KODEX KOSDAQ 150 (229200) 🔎 In-depth
Samsung Asset Management · Equity · Korea · Broad market · Price 2026-08-06 · Analysis 2026-07-14
An ETF that directly tracks the 'KOSDAQ 150' index, a collection of 150 blue-chip stocks that represent the KOSDAQ market. Buying just this one holding gives you diversified exposure across the growth-stock-heavy KOSDAQ market all at once.
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Price as of 2026-08-06 close
USD values (market cap, AUM, turnover) are converted from KRW at ₩1,423.5 per US$ (2026-08-07); won figures are as reported. Market cap is listed units × market price, while AUM is the fund's net asset value — the two are close but not identical.
Returns & tracking as of 2026-08-06
| Period | ETF (NAV) | Index | Excess |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1M | -6.35% | -6.32% | -0.03% |
| 3M | -32.34% | -32.20% | -0.14% |
| 6M | -28.93% | -28.59% | -0.33% |
| 1Y | +1.14% | +1.51% | -0.37% |
| 3Y | -5.78% | -5.12% | -0.66% |
Returns are NAV-based (distributions not reinvested); the index is the provider's price index, and tracking error is the annualized standard deviation of daily NAV-minus-index return differences. Source: data.go.kr securities market-price API.
Fees & distributions
Fees prior fiscal year · Samsung Asset Mgmt official disclosure
Distributions Source: Samsung Asset Mgmt distribution notice·KRX
Distributions vary with fund performance; paying out more than income can reduce principal.
Understanding this ETF
The benchmark index is KOSDAQ 150. It is an index built by selecting 150 representative names among KOSDAQ-listed stocks that are large by market capitalization and actively traded, and it serves as a gauge that summarizes the overall trend of the KOSDAQ market.
As a domestic-stock product, there is no FX effect. It has a simple 1x tracking structure that rises when the KOSDAQ 150 index rises and falls when it falls. However, because the stocks it holds are growth-oriented, its ups and downs (volatility) tend to be larger than large-cap indexes such as KOSPI. It is good to approach it with an understanding of its character of rising more strongly in a boom and falling more sharply in a correction.
It suits those who want broad exposure to the KOSDAQ market, which offers 'high growth potential but also high volatility.' It reduces the risk of picking a single individual growth stock, but because the whole market reacts sensitively to growth themes, its ups and downs can be more severe than the headline KOSPI index. The fact that government support for growth industries (AI, semiconductors, bio, robotics, secondary batteries, and so on) overlaps with sectors heavily weighted in KOSDAQ is a source of expectation attached to this market.
Into 2026, KOSPI was strong on the strength of large semiconductor stocks, whereas KOSDAQ was relatively weak and continued a subdued trend depressed from its highs. In phases where market leadership was concentrated in large caps and semiconductors, growth-stock-centered KOSDAQ at times lagged behind.
In a word, it is a bundle of KOSDAQ's 150 leading growth stocks. Think of it as a high-volatility growth-stock basket that can rise more than KOSPI when things go well and fall more when they drop.
Composition
KOSDAQ is a market with a higher weight of growth stocks and small- and mid-cap growth companies than the KOSPI (securities market), and within it, growth sectors such as secondary batteries, bio, semiconductor materials/components/equipment, and robotics carry large weight. Top-name concentration is also pronounced, with the combined weight of a small number of top names quite high, so the index can swing sharply depending on the mood of these sectors.
Classification
Notes & cautions
- Because it is growth-stock-centered, its volatility tends to be larger than the headline KOSPI index.
- It has concentration in specific sectors such as secondary batteries and bio, so the index can swing sharply depending on the mood of those sectors.
ETF terms explained
Korea FSC securities market-price API (data.go.kr) · ETF classification & tagging: our own descriptive categorization
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