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CLOU

GradeDNASDAQ Global Market

Global X - Cloud Computing ETF

Themes · Global X · Inception 2019-04-12 · SEC filings

$29.17+0.22 (+0.76%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 2:20 PM EDT

Intraday session: up, 59 prints from 28.95 to 29.17. Range 28.72 to 29.26. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$28.80$29.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.68%
Fund size
$379M
1Y return
+20.7%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.00%
Holdings
38
Volume · 30D
0.4M sh
NAV per share
$28.94
52W range
low $17.52high $29.36

The ETF.net CLOU Grade

D

36/ 100

Rank 5 of 5 in Cloud & Software⁠

Confidence Low

Six-pillar profile for CLOU. Scores out of 100: Cost 17, Risk 43, Mission not scored, Tradability 50, Holdings 42, Durability 71. Strongest: Durability (71). Weakest: Cost (17). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 36 of 100 sits in the D 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.
    FScore 17
    Category rank5/5 · bottom quartile

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    Not scored
    —

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 43
    Category rank3/5 · mid-pack

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    CScore 50
    Category rank3/5 · mid-pack

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    CScore 42
    Category rank5/5 · bottom quartile

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    AScore 71
    Category rank2/5 · top 40%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026 · Based on 5 of 6 pillars

Our read on CLOU

ETF.net Research

DMost cloud funds buy the software. CLOU also buys the buildings: its index reaches SaaS, PaaS and IaaS names plus data-center REITs and edge hardware, in a compact global basket. The wider net comes at a premium fee.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the Indxx Global Cloud Computing Index. The index covers companies positioned to benefit from cloud adoption through SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, managed storage, data-center REITs, and cloud or edge infrastructure and hardware.

Why people hold it

  1. 01The index spans SaaS, PaaS and IaaS plus managed storage, data-center REITs and cloud or edge infrastructure and hardware, so you hold the cloud's landlords alongside its tenants.assets.globalxetfs.com
  2. 02Global mandate, not US-only, so cloud names listed outside the States can make the cut.globalxetfs.com
  3. 03Live since 2019 and built around roughly 40 stocks: a multi-year record rather than a backtest, in a basket tight enough that each name matters.

Worth knowing

  1. 01At 0.68% a year, this is the expensive lane to the theme. The cloud group's median is 0.49%, and CLOD (0.35%) and FCLD (0.39%) sit well underneath.
  2. 02The REIT and hardware sleeves trade on different drivers than software, so CLOU can drift from pure-software cloud funds in either direction.
  3. 03On our review it sits in the back of the cloud pack, mostly on cost, with FCLD, WCLD and SKYY rating higher.

CLOU Holdings

As of Sep 21, 2026, 6:06 PM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
38
Top-10 weight
49%
Largest holding
SNOW7.2%

Sectors

  • Technology92.2%
  • Communication3.5%
  • Real Estate2.6%
  • Consumer Discr.1.6%

Geography

  • United States90.39%
  • Canada3.08%
  • Israel2.69%
  • Sweden2.22%
  • China1.38%
  • Japan0.24%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 3.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001SNOWSNOWFLAKE INC7.20%79,038$26M321
002PAYCPAYCOM SOFTWARE INC5.28%85,114$19M184
003DDOGDATADOG INC - CLASS A5.14%81,600$19M425
004TWLOTWILIO INC - A4.87%72,889$18M271
005WDAYWORKDAY INC-CLASS A4.68%88,129$17M389
006NETCLOUDFLARE INC - CLASS A4.67%52,627$17M273
007NOWSERVICENOW INC4.54%122,156$17M426
008ZSZSCALER INC4.46%82,558$16M219
009DOCNDIGITALOCEAN HOLDINGS INC3.99%111,861$15M163
010CRMSALESFORCE INC3.99%61,136$15M457
011QLYSQUALYS INC3.89%81,064$14M189
012DBXDROPBOX INC-CLASS A3.71%370,934$14M172
013SHOPSHOPIFY INC - CLASS A3.14%89,069$11M111
014AKAMAKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC3.00%104,768$11M253
015BOXBOX INC - CLASS A2.91%314,557$11M135

Showing 1–15 of 39 holdings

CLOU Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

CLOU$12,073
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. CLOU $12,073. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$7,185$9,846$12,506Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

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.

Trailing total return for CLOU. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodCLOU
Year to date+28.0%
1 month+3.2%
3 months+35.2%
1 year+20.7%
3 years+15.5%per year
5 years−0.8%per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for CLOU
YearReturn barCLOU
2026 YTD+28.0%
2025−5.6%
2024+5.7%
2023+41.4%
2022−39.6%
2021−3.3%
2020+77.2%

CLOU in the news

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CLOU Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Sep 22, 2026.
0.00%Last 12 months
Payout per share
NoneLast 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

Distribution history

Payments through 2021

One bar per payment. 2 payments from 2019 to 2021. Dec 30, 2019 $0.0076; Dec 30, 2021 $0.47. Use the arrow keys to read each point.201920202021
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 30, 2021Jan 7, 2022$0.47
Dec 30, 2019Jan 8, 2020$0.0076

CLOU Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
27.1%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.38
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−53.8%
Trough Nov 2022
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
1.07
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

CLOU Cost

Expense ratio0.68%
  • The middle half of Cloud & Software funds
  • Median 0.45%

Every other Cloud & Software fund charges less.

CLOU costs $68.00 a year on $10,000. The median Cloud & Software fund costs $45.00.