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KraneShares China Technology & Semiconductor STAR 50 Index ETF KSTR · AMEX

$18.87 -3.44% (-$0.67)

Summary

KraneShares China Technology & Semiconductor STAR 50 Index ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by KraneShares. Positions inside: 55. The ten largest make up 57% of the fund.

Yearly costs
0.89%
Fund size
$312.6M
Positions
55
Dividends
Reinvested
Running since
2021

What speaks for it

  • Easy to buy and sell: about $16.1M changes hands a day.

What to watch

  • The ten largest positions make up 57% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
  • 80% of the fund is in one sector (Technology).
  • 98% of the fund is in one country (China).
  • Costs of 0.89% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
  • In the last five years its price once dropped by 66% from its high.

A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.

Price

Performance

1 month
-22%
3 months
-26%
This year
+1.3%
1 year
+0.3%
3 years
+60%
5 years
-20%
Avg. market cap
$31.3B
P/E
55.4x
Forward P/E
45.1x
P/S
8.1x
P/B
7.2x
P/FCF
-
EV/EBITDA
43.8x
Dividend yield
0.22%
ROIC
7.6%
ROE
19.5%
Gross margin
47.7%
Operating margin
19.8%
Net margin
22.4%
Payout ratio
12.1%
Net debt/EBITDA
-1.3x
Beta
0.92

Weighted average of the 40 largest companies, which make up 90% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.

What is inside?

Concentrated
  1. 1
    68
    Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited 688256.SS 10%
  2. 2
    68
    Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. China 688012.SS 8.8%
  3. 3
    68
    Montage Technology Co., Ltd. 688008.SS 7.3%
  4. 4
    68
    Hygon Information Technology Co., Ltd. 688041.SS 7.1%
  5. 5
    68
    Piotech Inc 688072.SS 5.6%
  6. 6
    68
    Yuanjie Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. 688498.SS 4.6%
  7. 7
    68
    Hwatsing Technology Co., Ltd. 688120.SS 4.2%
  8. 8
    68
    Skyverse Technology Co., Ltd. 688361.SS 3.7%
  9. 9
    68
    Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd 688347.SS 3.1%
  10. 10
    68
    Raytron Technology Co.,Ltd. 688002.SS 2.7%

Positions in the fund: 55. The ten largest make up 57% of it.

Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.

Where is it spread?

One sector dominates

By sector

By country

By company size

By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M. Counted from the companies that make up 90% of the fund.

Largest sector: Technology (80%). Largest country: China (98%). Largest size group: Large cap (75%).

What does it cost me?

Expensive
A year from $10,000
$89.00
Over 20 years
$4,154

From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $89.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $4,154.

How has it done?

Losing value
A year on average, 5 years
-4.4%
Deepest drop
-66%
Yearly volatility
43%

Average yearly decline over the last five years: 4.4%. Deepest drop in these years: 66% below the earlier high.

Does it pay dividends?

No, it reinvests

The fund pays nothing out. What its holdings earn stays inside and shows in the price.

Is it easy to buy and sell?

Very easy
Traded a day
$16.1M
Shares a day
853K

On an average day about $16.1M of the fund changes hands.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Rather expensive
P/E of the companies inside
55.4
Average Bulios Score
58 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

On average the companies inside trade for 55.4 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 94% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.

Counted from its largest companies (40), which make up 90% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.

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82
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SM
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58
588170.SS ChinaAMC SSE STAR Semiconductor Material & Equipment Thematic Index ETF Units
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DR
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