VCLN · Virtus Duff & Phelps Clean Energy ETF
VCLN holds 41 stocks. 99% of it is not in the S&P 500, and its top ten are 49% of the fund.
Its ten largest positions
| Holding | Ticker | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOOM ENERGY CORP | BE | 9.30% | |
| NEXTPOWER INC | NXT | 7.04% | |
| FIRST SOLAR INC | FSLR | 6.48% | |
| CHINA YANGTZE POWER CO LTD | 600900 | 5.55% | |
| CLEARWAY ENERGY INC | CWEN | 4.10% | |
| IBERDROLA SA | IBE | 3.65% | |
| VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S | VWS | 3.60% | |
| PLUG POWER INC | PLUG | 3.34% | |
| ENPHASE ENERGY INC | ENPH | 3.14% | |
| EDP SA | EDP | 3.00% |
Period by period
| Window | Total return | S&P 500 | Gap to S&P 500 | Gap to Nasdaq-100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | −14.7% | +4.7% | −19.4 pts | −16.8 pts |
| 6 months | +4.5% | +15.2% | −10.7 pts | −15.7 pts |
| 1 year | +31.7% | +20.0% | +11.7 pts | +6.1 pts |
| 3 years | +59.6% | +78.0% | −18.4 pts | −33.9 pts |
| Since launch | +15.2% | +87.8% | −72.6 pts | −86.5 pts |
In plain words
The top ten holdings are 49% of the fund across 41 positions, as filed for Apr 30, 2026. Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 the fund returned +31.7% with distributions reinvested against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 11.7 pts. It sits 22.0% below its all-time high of Jun 2, 2026.
| Theme (ETFIQ, editorial) | Clean energy |
|---|---|
| Launched | Aug 4, 2021 |
| Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ) | 14.1% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ) | 98.9% |
| Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ) | 1.7% |
| Active share vs the Nasdaq-100 (ETFIQ) | 99.5% |
| Top ten holdings weight | 49.2% |
| Holdings | 41 |
| Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT) | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Top holdings | BLOOM ENERGY CORP 9.3%, NEXTPOWER INC 7.0%, FIRST SOLAR INC 6.5%, CHINA YANGTZE POWER CO LTD 5.5%, CLEARWAY ENERGY INC 4.1%, IBERDROLA SA 3.6%, VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S 3.6%, PLUG POWER INC 3.3%, ENPHASE ENERGY INC 3.1%, EDP SA 3.0% |
| Net assets (SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for Apr 30, 2026) | $6m |
| Below its all-time high (ETFIQ) | −22.0% |
| 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 | ICLN 52%, FRNW 36%, SMOG 29%, TAN 25%, QCLN 25% |
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 VCLN is already in the S&P 500?
- By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 14% of VCLN by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Its active share against the index is 99%, so that share is the part doing something different.
- What does VCLN hold?
- 41 positions as filed for Apr 30, 2026, with the top ten at 49% of the fund. The largest are BLOOM ENERGY CORP at 9.3%, NEXTPOWER INC at 7.0%, FIRST SOLAR INC at 6.5%.
- Has VCLN beaten the S&P 500?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026 VCLN returned +31.7% with distributions reinvested, against +20.0% for the S&P 500, so it finished ahead of the index by 11.7 points.
- What does VCLN cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year. Because 99% of the fund differs from the S&P 500, the fee on that differing part works out at 0.60%.
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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