KODEX K-Robot ETF Records 10.49% Return in Just 3 Days

Two Robot-Related ETF Lineups Gain Attention
K-Robot Active & Global Robot (Synthetic)
YTD Returns of 30.7% and 16.9%, Respectively

Samsung Asset Management announced on the 20th that the KODEX K-Robot Active ETF, which invests in the domestic robot industry, recorded double-digit returns in just three days. The recent three-day return of the KODEX K-Robot ETF is 10.49%.

It is analyzed that the recent ChatGPT craze has created a butterfly effect, positively influencing stock prices by increasing investors' interest in the growth of the robot industry, leading to a continuous strong performance of robot-related ETFs.

The KODEX K-Robot Active ETF is an active-type product that invests in domestic robot industry companies with excellent technological capabilities, aiming for higher returns compared to the KOSPI in the mid to long term. This ETF includes companies across machinery, IT hardware, automotive, and semiconductor sectors such as ▲Samsung Electronics ▲LG Electronics ▲NAVER ▲Doosan ▲LG Innotek, and particularly leverages the advantages of active management by including stocks outside the index like ▲Rainbow Robotics and ▲SPG, achieving high additional performance. The total expense ratio is 0.5% per year.

On the 17th, Samsung Asset Management renamed the KODEX Global 4th Industrial Robotics (Synthetic) to KODEX Global Robotics (Synthetic) to help investors better understand the investment product intuitively. Only the ETF product name changed; the underlying index and other factors remain the same.

Listed in August 2017, the KODEX Global Robotics (Synthetic) tracks the ROBO Global Robotics & Automation UCITS Index. It invests in about 80 stocks with core technologies related to robotics and automation, including the global No.1 graphics processing unit (GPU) design company ▲Nvidia (USA), and ▲Harmonic Drive Systems (Japan), which holds over 70% of the global market share in robot reducers. Using an equal-weight method, it avoids concentration in large-cap stocks and evenly invests across small and mid-cap stocks, covering the entire global robot market. The total expense ratio is 0.3%.

Since the beginning of the year, the KODEX K-Robot Active ETF and the KODEX Global Robotics (Synthetic) ETF have shown excellent performance with returns of 30.7% and 16.9%, respectively.

A Samsung Asset Management official stated, “Amid ongoing volatility in global financial markets due to global macro uncertainties, robot-related ETFs have steadily risen since the beginning of the year, showing double-digit returns and excellent performance, drawing attention. If you want to invest in the robot industry, which is emerging as an essential investment destination in the era of the unmanned economy, it is worth paying attention to the two KODEX Robot ETFs.”