HYDR Global X Hydrogen ETF
Holds 30 stocks in clean energy, 5% of its weight in S&P 500 companies
HYDR holds 30 stocks, and 95% of its weight is outside the S&P 500.
Key facts
ETFIQ Off-Index Score
74.0joint 94th of 379
HYDR shares 2 of its 30 holdings with the S&P 500. Only 0.3% of its weight overlaps the index.
How much of it is not the index it is sold as an alternative to?
That is the share of the 379 thematic ETFs with a holdings filing sitting at or below HYDR. A position in this set, not a rating: it moves when the set moves, and it is not a figure to average against another desk's.
4th of 16 clean energy ETFs by least weight in the S&P 500
Its ten largest equity positions
| Holding | Weight | |
|---|---|---|
| BLOOM ENERGY CORP- A | 16.93% | |
| DOOSAN FUEL CELL CO LTD | 11.51% | |
| PLUG POWER INC | 9.73% | |
| CERES POWER HOLDINGS PLC | 7.38% | |
| SFC ENERGY AG-BR | 6.38% | |
| FUELCELL ENERGY INC | 5.59% | |
| ITM POWER PLC | 4.34% | |
| NEL ASA | 4.32% | |
| VINA TECH CO LTD | 3.73% | |
| BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC | 3.22% |
Period by period
| Window | Total return | S&P 500 | Gap to S&P 500 | Gap to Nasdaq-100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 months | −19.9% | +2.3% | −22.2 pts | −17.5 pts |
| 6 months | +21.4% | +18.0% | +3.4 pts | −2.8 pts |
| 1 year | +37.6% | +16.6% | +21.0 pts | +15.8 pts |
| 3 years | +17.1% | +78.4% | −61.3 pts | −81.0 pts |
| Since launch | −60.3% | +87.3% | −147.6 pts | −165.0 pts |
In plain words
The top ten holdings are 73% of the fund across 30 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 the fund returned +37.6% with distributions reinvested against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 21.0 pts. It sits 67.1% below its all-time high of Nov 8, 2021.
| Theme (ETFIQ, editorial) | Clean energy |
|---|---|
| Launched | Jul 14, 2021 |
| Already in the S&P 500, by weight (ETFIQ) | 5.1% |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 (ETFIQ) | 99.7% |
| Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight (ETFIQ) | 0.0% |
| Active share vs the Nasdaq-100 (ETFIQ) | 100.0% |
| Top ten holdings weight | 73.1% |
| Holdings | 30 |
| Holdings published for (the issuer’s daily file) | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Top holdings | BLOOM ENERGY CORP- A 16.9%, DOOSAN FUEL CELL CO LTD 11.5%, PLUG POWER INC 9.7%, CERES POWER HOLDINGS PLC 7.4%, SFC ENERGY AG-BR 6.4%, FUELCELL ENERGY INC 5.6%, ITM POWER PLC 4.3%, NEL ASA 4.3%, VINA TECH CO LTD 3.7%, BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS INC 3.2% |
| Net assets (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Sep 18, 2026) | $98m |
| Below its all-time high (ETFIQ) | −67.1% |
| Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Mar 27, 2026) | 0.50% |
| Fee for the part that differs from the S&P 500, active expense ratio (ETFIQ) | 0.50% |
| Closest funds by holdings overlap | VCLN 16%, ICLN 14%, CNRG 13%, WATS 12%, UPGR 12% |
Holdings from the file the issuer publishes daily; overlap and active share computed by ETFIQ against the IVV and QQQM books; returns from Tiingo end-of-day prices with distributions reinvested. How these figures are computed
Questions people ask
- How much of HYDR is in S&P 500 companies?
- By its holdings published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026, 5% of HYDR 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 HYDR hold?
- 30 positions as published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026, with the top ten at 73% of the fund. The largest are BLOOM ENERGY CORP- A at 16.9%, DOOSAN FUEL CELL CO LTD at 11.5%, PLUG POWER INC at 9.7%.
- Has HYDR beaten the S&P 500?
- Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 HYDR returned +37.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500, so it finished ahead of the index by 21.0 points.
- What does HYDR 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 used here, defined in full on the thematic ETFs vocabulary page.
Where these figures came from
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