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KraneShares China Technology & Semiconductor STAR 50 Index ETF

KSTRNYSE ArcaKraneSharesD

$17.15+0.34 (+2.02%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

D33/ 100

Rank 30 of 30 in China

D33/100Rank 30 of 30inChina
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 16.81 to 17.15. Range 17.07 to 17.45. Use the arrow keys to read each point.16.9017.0017.3017.4010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.89%
Fund size
$259M
1Y total return
−10.4%
Yield · Last 12 months
No data
Holdings
55
Avg volume · 30D
892K sh
52W range
low $16.67high $32.54
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The ETF.net KSTR Grade

D

Score 33 out of 100

Category
China⁠
Rank
30 of 30
Six-pillar profile for KSTR. Scores out of 100: Cost 10, Risk 29, Mission 49, Tradability 55, Holdings 21, Durability 64. Strongest: Durability (64). Weakest: Cost (10). Leans toward Durability.

Score 33 of 100 falls in the D 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.
    F10 out of 100
    Rank 26 of 30

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    C49 out of 100
    Rank 21 of 22

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    D29 out of 100
    Rank 23 of 30

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    B55 out of 100
    Rank 11 of 30

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    F21 out of 100
    Rank 26 of 29

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    B64 out of 100
    Rank 15 of 30

Our read on KSTR

ETF.net Research

In short

DA concentrated way into Shanghai's Science and Technology Innovation Board: KSTR tracks the STAR 50, roughly 50 A-share tech and chip names, and no other China fund in its peer group follows that benchmark.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks to provide investment results that generally correspond, before fees and expenses, to the performance of the SSE Science and Technology Innovation Board 50 Index.

Why people hold it

  • Tracks the SSE Science and Technology Innovation Board 50 Index, about 50 Shanghai-listed names. No other China ETF in its peer group follows the same benchmark.
  • Actively traded for a niche single-country fund, so getting in and out tends to be straightforward rather than a spread-hunting exercise.
  • Plain plumbing: a 1940 Act fund following a published index, run since 2021 by a China-focused specialist, with a few hundred million in assets behind it.

Worth knowing

  • At 0.89% a year, it costs more than the typical China ETF in its group. That is the toll for a board most issuers skip.
  • Roughly 50 stocks from one exchange board, tilted toward semiconductors, so moves land harder than in broad China funds like MCHI or FLCH.
  • Across its China peer group it lands in the bottom quarter on our overall read, weighed down mainly by cost and how narrow the portfolio is.

KSTR Performance

Launched Jan 26, 2021

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

Not enough history yet.
KSTR$8,965
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,146
Oct 31, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026. KSTR $8,965. SPY $11,146. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$12,500$15,000Oct 2025May 2026Nov 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Nov 2, 2026

Returns run to the Nov 2, 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.

Trailing total return for KSTR. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodKSTR
Year to date−7.8%
1 month−22.3%
3 months−27.1%
1 year−10.4%
3 yearsper year+12.4%
5 yearsper year−6.7%
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper yearNo data

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for KSTR
YearReturn barKSTR
2026 YTD−7.8%
2025+42.8%
2024+6.1%
2023−17.9%
2022−38.5%
2021−1.7%

History from Jan 27, 2021

KSTR in the news

KSTR Dividends

This fund pays no distributions.
No dataLast 12 months
Payout per share
No dataLast 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

KSTR Risk

Risk pillarD29 out of 100Rank 23 of 30 in China
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
46.0%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.35
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−63.8%
Trough Sep 2024
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.86
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

KSTR Cost

Compare KSTR and FLCH

Overpaying vs FLCH, cheapest in China

$12,920

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • KSTR 0.89%

    $16,872

  • FLCH 0.19% Cheapest

    $3,952

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • KSTR 0.89%
  • FLCH 0.19%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$5K$10K$15K$20K051015202530KSTR $16,872FLCH $3,952

Year by year

YearKSTRFLCHOverpaying
10$1,576$347$1,229
20$5,953$1,351$4,602
30$16,872$3,952$12,920

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