{"url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-water","section":"rankings","title":"The water ETFs that returned most | ETFIQ","description":"The water ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year, as of Oct 2, 2026.","as_of":"Oct 2, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"ItemList","name":"The water ETFs that returned most","numberOfItems":6,"itemListOrder":"https://schema.org/ItemListOrderDescending","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"CGW","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/cgw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PIO","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/pio"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"TBLU","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/tblu"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"AQWA","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/aqwa"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"PHO","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/pho"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"FIW","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/fiw"}]},{"@type":"Dataset","name":"The water ETFs that returned most","description":"The water ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year, as of Oct 2, 2026. 6 funds from ETFIQ\u2019s own published figures. A ranking is not a recommendation.","url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-water","dateModified":"2026-10-02","creator":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","isAccessibleForFree":true,"creditText":"ETFIQ (etfiq.com)","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"},"inLanguage":"en","creativeWorkStatus":"Published","distribution":[{"@type":"DataDownload","encodingFormat":"application/json","contentUrl":"https://etfiq.com/data/thematic.json"}],"variableMeasured":["Weight overlap with the S&P 500","Active share","Holdings","Top ten share of the fund","Total return","Fee for the differing part","Expense ratio"],"keywords":["exchange-traded funds","ETF","Thematic ETFs","fund data","SEC filings"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rankings","item":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The water ETFs that returned most","item":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-water"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"The water ETFs that returned most","description":"The water ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, one year, as of Oct 2, 2026. 6 funds from ETFIQ\u2019s own published figures. A ranking is not a recommendation.","url":"https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-water","dateModified":"2026-10-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":2848,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Rankings / The water ETFs that returned most \n \n As of Oct 2, 2026 . Rebuilt every trading night.\n The water ETFs that returned most\n 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.\n The water ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, as of Oct 2, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. # Ticker Fund Total return, 1Y vs the S&P 500 Weight in S&P 500 companies Fee \n 1 CGW Invesco S&P Global Water Index ETF \u22120.3% \u221216.5 pts 25.6% 0.58% \n 2 PIO Invesco Global Water ETF \u22123.1% \u221219.3 pts 39.1% 0.75% \n 3 TBLU Tortoise Global Water ESG Fund \u22124.8% \u221221.1 pts not filed 0.40% \n 4 AQWA Global X Clean Water ETF \u22125.4% \u221221.6 pts 19.5% 0.50% \n 5 PHO Invesco Water Resources ETF \u22125.8% \u221222.1 pts 61.3% 0.59% \n 6 FIW First Trust Water ETF \u22127.0% \u221223.3 pts 48.1% 0.50% \n \n Method\n The 6 of 6 ETFs in the water theme with a full year of trading, highest first, each over the same year to Oct 2, 2026 with distributions reinvested. Across the funds listed here the one year total return runs from -7.0% to -0.3%. 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.\n Where to next\n Every water ETF and what it holds The largest water ETFs Where these figures came from\n Fund holdings from SEC Form N-PORT and from the issuers own daily files SEC EDGAR, full-text search of fund filings SEC Form N-PORT, what a fund filed it holds Rule 19a-1, what a distribution notice must say ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.\n A ranking is not a recommendation and no order on this site is an opinion. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, not an adviser. Standards and sources \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, The water ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, data as of Oct 2, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-water Free to use with attribution ; the underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, The water ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested, data as of Oct 2, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-water APA ETFIQ. (Oct 2, 2026). The water ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-water Markdown [The water ETFs that returned most, ranked by total return with distributions reinvested (ETFIQ, Oct 2, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-water)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","citation":"ETFIQ, as of Oct 2, 2026. https://etfiq.com/rankings/themes-best-year-water"}