfs.com
- The screen is franchise quality: businesses the team sees as harder to disrupt, with high profitability and free cash flow, which it ranks above the raw rate of revenue growth.castleark-etfs.com
- Fee sits right at the middle of its active large-growth peer group at 0.54%, so the concentration and stock picking do not come with a premium sticker.
- Not a startup strategy in a new wrapper: the ETF, launched in 2023, carries the name of a manager its co-founder started building in 1999.castleark-etfs.com
Worth knowing
- Concentration cuts both ways. With a small number of positions, one company's stumble moves this fund far more than it would a broad growth index.castleark-etfs.com
- It trades thinly. Spreads can be wider than on mega-cap growth funds, and order type and timing matter more than they do in heavily traded names.
- Cheaper competition is real: JUSA (0.12%) and FELG (0.18%) chase large-cap growth for a fraction of the fee, and our review places CARK in the lower half of this peer group.
CARK Holdings
- Stocks
- 30
- 63%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology56.4%
- Communication13.1%
- Financials9.8%
- Health Care8.6%
- Consumer Discretionary6.3%
- Industrials5.8%
Geography
- United States99.28%
- Canada0.72%
CARK Performance
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CARK$11,469
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | CARK |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +12.0% |
| 1 month | +4.2% |
| 3 months | +3.1% |
| 1 year | +14.7% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 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 | CARK |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +12.0% | |
| 2025 | +10.9% | |
| 2024 | +26.5% | |
| 2023 | +3.6% |
CARK in the news
CARK Dividends
- 0.01%
- $0.0066
- $0.0066 per share
- Irregular
Distribution history
CARK Risk
- 16.7%
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.
- 0.77
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.
- −25.2%
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.
- 1.29
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
CARK Cost
0.54%
CARK0.54%
- The middle half of US Active Growth funds
- Median 0.56%
39 of the 90 US Active Growth funds charge less.
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- CLSGRNatixis Loomis Sayles Focused Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.59%1 year return +5.2%
- CPRCSParnassus Income Funds - Parnassus Core Select ETFExpense ratio 0.58%1 year return +14.0%
- CBASGBrown Advisory Sustainable Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.61%1 year return +12.2%