Data as of . 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.
AQWA · Global X Clean Water ETF
Global X · Themes desk
Open the live card on ETFIQBy weight, 25% of AQWA's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. 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.
| Theme (ETFIQ, editorial) | Water |
|---|---|
| Launched | Apr 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 weight | 58.3% |
| Holdings | 40 |
| Net assets (latest filing) | $24M |
| Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT) | May 31, 2026 |
| Top holdings | AMERICAN 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% |
| 3 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +1.9% / +4.7% / −2.7 pts / −0.1 pts |
| 6 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | −2.6% / +15.2% / −17.8 pts / −22.8 pts |
| 1 year: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | −3.4% / +20.0% / −23.4 pts / −29.0 pts |
| 3 years: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +30.8% / +78.0% / −47.2 pts / −62.7 pts |
| since launch: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +32.9% / +100.9% / −68.0 pts / −87.4 pts |
| 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 overlap | CGW 58%, PHO 46%, EFRA 42%, FIW 38%, PIO 28% |
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%.
Where these figures came from
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