Launch Roundup
First Trust listed six income ETFs at 0.85%, and the new fund flagged its own conflict
Amplify Travel Tech ETF
$16.88+0.08 (+0.48%)
- 0.75%
- $23M
- −20.7%
- 0.00%
- 0M sh
- $16.96
- low $15.50high $22.00
The ETF.net AWAY Grade
D
Score 34 out of 100
- 18 of 21
Score 34 of 100 falls in the D band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F20 out of 100Rank 16 of 21Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D26 out of 100Rank 20 of 21Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C44 out of 100Rank 13 of 21Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B59 out of 100Rank 9 of 18Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B63 out of 100Rank 9 of 21
Our read on AWAY
DA bet on how travel gets booked, not where it goes: roughly 30 global names behind online reservations, ride hailing, price comparison and review sites. It launched in February 2020, weeks before the world stopped flying.
AWAY seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Prime Travel Technology Index NTR. It invests mainly in companies using internet technology for bookings, ride sharing, price comparison, and travel advice.
Why people hold it
- Targets the software layer of travel: booking platforms, ride sharing, price comparison and travel advice. Airlines and hotel chains are not the point here.amplifyetfs.com
- Global mandate, so the basket can reach booking and mobility platforms listed outside the US, not just the familiar American names.
- Rules-based and transparent: it tracks the Prime Travel Technology Index NTR with roughly 30 stocks, a holdings list you can actually read top to bottom.
- Plain 1940 Act equity ETF. No leverage, no derivatives overlay, no options income machinery to decode.amplifyetfs.com
Worth knowing
- The fee is 0.75%, above the typical global thematic fund. That is the price of a narrow niche few competitors cover.
- A small fund that trades thinly, so spreads can run wider than on a mainstream index ETF. Limit orders matter more here.
- Roughly 30 growth-oriented stocks tied to one demand cycle, and it has not been paying distributions. Any return would come from prices, not income.
AWAY Holdings
- Stocks
- 29
- 46%
- UBER
Sectors
- Consumer Discretionary65.1%
- Technology31.6%
- Communication3.3%
Geography
- United States35.64%
- United Kingdom15.04%
- Australia13.33%
- Spain7.93%
- China4.73%
- Singapore4.28%
- Hong Kong4.08%
- India3.56%
- 11.41%
Developed 78% · Emerging 22%
AWAY Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Not enough history yet.
AWAY$7,932
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | AWAY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −18.9% |
| 1 month | −5.5% |
| 3 months | −9.4% |
| 1 year | −20.7% |
| 3 years | +1.3% |
| 5 years | −10.0% |
| 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 | AWAY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −18.9% | |
| 2025 | −3.4% | |
| 2024 | +10.5% | |
| 2023 | +17.9% | |
| 2022 | −32.3% | |
| 2021 | −5.9% | |
| 2020 | +4.4% |
AWAY in the news
AWAY Dividends
- 0.00%
No distributions in the last 12 months.
Distribution history
AWAY Risk
- 21.8%
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.
- −0.09
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.
- −49.1%
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.
- 1.19
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
AWAY Cost
0.75%
AWAY0.75%
- The middle half of Global Thematic funds
- Median 0.58%
15 of the 21 Global Thematic funds charge less.
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