First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund (GRID)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index. The GRID ETF contains 72 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the North America region.
Price $75.45 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 1.15% |
| Expense ratio | 0.7% |
| Average spread | 0.106% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.806% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -10.0% | -1.9% | 4.0% | -9.5% | 1.4% | -9.7% | 15.2% | -6.3% | -9.8% | 0.3% | -26.4% | ||
| 2021 | 0.3% | 4.5% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 3.2% | 2.5% | 4.2% | 2.6% | -6.2% | 10.0% | -0.7% | 1.6% | 25.4% |
| 2020 | -1.7% | 0.8% | -21.1% | 14.8% | 8.0% | 3.6% | 5.7% | 11.6% | -2.3% | 1.5% | 17.9% | 7.6% | 46.3% |
| 2019 | 13.5% | 2.4% | -3.7% | 5.9% | -6.2% | 12.2% | 1.5% | -2.5% | 4.2% | 3.3% | 2.7% | 4.6% | 37.9% |
| 2018 | 3.0% | -3.7% | -1.7% | -1.7% | 4.5% | -3.9% | 2.5% | 0.1% | -4.7% | -11.3% | 0.8% | -8.2% | -24.2% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | -0.5% | 3.2% | 3.1% | -0.2% | 2.0% | 4.8% | 2.0% | 5.6% | 3.2% | -1.4% | 2.2% | 24.7% |
| 2016 | -8.4% | 2.5% | 10.9% | 4.6% | 0.6% | -3.7% | 7.5% | 0.5% | 5.1% | -4.6% | 6.0% | 1.4% | 22.3% |
| 2015 | -4.9% | 5.4% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 0.5% | -2.5% | -4.0% | -4.0% | -3.8% | 4.3% | 0.3% | 1.1% | -5.0% |
| 2014 | 2.2% | 6.1% | 0.0% | -2.1% | -2.3% | 2.0% | -5.6% | 4.7% | -4.7% | 1.5% | -0.9% | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| 2013 | 7.8% | 3.0% | -1.3% | 1.3% | 2.0% | -4.4% | 6.1% | -2.2% | 4.6% | 7.2% | -0.1% | -0.3% | 23.5% |
| 2012 | 9.6% | 4.6% | -2.7% | -2.8% | -7.1% | 6.1% | 0.6% | 4.6% | 3.4% | -2.9% | 2.0% | 2.8% | 18.2% |
| 2011 | 5.4% | 2.5% | 2.0% | 0.1% | -5.0% | -0.1% | -6.6% | -7.2% | -14.7% | 7.3% | -5.6% | 0.9% | -20.9% |
| 17.4% | 25.8% | -7.4% | 16.7% | -0.6% | 4.1% | 31.9% | 3.9% | -23.3% | 19.8% | 20.8% | 13.8% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.13 | 0.43 | 0.27 | 0.83 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.05 | 0.34 | 0.22 | 0.04 | 0.65 | ||||||||
| 2020 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.15 | 0.55 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 0.11 | 0.26 | 0.24 | 0.08 | 0.69 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 0.06 | 0.31 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.50 | ||||||||
| 2017 | 0.39 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.55 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 0.21 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.43 | |||||||||
| 2015 | 0.02 | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.41 | ||||||||
| 2014 | 0.13 | 0.30 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.52 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 0.02 | 0.39 | 0.08 | 0.49 | |||||||||
| 2012 | 0.04 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.26 | ||||||||
| 2011 | 0.17 | 0.08 | 0.25 | ||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.31 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.45 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.77 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Aptiv PLC | 8.85% |
| Johnson Controls International plc | 7.54% |
| Eaton Corp. Plc | 7.48% |
| Schneider Electric SE | 7.42% |
| ABB Ltd. | 6.90% |
| Enphase Energy, Inc. | 5.28% |
| SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. | 4.77% |
| Quanta Services, Inc. | 4.54% |
| Prysmian S.p.A. | 3.77% |
| Terna S.p.A. | 3.69% |
| Red Electrica Corp. SA | 3.55% |
| Samsung SDI Co., Ltd | 3.44% |
| Tesla Inc | 3.15% |
| Elia Group SA/NV | 2.96% |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 2.21% |
| Top 15 Weights | 75.55% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| GRID | ESGV | IDRV | PEXL | QTUM | TDV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund | Vanguard ESG U.S. Stock ETF | iShares Self-Driving EV and Tech ETF | Pacer US Export Leaders ETF | Defiance Quantum ETF | db-X 2040 Target Date Fund |
| Issuer | First Trust | Vanguard | iShares | Pacer | Defiance | ProShares |
| Price | $75.45 | $65.11 | $33.54 | $33.29 | $35.87 | $51.684 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.7% |  0.12% | 0.47% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.46% |
| Average Spread | 0.106% | 0.046% | 0.149% | 0.270% | 0.084% | 0.155% |
| AUM | $468,742,000 | $4,386,250,000 | $301,354,000 | $1,625,350 | $96,866,900 | $91,088,400 |
| Shares | 6,212,621 | 67,366,836 | 8,984,927 | 48,824 | 2,700,500 | 1,762,410 |
| Average Daily Volume | 24,204 | 409,113 | 46,284 | 2,567 | 14,507 | 14,953 |
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| Inception Date | 2009-11-17 | 2018-09-18 | 2019-04-16 | 2018-07-23 | 2018-09-05 | 2019-11-05 |
| Index Tracked | NASDAQ OMX Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index | FTSE US All Cap Choice Index | NYSE FactSet Global Autonomous Driving and Electric Vehicle Index | Pacer US Export Leaders Index | BlueStar Quantum Computing and Machine Learning Index | S&P Technology Dividend Aristocrats Index |
| Category | Alternative Energy Equities | Large Cap Growth Equities | Large Cap Blend Equities | All Cap Equities | Technology Equities | Technology Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps |
| Value or Growth | Blend | Growth | Blend | Growth | Blend | Growth |
| Region | North America | North America | North America | North America | North America | North America |
| Countries | Broad | U.S. | Broad | U.S. | Broad | U.S. |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $0.867 | $0.879 | $0.843 | $0.145 | $0.563 | $0.632 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.011% | 0.014% | 0.025% | 0.004% | 0.016% | 0.012% |
| Number of Holdings | 72 | 1545 | 99 | 100 | 69 | 36 |
| YTD Return | -25.75% | -25.26% | -37.50% | -28.39% | -34.95% | -21.91% |
| Beta | 1.28 | 1.02 | 1.19 | 1.16 | 1.20 | 1.05 |
| Upside Beta | 0.21 | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.73 |
| Downside Beta | -0.27 | 0.59 | 0.44 | 0.70 | 0.76 | 0.27 |
| Volatility 1Y | 26.46% | 24.92% | 31.87% | 28.07% | 29.85% | 24.48% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.92 | 0.56 | 0.68 | 0.49 | 0.67 | 0.00 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |