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The energy transition ETFs that returned most
Funds sold on one theme can hold different companies, so a year apart at the top and the bottom of this list is a difference in what they own rather than in the theme.
| # | Ticker | Fund | Total return, 1Y | vs the S&P 500 | Weight in S&P 500 companies | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PWER | Nomura Energy Transition ETF | +44.4% | +27.8 pts | 43.2% | 0.79% |
| 2 | NBET | Neuberger Energy Transition & Infrastruc | +29.2% | +12.7 pts | 34.5% | 0.65% |
| 3 | NVIR | Horizon Kinetics Energy and Remediation | +25.8% | +9.2 pts | 41.9% | 0.85% |
| 4 | ETHO | Amplify Etho Climate Leadership U.S. ETF | +23.7% | +7.2 pts | 25.6% | 0.45% |
| 5 | IQSZ | Invesco Global Equity Net Zero ETF | +22.5% | +5.9 pts | 60.1% | 0.19% |
| 6 | USNZ | Xtrackers Net Zero Pathway Paris Aligned | +16.8% | +0.2 pts | 97.9% | 0.10% |
| 7 | ETEC | iShares Breakthrough Environmental Solut | +1.9% | −14.6 pts | 13.4% | 0.47% |
| 8 | EVX | VanEck Environmental Services ETF | +1.6% | −14.9 pts | 28.0% | 0.55% |
Method
The 8 of 9 ETFs in the energy transition and decarbonisation theme with a full year of trading, highest first, each over the same year to Sep 18, 2026 with distributions reinvested. Across the funds listed here the one year total return runs from 1.6% to 44.4%. A year is a year. It says what happened and nothing about what happens next. The ranking is the published field sorted, nothing else: no scoring, no weighting and no view on any fund. Every fund ETFIQ covers in this category is eligible, including funds that have closed, because leaving them out would flatter the category.
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Cite this page. ETFIQ, The energy transition ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, data as of Sep 18, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-energy-transition Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.