Quick Read – MOAT returned 45% over five years versus ARKK’s 33% loss, with a maximum drawdown of roughly 20% compared to ARKK’s brutal 75% plunge. – Tesla anchors ARKK with a beta of 1.8 and a trailing P/E of 371, an extreme volatility profile that drives the fund’s wide…
tcome distributions and deep drawdowns. – A 75% drawdown requires a 300% gain just to break even, making MOAT’s narrower swings a crucial behavioral advantage that keeps investors from panic-selling. – Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and ARK Innovation ETF didn’t make the cut. Grab the names FREE today
Investors buy the ARK Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA:ARKK) when they want concentrated exposure to disruptive innovation: electric vehicles, genomics, fintech, autonomy, and AI. Cathie Wood’s flagship has headlined the active-growth category for a decade, and it still commands a loyal base. The case for owning it holds.
The case for owning something else alongside it, or instead, sharpens once you put the five-year scoreboard on the table. Over the trailing five years, ARKK lost 33% on a total-return basis through June 11, 2026. The VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (NYSEARCA:MOAT) gained 45.06% over the same window, and banked that spread while taking far shallower drawdowns.