FTAG vs KROP

FTAGCFirst Trust Indxx Global Agriculture ETF

KROPCGlobal X AgTech & Food Innovation ETF

In short

FTAG Live since 2010, FTAG owns the companies trying to squeeze more out of every acre: roughly 60 global stocks tied to improving agricultural yields, held as equities rather than grain futures.

KROP How the world feeds itself, in about 30 stocks. KROP tracks a Solactive index of global companies advancing agricultural technology and food innovation, at a 0.50% fee that sits under the typical global thematic ETF.

Stated mandate

FTAG FTAG seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield of the Indxx Global Agriculture Index. The index targets companies directly or indirectly engaged in improving agricultural yields.

KROP KROP seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Solactive AgTech & Food Innovation Index. It invests at least 80% of assets in index securities or related depositary receipts and targets companies advancing agricultural technology and food innovation.

Why people hold it

• FTAG An equity route into the farm theme. The index targets companies working to improve agricultural yields, so you hold operating businesses, not commodity futures contracts.ftportfolios.com
• Trading since 2010, a long live history for a single-theme fund, covering more than one full swing in the global farm cycle.
• A genuine basket, not a two-stock proxy: roughly 60 names, a global mandate by design, and distributions on a quarterly schedule.

• KROP At least 80% of assets sit in index names, so you get the agtech and food innovation basket rather than a broad fund wearing a theme label.
• The 0.50% expense ratio undercuts the median fee in its global thematic peer group.
• The mandate is global, so the basket can reach farm tech and food science names listed outside the US.
• Trading since July 2021, which gives it a multi-year operating history rather than a fresh launch.

Worth knowing

• FTAG At 0.70% a year, it prices above the typical fund in its global thematic peer group, where index-tracking rivals such as KLMT and IQSZ run far cheaper.
• A small asset base and light trading volume. Spreads tend to be wider than on mainstream funds, and larger orders take more care to fill.
• One narrow theme, concentrated in about 60 stocks. Returns track crop economics and farm spending far more closely than the broad global market.

• KROP About 30 holdings means individual names carry real weight, so one company's stumble moves the fund more than it would in a broad index.
• Small asset base and light trading volume, which typically shows up as wider bid-ask spreads and more attention needed on order entry.
• Distributions land once or twice a year, not monthly, so cash flow from the fund is lumpy by design.

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