{
 "ticker": "QCLN",
 "name": "First Trust Nasdaq Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund",
 "issuer": "First Trust",
 "desk": "themes",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/qcln",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/qcln",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/qcln.md",
 "as_of": "2026-09-11",
 "verdict": "QCLN holds 53 stocks, and 65% of its weight is outside the S&P 500.",
 "key_facts": [
  {
   "key": "already_in_the_s_p_500",
   "label": "Already in the S&P 500",
   "value": "34.8%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "QCLN, already in the S&P 500: 34.8%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "active_share_vs_the_s_p_500",
   "label": "Active share vs the S&P 500",
   "value": "97.9%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "QCLN, active share vs the S&P 500: 97.9%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "top_ten_holdings",
   "label": "Top ten holdings",
   "value": "61.7%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "QCLN, top ten holdings: 61.7%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "total_return_1_year",
   "label": "Total return, 1 year",
   "value": "+29.0%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "QCLN, total return, 1 year: +29.0%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$569m",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "QCLN, net assets: $569m (issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026)."
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.59%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Apr 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "QCLN, expense ratio: 0.59% (485BPOS XBRL, Apr 30, 2026)."
  }
 ],
 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "theme",
   "label": "Theme",
   "value": "Clean energy",
   "source": "ETFIQ, editorial"
  },
  {
   "key": "launched",
   "label": "Launched",
   "value": "Jan 4, 2010",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "already_in_the_s_p_500_by_weight",
   "label": "Already in the S&P 500, by weight",
   "value": "34.8%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "active_share_vs_the_s_p_500",
   "label": "Active share vs the S&P 500",
   "value": "97.9%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "already_in_the_nasdaq_100_by_weight",
   "label": "Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight",
   "value": "17.4%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "active_share_vs_the_nasdaq_100",
   "label": "Active share vs the Nasdaq-100",
   "value": "96.2%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "top_ten_holdings_weight",
   "label": "Top ten holdings weight",
   "value": "61.7%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings",
   "label": "Holdings",
   "value": "53",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "holdings_as_of",
   "label": "Holdings as of",
   "value": "Sep 10, 2026",
   "source": "the issuer\u2019s daily file"
  },
  {
   "key": "top_holdings",
   "label": "Top holdings",
   "value": "Bloom Energy Corporation (Class A) 9.9%, Tesla, Inc. 9.1%, Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. 8.3%, First Solar, Inc. 7.4%, ON Semiconductor Corporation 6.3%, Rivian Automotive, Inc. (Class A) 6.1%, Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. 3.9%, Albemarle Corporation 3.8%, Acuity Inc. 3.6%, Brookfield Renewable Partners LP 3.4%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$569m",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "below_its_all_time_high",
   "label": "Below its all-time high",
   "value": "\u221242.7%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "0.59%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Apr 30, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "fee_for_the_part_that_differs_from_the_s_p_500_active_expense_ratio",
   "label": "Fee for the part that differs from the S&P 500, active expense ratio",
   "value": "0.60%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "closest_funds_by_holdings_overlap",
   "label": "Closest funds by holdings overlap",
   "value": "ACES 41%, PBW 30%, VCLN 26%, ICLN 26%, CTEC 26%",
   "source": null
  }
 ],
 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Total return": "\u221219.5%",
   "S&P 500": "+3.3%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "\u221222.8 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "\u221218.7 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Total return": "+6.5%",
   "S&P 500": "+16.0%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "\u22129.5 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "\u221214.2 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Total return": "+29.0%",
   "S&P 500": "+17.5%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "+11.5 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "+6.0 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "Total return": "+8.5%",
   "S&P 500": "+77.9%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "\u221269.4 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "\u221286.6 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Total return": "+233.4%",
   "S&P 500": "+804.4%",
   "Gap to S&P 500": "\u2212571.0 pts",
   "Gap to Nasdaq-100": "\u22121440.5 pts"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How much of QCLN is in S&P 500 companies?",
   "a": "By its holdings published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026, 35% 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."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does QCLN hold?",
   "a": "53 positions as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026, with the top ten at 62% of the fund. The largest are Bloom Energy Corporation (Class A) at 9.9%, Tesla, Inc. at 9.1%, Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. at 8.3%."
  },
  {
   "q": "Has QCLN beaten the S&P 500?",
   "a": "Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 QCLN returned +29.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so it finished ahead of the index by 11.5 points."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does QCLN cost?",
   "a": "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%."
  }
 ],
 "generated": "2026-09-13",
 "license": "Free to use with attribution. ETFIQ (etfiq.com)."
}