KraneShares Electric Vehicles & Future Mobility Index ETF (KARS)

NYSEARCA: KARS · Real-Time Price · USD
31.40
-0.39 (-1.23%)
Oct 7, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT - Market closed
-1.23%
Assets$81.16M
Expense Ratio0.72%
PE Ratio26.34
Shares Out2.60M
Dividend (ttm)$0.16
Dividend Yield0.52%
Ex-Dividend DateDec 17, 2024
Payout FrequencyAnnual
Payout Ratio13.53%
Volume30,801
Open31.67
Previous Close31.79
Day's Range31.26 - 31.76
52-Week Low17.44
52-Week High31.79
Beta1.18
Holdings65
Inception DateJan 18, 2018

About KARS

Fund Home Page

The KraneShares Electric Vehicles & Future Mobility Index ETF (KARS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg Electric Vehicles index, a modified market-cap-weighted index of stocks that are involved in the production of electric vehicles or other initiatives that may enhance future mobility. KARS was launched on Jan 18, 2018 and is issued by KraneShares.

Asset Class Equity
Category Industrials
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol KARS
ETF Provider KraneShares
Index Tracked Bloomberg Electric Vehicles Index

Top 10 Holdings

37.74% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited3007505.01%
Tesla, Inc.TSLA4.58%
XPeng Inc.98683.97%
Li Auto Inc.20153.67%
Panasonic Holdings Corporation67523.55%
Xiaomi Corporation18103.54%
BYD Company Limited0025943.48%
EVE Energy Co., Ltd.3000143.38%
NIO Inc.98663.30%
Geely Automobile Holdings Limited01753.26%
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Dividends

Ex-DividendAmountPay Date
Dec 17, 2024$0.1633Dec 18, 2024
Dec 18, 2023$0.22563Dec 20, 2023
Dec 28, 2022$0.31917Dec 30, 2022
Dec 29, 2021$3.14881Dec 31, 2021
Dec 29, 2020$0.0574Dec 31, 2020
Dec 27, 2019$0.4351Dec 31, 2019
Full Dividend History

Performance

KARS had a total return of 33.08% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 4.65%.

News

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1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

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