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First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund

Ticker: QCLN ISIN: US33733E5006
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ETF Concentrated top holdings Tech-heavy
Morningstar
★★
TER
0.58%
Fund size
$766.35M
Holdings
50
Top 10
60.9%
Issuer
First Trust
$49.27 -2.36%
Price as of 2026-08-24 · NASDAQ

Performance by timeframe

Rolling returns
1 Month -0.89%
6 Months -4.30%
1 Year +29.70%
5 Years -5.13% p.a.-23.13%
10 Years +13.25% p.a.+246.78%
Since inception +5.26% p.a.+172.14%
Calendar year returns
YTD +10.51%
2025 +31.81%
2024 -18.86%
2023 -10.02%
2022 -30.37%
2021 -3.21%

Key stats

AUM
766.35M
Expense ratio
0.58%
Holdings
50
1Y return
29.70%
Volatility (1Y)
40.81%
52-week range
29.50 - 63.35
Section 1

Fund overview

Fund profile data from fundamentals.

The fund will normally invest at least 90% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in the securities that comprise the index. The index is designed to track the performance of small, mid and large capitalization clean energy companies that are publicly traded in the United States. It is non-diversified.

Category Miscellaneous Sector
Issuer First Trust
Domicile USA
Section 2

Exposure breakdown

Tech-heavy

Exposure breakdown shows how the fund is allocated across assets, sectors, regions, and size buckets.

Asset allocation

Stock US
94.05%
Stock non-US
5.90%
Cash
0.05%

Sectors

Technology
46.09%
Industrials
25.70%
Consumer Cyclicals
10.26%
Basic Materials
8.38%
Utilities
7.89%
Financial Services
1.55%
Energy
0.13%

Regions

North America
98.28%
Latin America
1.25%
Asia Emerging
0.39%
United Kingdom
0.08%

Market cap mix

Medium
53.69%
Small
27.70%
Micro
10.62%
Mega
6.61%
Big
1.25%
Section 3

Top holdings

Concentrated top holdings

Top holdings show which underlying securities drive the fund most.

Bloom Energy Corp
11.92%
ON Semiconductor Corporation
10.89%
Monolithic Power Systems Inc
8.64%
Tesla Inc
6.73%
First Solar Inc
6.15%
Nextracker Inc. Class A Common Stock
4.15%
Albemarle Corp
3.27%
Advanced Energy Industries Inc
3.14%
MP Materials Corp
3.06%
Section 4

Performance & risk

Historical return and risk indicators over fixed windows.

Returns

YTD return 31.77%
1M return -0.89%
6M return -4.30%
1Y return 29.70%
3Y return 7.98%
5Y return -23.13%
10Y return 16.31%

Risk

Volatility (1Y) 40.81%
Volatility (3Y) 34.68%
Sharpe ratio (3Y) 0.30
Beta 1.97
52-week range 29.50 - 63.35
Section 5

Portfolio characteristics

Fund concentration and composition metrics from source fields.

Overview

Holdings count 50
Top 10 weight 60.93%
Expense ratio 0.58%
Fund size 766.35M
Turnover 17.00%
Avg. market cap 20.42K

Details

Instrument metadata and source update timestamps.

Symbol QCLN
Name First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund
Asset type ETF
Exchange NASDAQ
Currency USD
ISIN US33733E5006
Country USA
Code + exchange QCLN.NASDAQ
Last price date 2026-05-19
Fundamentals updated 2026-05-20

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