ALPS Clean Energy ETF
$28.84−0.56 (−1.92%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.55%
- Fund size
- $106M
- 1Y return
- −7.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.64%
- Holdings
- 37
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $29.34
- 52W range
The ETF.net ACES Grade
Score 55 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.BScore 63Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.FScore 23Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 72Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 62Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 48Category rank
Our read on ACES
BMost clean energy funds cast a global net. This one stays on the continent: a passive, roughly 40-stock index of U.S. and Canadian renewables and clean tech, running since 2018.
ACES seeks to track the CIBC Atlas Clean Energy Index before fees and expenses. It uses passive indexing to provide exposure to U.S. and Canadian companies involved in renewables and clean technology.
Why people hold it
- North America only. The index holds U.S. and Canadian renewables and clean-tech names, so no Europe or Asia exposure sneaks in through the back door.alpsfunds.com
- Fee sits below the median for clean energy ETFs at 0.55%, and undercuts narrower plays like FAN (0.61%).
- Straightforward plumbing: a passive fund tracking the CIBC Atlas Clean Energy Index, live since 2018, with quarterly distributions.
Worth knowing
- Roughly 40 stocks in one policy-sensitive theme. Concentration cuts both ways, and this has been one of the more volatile profiles in its clean energy peer group.
- Cheaper doors into the theme exist: ICLN and FRNW both charge 0.39%, though both track global rather than North America indexes.
- Moderately traded rather than a category heavyweight, so bid-ask spreads matter more here than in the most-traded clean energy funds.
ACES Holdings
- Stocks
- 37
- 50%
- NPI.TO
Sectors
- Utilities26.4%
- Technology24.7%
- Industrials15.4%
- Consumer Discr.14.1%
- Materials9.4%
- Financials6.7%
- Cons. Staples3.1%
- Energy0.4%
Geography
- United States88.26%
- Canada6.77%
- Bermuda4.98%
ACES Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | ACES |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −9.0% |
| 1 month | −6.0% |
| 3 months | −20.6% |
| 1 year | −7.8% |
| 3 years | −7.2% |
| 5 years | −14.7% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | ACES |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −9.0% | |
| 2025 | +25.4% | |
| 2024 | −26.7% | |
| 2023 | −20.0% | |
| 2022 | −28.4% | |
| 2021 | −19.4% | |
| 2020 | +140.2% |
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ACES Dividends
- 0.64%
- $0.19
- $0.07 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Jun 24, 2026 | $0.02 |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Mar 24, 2026 | $0.01 |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Dec 23, 2025 | $0.09 |
| Sep 18, 2025 | Sep 23, 2025 | $0.10 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 25, 2025 | $0.02 |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2025 | $0.01 |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.11 |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Sep 24, 2024 | $0.09 |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Jun 25, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.18 |
| Sep 21, 2023 | Sep 26, 2023 | $0.14 |
ACES Risk
- 32.7%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- −0.28
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −74.4%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.44
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ACES Cost
- The middle half of Clean Energy funds
- Median 0.58%
6 of the 16 Clean Energy funds charge less.