Owns companies working on agricultural technology and new ways of producing food, following an index of the theme.
KROP, the Global X AgTech & Food Innovation ETF, is a $18 million ETF whose main story is the reshoring trade. Over the past year it returned +17.5%, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs. Figures to October 2, 2026; past performance, not a recommendation.
The narrative it carries
Its main narrative, at 0.7 of its exposure.
The reshoring trade →
Infrastructure, critical metals and materials: what it takes to make more things at home.
The band is where this narrative’s level sits among the 22 this week. QUIET means less talked about, not falling.
| # | ETF | SHARE | ASSETS | 1 YEAR | COST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PAVE | 18.5% | $13.36bn | +13.5% | 0.47% |
| 2 | IGF | 14.0% | $10.07bn | +3.9% | 0.37% |
| 3 | XLB | 10.8% | $7.78bn | +10.9% | 0.08% |
| 4 | COPX | 10.1% | $7.25bn | +45.1% | 0.65% |
| 5 | XME | 5.7% | $4.09bn | +9.7% | 0.35% |
| 82 other ETFs | 40.9% |
Share is each ETF’s slice of the capital carrying this narrative. 1 year is market price total return; cost is the expense ratio. See all 87 ETFs on the narrative page →
Also carries: Physical AI layer →
Robots, factory automation and driverless vehicles: the machines AI puts to work in plants, warehouses and on roads.
FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN
| 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y* | 5Y* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KROP | −8.5% | +1.3% | +18.5% | +17.5% | +5.8% | −10.2% |
| The reshoring tradeits narrative | −4.9% | −3.8% | +9.5% | +14.5% | +20.1% | +12.7% |
| The marketbroad US ETFs | +0.8% | +2.6% | +14.6% | +16.8% | +22.9% | +12.9% |
1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on July 14, 2021: −11.6% a year.
$10,000 invested July 31, 2021
Year by year
Total return in each calendar year; this year is year to date. A year appears only if KROP traded for all of it.
Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The narrative is the asset-weighted return of the unlevered ETFs that carry it. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN
How closely it moves
KROP moves partly with the market. When the market has moved 1%, KROP has tended to move 0.59%.
KROP moves partly with the reshoring trade. When the reshoring trade has moved 1%, KROP has tended to move 0.73%.
Weekly returns over 157 weeks. The narrative is measured without KROP in it, so it is not compared with itself.
ETFs it moves most and least like
Correlation of weekly returns over the last 3 years, among unlevered ETFs StoryVector covers.
Where it sits in The reshoring trade
Each dot is one of 42 unlevered ETFs whose main narrative is the reshoring trade, placed by its return (up) and how much it swung (right) over the last year.
Risk
Cost against its peers
KROP is the 18th cheapest of 41 ETFs in the reshoring trade. The dashed line is the middle of the group, 0.53% a year.
How it is built
An unlevered long ETF that owns its holdings directly. It counts toward Share of Narrative.
Narrative exposure
Second narrative: not yet confirmed from a filing.
Common questions
What story is KROP selling?
KROP’s main story is the reshoring trade, which covers infrastructure, critical metals and materials: what it takes to make more things at home. Its second is physical AI layer.
Which ETFs compete with KROP?
The ETFs whose weekly returns move most like KROP’s over the past 3 years are MOO (0.89), HAP (0.78) and RSPM (0.74).
How has KROP performed against its story?
Over the past year KROP returned +17.5%, the ETFs carrying the reshoring trade +14.5% and broad US ETFs +16.8%, to October 2, 2026. Its weekly returns have a correlation of 0.68 with the story. Past performance only.
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