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QCLN · First Trust Nasdaq Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund
First Trust · Themes desk
Open the live card on ETFIQBy weight, 36% of QCLN's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 98%. The top ten holdings are 61% of the fund across 53 positions, as filed for Sep 3, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +32.2% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 12.2 pts. It sits 42.7% below its all-time high of Feb 9, 2021.
| Theme (ETFIQ, editorial) | Clean energy |
|---|---|
| Launched | Jan 4, 2010 |
| Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ) | 35.5% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ) | 97.9% |
| Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ) | 17.6% |
| Active share vs the Nasdaq-100 (ETFIQ) | 96.2% |
| Top ten holdings weight | 61.4% |
| Holdings | 53 |
| Net assets (latest filing) | $837M |
| Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT) | Sep 3, 2026 |
| Top holdings | Tesla, Inc. 9.3%, Bloom Energy Corporation (Class A) 8.9%, Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 8.3%, First Solar, Inc. 7.3%, ON Semiconductor Corporation 6.6%, Rivian Automotive, Inc. (Class A) 6.0%, Albemarle Corporation 4.0%, Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. 3.8%, Acuity Inc. 3.6%, MP Materials Corp. 3.5% |
| 3 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | −19.5% / +4.7% / −24.2 pts / −21.6 pts |
| 6 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +9.8% / +15.2% / −5.4 pts / −10.4 pts |
| 1 year: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +32.2% / +20.0% / +12.2 pts / +6.6 pts |
| 3 years: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +5.3% / +78.0% / −72.6 pts / −88.1 pts |
| since launch: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +233.0% / +811.4% / −578.3 pts / −1451.0 pts |
| Below its all-time high (ETFIQ) | −42.7% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 0.59% |
| Fee for the part that differs from the S&P 500, active expense ratio (ETFIQ) | 0.60% |
| Closest funds by holdings overlap | ACES 41%, PBW 29%, SMOG 28%, VCLN 25%, ICLN 25% |
Questions people ask
- How much of QCLN is already in the S&P 500?
- By its holdings filed for Sep 3, 2026, 36% of QCLN by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 98%, so that share is the part doing something different.
- What does QCLN hold?
- 53 positions as filed for Sep 3, 2026, with the top ten at 61% of the fund. The largest are Tesla, Inc. at 9.3%, Bloom Energy Corporation (Class A) at 8.9%, Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. at 8.3%.
- Has QCLN beaten the S&P 500?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 QCLN returned +32.2% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so it finished ahead of the index by 12.2 points.
- What does QCLN cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year. Because 98% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.60%.
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