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AQWA · Global X Clean Water ETF

AQWA holds 40 stocks. 100% of it is not in the S&P 500, and its top ten are 58% of the fund.

Global X · Themes desk · data as of

25.4%Already in the S&P 500
99.9%Active share vs the S&P 500
58.3%Top ten holdings
−3.4%Total return, 1 year

Its ten largest positions

AQWA top ten, 58.3% of the fund, from the holdings filed for May 31, 2026. Source: the fund’s SEC filing.
HoldingTickerWeight
AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC.8.18%
FERGUSON ENTERPRISES INC.7.66%
XYLEM INC.7.58%
UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC6.47%
PENTAIR PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY6.19%
WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.4.65%
Essential Utilities, Inc.4.60%
SEVERN TRENT PLC4.54%
CORE & MAIN, INC.4.21%
ZURN ELKAY WATER SOLUTIONS CORPORATION4.17%

Period by period

AQWA over each window to Sep 4, 2026. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnS&P 500Gap to S&P 500Gap to Nasdaq-100
3 months+1.9%+4.7%−2.7 pts−0.1 pts
6 months−2.6%+15.2%−17.8 pts−22.8 pts
1 year−3.4%+20.0%−23.4 pts−29.0 pts
3 years+30.8%+78.0%−47.2 pts−62.7 pts
Since launch+32.9%+100.9%−68.0 pts−87.4 pts

In plain words

The top ten holdings are 58% of the fund across 40 positions, as filed for May 31, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned −3.4% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was behind by 23.4 pts. It sits 9.3% below its all-time high of Feb 26, 2026.

AQWA (Global X Clean Water ETF), themes desk fields as of Sep 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
Theme (ETFIQ, editorial)Water
LaunchedApr 12, 2021
Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ)25.4%
Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ)99.9%
Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ)0.0%
Active share vs the Nasdaq-100 (ETFIQ)100.0%
Top ten holdings weight58.3%
Holdings40
Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT)May 31, 2026
Top holdingsAMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC. 8.2%, FERGUSON ENTERPRISES INC. 7.7%, XYLEM INC. 7.6%, UNITED UTILITIES GROUP PLC 6.5%, PENTAIR PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 6.2%, WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4.7%, Essential Utilities, Inc. 4.6%, SEVERN TRENT PLC 4.5%, CORE & MAIN, INC. 4.2%, ZURN ELKAY WATER SOLUTIONS CORPORATION 4.2%
Net assets (SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for May 31, 2026)$24m
Below its all-time high (ETFIQ)−9.3%
Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL)0.50%
Fee for the part that differs from the S&P 500, active expense ratio (ETFIQ)0.50%
Closest funds by holdings overlapCGW 58%, PHO 46%, EFRA 42%, FIW 38%, PIO 28%

Holdings from the fund’s latest public SEC N-PORT filing; overlap and active share computed by ETFIQ against the IVV and QQQM books; returns from Tiingo end-of-day prices with distributions reinvested. How this desk computes every figure

Questions people ask

How much of AQWA is already in the S&P 500?
By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 25% of AQWA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 100%, so that share is the part doing something different.
What does AQWA hold?
40 positions as filed for May 31, 2026, with the top ten at 58% of the fund. The largest are AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC. at 8.2%, FERGUSON ENTERPRISES INC. at 7.7%, XYLEM INC. at 7.6%.
Has AQWA beaten the S&P 500?
Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 AQWA returned −3.4% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so it finished behind the index by 23.4 points.
What does AQWA cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.50% a year. Because 100% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.50%.

The words on this page

Active share
The part of the fund doing something the index is not, as a percentage. It is the part a fee is actually buying.
Weight overlap
The share of money two portfolios hold in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice.
Already in the index
The fund’s weight in securities the S&P 500 holds at all. A fund can be made entirely of index names and still have high active share, because it holds them at very different weights.
Top ten
What the ten largest positions add up to. The higher it is, the more the fund is a bet on a few companies rather than a theme.

Every term this desk uses, defined in full on the themes desk vocabulary page.

Where these figures came from

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