Invesco S&P Global Water Index ETF
$63.07−0.83 (−1.30%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.58%
- Fund size
- $1.0B
- 1Y return
- +1.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.56%
- Holdings
- 67
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $63.49
- 52W range
The ETF.net CGW Grade
Score 51 of 100 sits in the C 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.DScore 38Category 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.BScore 69Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 48Category 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.AScore 74Category rank
Our read on CGW
CWater treated as a global trade, not a US one. CGW has tracked the S&P Global Water Index since 2007, holding roughly 70 developed-market names across the utilities and equipment makers that keep water moving.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the investment results of the S&P Global Water Index.
Why people hold it
- Launched in 2007, so it has carried the water theme through a full cycle of thematic booms and busts, and has grown into one of the larger funds in a small category.
- Global by design: the mandate spans developed markets worldwide rather than US-listed water plays only, and it follows the S&P Global Water Index instead of a manager's hunches.
- The basket does what the label says: roughly 70 water names, no unrelated filler. One of the tighter mandate fits among water funds.
Worth knowing
- The 0.58% fee sits right at the water group's median. TBLU charges 0.40% and FIW 0.50%, so cheaper routes into the theme exist.
- Trades thinly next to broad-market ETFs, so spreads can widen, especially early and late in the session. Limit orders are the standard tool.
- One theme, about 70 stocks: results can wander a long way from a broad global index in either direction. Cash also arrives once or twice a year, not monthly.
CGW Holdings
- Stocks
- 67
- 56%
- AWK
Sectors
- Utilities46.7%
- Industrials43.4%
- Materials5.9%
- Energy1.9%
- Technology1.3%
- Consumer Discr.0.6%
- Real Estate0.2%
Geography
- United States56.74%
- United Kingdom13.93%
- Brazil10.56%
- Switzerland6.64%
- Japan3.68%
- India1.66%
- Malaysia1.30%
- Netherlands1.20%
- 4.28%
Developed 63% · Emerging 37%
CGW 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 | CGW |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +1.4% |
| 1 month | −1.8% |
| 3 months | +0.5% |
| 1 year | +1.7% |
| 3 years | +12.4% |
| 5 years | +3.6% |
| 10 years | +9.3% |
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 | CGW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +1.4% | |
| 2025 | +18.1% | |
| 2024 | +4.6% | |
| 2023 | +15.5% | |
| 2022 | −22.0% | |
| 2021 | +31.7% | |
| 2020 | +15.4% |
CGW in the news
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CGW Dividends
- 1.56%
- $1.00
- $1.00 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 26, 2025 | $1.00 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 27, 2024 | $1.23 |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Dec 22, 2023 | $0.82 |
| Dec 19, 2022 | Dec 23, 2022 | $0.68 |
| Dec 20, 2021 | Dec 31, 2021 | $0.96 |
| Dec 21, 2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | $0.66 |
| Dec 23, 2019 | Dec 31, 2019 | $0.61 |
| Dec 24, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | $0.67 |
| Dec 26, 2017 | Dec 29, 2017 | $0.61 |
| Dec 23, 2016 | Dec 30, 2016 | $0.47 |
| Dec 24, 2015 | Dec 31, 2015 | $0.45 |
| Dec 24, 2014 | Dec 31, 2014 | $0.50 |
CGW Risk
- 14.9%
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.
- 0.46
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.
- −32.7%
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.
- 0.78
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
CGW Cost
- The middle half of Water funds
- Median 0.54%
3 of the 6 Water funds charge less.