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.
SMOG · VanEck Low Carbon Energy ETF
VanEck · Themes desk
Open the live card on ETFIQBy weight, 19% of SMOG'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 57% of the fund across 58 positions, as filed for Jun 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +21.4% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 1.4 pts. It sits 21.9% below its all-time high of Jan 22, 2021.
| Theme (ETFIQ, editorial) | Clean energy |
|---|---|
| Launched | Jan 4, 2010 |
| Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ) | 18.7% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ) | 97.8% |
| Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ) | 8.5% |
| Active share vs the Nasdaq-100 (ETFIQ) | 96.5% |
| Top ten holdings weight | 56.8% |
| Holdings | 58 |
| Net assets (latest filing) | $144M |
| Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT) | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Top holdings | Tesla Inc 8.5%, Iberdrola SA 8.3%, Bloom Energy Corp 7.5%, NextEra Energy Inc 7.0%, Enel SpA 6.5%, Vestas Wind Systems A/S 4.6%, BYD Co Ltd 4.4%, Samsung SDI Co Ltd 3.8%, First Solar Inc 3.3%, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd 2.9% |
| 3 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | −3.4% / +4.7% / −8.1 pts / −5.5 pts |
| 6 months: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +4.8% / +15.2% / −10.4 pts / −15.4 pts |
| 1 year: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +21.4% / +20.0% / +1.4 pts / −4.2 pts |
| 3 years: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +28.6% / +78.0% / −49.3 pts / −64.8 pts |
| since launch: total return / S&P 500 / gap / Nasdaq-100 gap (ETFIQ) | +117.7% / +811.4% / −693.7 pts / −1566.4 pts |
| Below its all-time high (ETFIQ) | −21.9% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 0.64% |
| Fee for the part that differs from the S&P 500, active expense ratio (ETFIQ) | 0.65% |
| Closest funds by holdings overlap | VCLN 29%, QCLN 28%, FRNW 28%, BATT 27%, ICLN 25% |
Questions people ask
- How much of SMOG is already in the S&P 500?
- By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 19% of SMOG 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 SMOG hold?
- 58 positions as filed for Jun 30, 2026, with the top ten at 57% of the fund. The largest are Tesla Inc at 8.5%, Iberdrola SA at 8.3%, Bloom Energy Corp at 7.5%.
- Has SMOG beaten the S&P 500?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 SMOG returned +21.4% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so it finished ahead of the index by 1.4 points.
- What does SMOG cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.64% a year. Because 98% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.65%.
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