First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund (QCLN) Stock

QCLN

First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund QCLN · NASDAQ

$45.32 +5.32% (+$2.29)

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: $454.1M
Positions: 58
Dividend yield: 0.18%
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.
91% of the fund is in one country (United States).
Costs of 0.59% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.45%).
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.

1 month: -6.3%
3 months: -13%
This year: +1.6%
1 year: -3.9%
3 years: +37%
5 years: -42%
10 years: +215%

Avg. market cap: $142.0B
P/E: 31.9x
Forward P/E: 22.0x
P/S: 3.5x
P/B: 3.2x
P/FCF: 25.6x
EV/EBITDA: 18.7x
Dividend yield: 0.61%
ROIC: 4.8%
ROE: 3.1%
Gross margin: 34.0%
Operating margin: 4.8%
Net margin: -3.4%
Payout ratio: 19.4%
Net debt/EBITDA: 1.6x
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
TS
Tesla TSLA 8.8%
2
MP
Monolithic Power Systems MPWR 8.4%
3
ON
ON Semiconductor ON 8.0%
4
BE
Bloom Energy Corporation BE 7.6%
5
RI
Rivian RIVN 7.0%
6
NX
Nextracker NXT 5.7%
7
FS
First Solar FSLR 4.5%
8
AY
Acuity Brands AYI 3.8%
9
BE
Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. BEP 3.6%
10
EN
Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd ENLT 3.6%

Positions in the fund: 58. The ten largest make up 61% of it.

Composition as of Nov 6, 2026.

Where is it spread?

One country

By sector

Technology 40%
Industrials 21%
Consumer cyclical 16%
Utilities 13%
Basic materials 7.6%
Other 2.1%

By country

United States 91%
Canada 3.9%
Israel 3.4%
Chile 1.0%
Other countries 0.8%

By company size

Mega cap 8.8%
Large cap 46%
Mid cap 38%
Small cap 7.3%
Micro cap 0.1%

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 (40%). Largest country: United States (91%). Largest size group: Large cap (46%).

What does it cost me?

Expensive

This fund 0.59%

Middle of comparable ETFs 0.45%

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

-3.2%

-31%

-11%

-20%

+31%

20212022202320242025

A year on average, 10 years: +12%
Deepest drop: -72%
Yearly volatility: 42%

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

0.01

0.16

0.32

0.30

0.11

20212022202320242025

Yield: 0.18%
Payments a year: 4
Last payment: $0.01

Over the last 12 months it paid $0.08 per share, which is 0.18% 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: $7.42M
Shares a day: 164K

On an average day about $7.42M of the fund changes hands.

How expensive are the companies inside?

Rather expensive

P/E of the companies inside: 31.9
Average Bulios Score: 54 out of 100

Weight by Bulios Fair Price

Undervalued 33%
Fairly valued 6.9%
Overvalued 60%

On average the companies inside trade for 31.9 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 60% 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%	$92.1M	-22%	Pays out	40%
PB PBW Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF	United States	0.63%	$295.9M	-18%	Pays out	31%
WA WATS Corgi ETF Trust I - Corgi Battery Energy Storage Systems ETF	United States	0.35%	$406.6K	-	-	28%
CN CNRG State Street SPDR S&P Kensho Clean Power ETF	United States	0.45%	$166.0M	-23%	Pays out	25%
SM SMOG VanEck Low Carbon Energy ETF	United States	0.64%	$126.1M	-3.5%	Pays out	24%
IN INRE.PA iShares Global Clean Energy Transition UCITS ETF	Ireland	0.65%	$407.6M	-3.6%	Reinvests	24%