First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund QCLN · NASDAQ
$44.26 +1.05% (+$0.46)
Summary
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by First Trust. Positions inside: 58. The ten largest make up 61% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.59%
- Fund size
- $480.9M
- Positions
- 58
- Dividend yield
- 0.19%
- Running since
- 2007
What speaks for it
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 12%.
- It has been running since 2007.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 61% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 90% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 0.59% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 72% from its high.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -8.4%
- 3 months
- -15%
- This year
- -1.8%
- 1 year
- -5.6%
- 3 years
- +21%
- 5 years
- -37%
- 10 years
- +198%
- Avg. market cap
- $141.5B
- P/E
- 38.2x
- Forward P/E
- 24.4x
- P/S
- 3.5x
- P/B
- 3.2x
- P/FCF
- 23.7x
- EV/EBITDA
- 21.1x
- Dividend yield
- 0.60%
- ROIC
- 4.2%
- ROE
- 0.6%
- Gross margin
- 32.9%
- Operating margin
- 2.7%
- Net margin
- -7.1%
- Payout ratio
- 23.1%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 1.7x
- Beta
- 2.11
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 99% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 BEBloom Energy Corporation BE 9.6%
- 2 ONON Semiconductor ON 8.7%
- 3 TSTesla TSLA 8.7%
- 4 MPMonolithic Power Systems MPWR 8.6%
- 5 RIRivian RIVN 6.3%
- 6 NXNextracker NXT 4.4%
- 7 FSFirst Solar FSLR 3.8%
- 8 ENEnlight Renewable Energy Ltd ENLT 3.7%
- 9 AEAdvanced Energy Industries, Inc. AEIS 3.6%
- 10 AYAcuity Brands AYI 3.4%
Positions in the fund: 58. The ten largest make up 61% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Technology 31%
- Industrials 20%
- Consumer cyclical 16%
- Utilities 12%
- Energy 12%
- Other 9.4%
By country
- United States 90%
- Israel 4.3%
- Bermuda 3.1%
- Chile 1.1%
- Other countries 1.5%
By company size
- Mega cap 8.7%
- Large cap 46%
- Mid cap 37%
- Small cap 8.7%
- Micro cap 0.3%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M.
Largest sector: Technology (31%). Largest country: United States (90%). Largest size group: Large cap (46%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $59.00
- Over 20 years
- $2,828
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $59.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $2,828.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +12%
- Deepest drop
- -72%
- Yearly volatility
- 41%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 12%. Deepest drop in these years: 72% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 0.19%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.01
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.08 per share, which is 0.19% of today's price. The last payment was $0.01 on Mar 26, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Yes- Traded a day
- $7.87M
- Shares a day
- 180K
On an average day about $7.87M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 38.2
- Average Bulios Score
- 53 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 22%
- Fairly valued 0.9%
- Overvalued 77%
On average the companies inside trade for 38.2 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 77% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 99% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AC ACES ALPS Clean Energy ETF | United States | 0.55% | $91.5M | -29% | Pays out | 37% |
PB PBW Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF | United States | 0.63% | $289.7M | -27% | Pays out | 30% |
WA WATS Corgi ETF Trust I - Corgi Battery Energy Storage Systems ETF | United States | 0.35% | $431.0K | - | - | 30% |
SM SMOG VanEck Low Carbon Energy ETF | United States | 0.64% | $125.8M | -0.4% | Pays out | 25% |
CN CNRG State Street SPDR S&P Kensho Clean Power ETF | United States | 0.45% | $162.4M | -20% | Pays out | 24% |
IN INRE.PA iShares Global Clean Energy Transition UCITS ETF | Ireland | 0.65% | $423.4M | +2.2% | Reinvests | 22% |