Cathie Wood and her flagship ARK Innovation ETF have struggled in recent years. ARKK dived in 2021-2022 and then lagged or barely kept pace with the S&P 500 index in the next two years as Cathie Wood largely missed out on the huge gains in Nvidia and the artificial intelligence boom.
But since last October, and especially from early April, Cathie Wood stocks have been on a tear, with ARKK nearing a three-year high. Tesla, the top ARKK weight and the No. 1 Cathie Wood stock across her ETFs, hasn't had a good 2025 but has been a strong performer in the second quarter. However, the big winners among ARKK's top holdings have been new IPO Circle, Tempus, Palantir Technologies and Roblox.
ARK Innovation Top Holdings
| Company | Ticker | ARKK Weight | YTD performance | Q2 performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla | TSLA | 11.55% | -18.50% | 26.73% |
| Roblox | RBLX | 7.79% | 73.54% | 71.37% |
| Coinbase | COIN | 7.69% | 5.30% | 44.70% |
| Roku | ROKU | 7.61% | 10.69% | 15.64% |
| Circle* | CRCL | 6.87% | 119.04% | 119.04% |
| Tempus | TEM | 6.38% | 113.27% | 53.92% |
| Crispr Therapeutics | CRSP | 5.01% | 5.64% | 22.89% |
| Palantir Technologies | PLTR | 5% | 86.98% | 70.39% |
| Shopify | SHOP | 4.67% | 1.92% | 12.88% |
| Robinhood | HOOD | 4.45% | 105.98% | 80.48% |
| ARK Innovation | ARKK | 14.37% | 35.73% | |
| S&P 500 | 2.58% | 7.51% |
*Circle priced its IPO at $31 a share, but YTD and Q2 YTD performance uses the June 5 opening trade of $69.
Circle stock is on the IBD Leaderboard watchlist. Palantir stock and ARKK are on SwingTrader. Palantir, Robinhood and Roblox stock are on the IBD 50. Robinhood and Palantir are on the IBD Big Cap 20.
Tesla Stock
Tesla stock has fallen 18.5% in 2025, making it the only loser among top Cathie Wood stock holdings in ARKK. But shares have rallied 26.7% in Q2, buoyed by robotaxi hopes, despite falling Tesla EV sales and mounting competition. Wood has long been one of the biggest bulls on Tesla's robotaxi prospects, rivaling Elon Musk himself. Musk has tentatively set a June 22 launch date for the limited robotaxi service in Austin, Texas.
Wood has whittled Ark Invest's Tesla holdings in recent weeks.
Roblox Stock
Roblox stock has surged 73.5% this year, with nearly all of that in the second quarter. Shares of the video game platform took off with the market in early April and kept running following its Q1 earnings report in early May.
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Coinbase Stock
Coinbase is only up 5.3% in 2025, tumbling for most of the year until early April. But COIN stock is up 44.7% in Q2. The cryptocurrency exchange has a 277.01 handle buy point in a very deep base.
Roku Stock
Roku has climbed 10.7% in 2025 and 15.6% in Q2. That includes Monday's 10.4% gap up from the 200-day line on news of an advertising deal with Amazon.com. Roku stock is just above an aggressive entry of 81.84 in a deep base.
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Circle Stock
Stablecoin issuer Circle priced its IPO at $31 a share and opened at $69 in its June 5 debut. Cathie Wood snapped up CRCL stock on day one for various ARK Invest funds, including ARKK. And that's already paid off big. Circle stock has spiked 119% from its June 5 opening trade.
ARK did sell some Circle stock Monday.
Cathie Wood Stock Tempus
Tempus stock has run up 113.3% in 2025, second only to Circle among top Cathie Wood stock performers in ARKK. The AI health care play, which came public in June 2024, has jumped 53.9% in Q2. Shares are just above an aggressive entry of 71.97 in a wide and loose consolidation.
Crispr Therapeutics Stock
Crispr Therapeutics is up 5.6% in 2025 and 22.9% for the quarter. But the gene-editing leader is hitting resistance at a long-sliding 200-day moving average. A decisive move above the 200-day line would offer an aggressive entry at 45.14. Crispr is in a big, deep double-bottom base with a 55.88 buy point, but there's no prior uptrend after a long downtrend.
Palantir Stock
Palantir stock is up 87% in 2025, the S&P 500's top performer after leading the benchmark index last year. PLTR stock has rallied 70.4% in Q2 so far, but is extended even from alternate entries.
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Shopify Stock
E-commerce software giant Shopify has risen just 1.9% this year but has climbed 12.9% in Q2. Shopify stock broke out past a 112.38 cup-with-handle buy point on June 11, but then quickly fell back. That entry is still valid though.
Robinhood Stock
Robinhood stock has surged 106% in 2025 with an 80.5% run in Q2 alone. The stock, crypto and options trading app cleared a 51.30 handle buy point on May 8 and hasn't looked back. While snubbed by the S&P 500 once again in the latest quarterly rebalancing, HOOD stock is at a record close.
Ark Invest has sold a substantial amount of Robinhood stock in recent weeks.
ARK Innovation
ARK Innovation is up a solid 14.4% this year and a strong 35.7% for the quarter, easily besting the S&P 500's respective gains of 2.6% and 7.5%. ARKK broke out on June 6 and is closing in on the three-year high of 68.43 set on Feb. 18.
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