State Street SPDR S&P Kensho Final Frontiers ETF
$101.88−0.67 (−0.65%)
- 0.45%
- $169M
- +32.5%
- 0.20%
- 0M sh
- $103.45
- low $72.64high $137.63
The ETF.net ROKT Grade
A
Score 81 out of 100
- 2 of 15
Score 81 of 100 falls in the A 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.A86 out of 100Rank 3 of 15Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.C45 out of 100Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A76 out of 100Rank 1 of 14Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A76 out of 100Rank 4 of 15Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A83 out of 100Rank 1 of 14Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A87 out of 100Rank 1 of 15
Our read on ROKT
AMost space funds stop at the atmosphere. ROKT plays both frontiers: rockets and satellites plus the hardware that explores the deep sea, wrapped in an AI-informed S&P Kensho index running since 2018.
The fund seeks to track the S&P Kensho Final Frontiers Index, targeting companies whose products and services support innovation in outer-space and deep-sea exploration through an AI-informed, quantitative index methodology.
Why people hold it
- 0.45% a year, the cheapest sticker in this cohort: ORBX runs 0.50%, while UFO, ARKX and NASA each charge 0.75%.
- The index bolts the S&P Kensho Space Index onto the deep-sea exploration names from the Kensho Drones Index, so orbit and ocean floor arrive in one ticker.ssga.com
- Trading since 2018 under the SPDR roof, and one of the strongest implementations in the space-theme group on cost, portfolio and staying power.
- Roughly 40 stocks, refreshed on the index's annual reconstitution, with cash paid quarterly.ssga.com
Worth knowing
- Trades lightly next to mainstream ETFs and carries a modest asset base; wider bid-ask spreads are the usual trade-off at that size.
- Two frontiers in roughly 40 names is a concentrated slice of the market that can move very differently from a broad index.
- The deep-sea sleeve means this is not a pure space bet: part of the portfolio never leaves the water.ssga.com
ROKT Holdings
- Stocks
- 39
- 37%
- FET
Sectors
- Industrials64.8%
- Technology20.8%
- Energy10.8%
- Communication3.7%
Geography
- United States97.95%
- Israel2.05%
ROKT Performance
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.
ROKT$13,246
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 | ROKT |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +20.7% |
| 1 month | −4.7% |
| 3 months | −9.0% |
| 1 year | +32.5% |
| 3 years | +37.9% |
| 5 years | +21.0% |
| 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 | ROKT |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +20.7% | |
| 2025 | +50.6% | |
| 2024 | +27.9% | |
| 2023 | +14.4% | |
| 2022 | −0.8% | |
| 2021 | +4.6% | |
| 2020 | +8.0% |
ROKT in the news
ROKT Dividends
- 0.20%
- $0.21
- $0.05 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
ROKT Risk
- 26.5%
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.
- 1.21
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.
- −24.9%
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.
- 1.43
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ROKT Cost
0.45%
ROKT0.45%
- The middle half of Space funds
- Median 0.75%
2 of the 15 Space funds charge less.
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- CARKXARK Space & Defense Innovation ETFExpense ratio 0.75%1 year return +4.8%
- CWARPVanEck Space ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return —
- CORBXGlobal X Space Tech ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return —
- CUFOProcure Space ETFExpense ratio 0.75%1 year return +8.8%