Range Global Coal Index ETF
$25.04−0.31 (−1.22%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.85%
- Fund size
- $55M
- 1Y return
- +19.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.37%
- Holdings
- 30
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $25.15
- 52W range
The ETF.net COAL Grade
Score 25 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 20Category 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 19Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 24Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 51Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 35Category rank
Our read on COAL
DCoal, and only coal. Most energy ETFs blend oil, gas and pipelines; this 2024 launch tracks a global coal index instead, giving the fuel its own line item.
The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Range Global Coal Index.
Why people hold it
- A pure play: it tracks the Range Global Coal Index rather than diluting the theme with oil, gas and midstream names the way most energy sector funds do.
- Rules over hunches. It is an index-tracking stock fund in a standard 1940 Act wrapper, so what it owns follows a published methodology.
- The mandate is global, not US-only, so the coal exposure is not tied to a single country's producers.
Worth knowing
- The 0.85% fee sits at the back of the energy ETF pack, above cheaper neighbors like XES (0.35%) and MLPX (0.45%).
- One industry, one commodity. Coal equities can swing harder than diversified energy funds, with no oil or pipeline ballast to soften the ride.
- Young and small: launched in 2024 with a modest asset base, and it distributes once or twice a year rather than quarterly.
COAL Holdings
- Stocks
- 30
- 62%
- HCC
Sectors
- Materials47.1%
- Energy45.9%
- Industrials6.0%
- Utilities1.0%
Geography
- United States44.48%
- Australia33.21%
- South Africa5.63%
- Switzerland4.57%
- Poland4.27%
- Mongolia3.70%
- Canada3.37%
- Japan0.76%
Developed 75% · Emerging 25%
COAL 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 | COAL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +11.1% |
| 1 month | −4.9% |
| 3 months | +5.1% |
| 1 year | +19.5% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 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 | COAL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +11.1% | |
| 2025 | +12.6% | |
| 2024 | −16.0% |
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COAL Dividends
- 2.37%
- $0.60
- $0.60 per share
- Irregular
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.60 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $0.37 |
COAL Risk
- 28.1%
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.
- 0.18
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.
- −42.3%
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.
- 0.16
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
COAL Cost
- The middle half of Energy Sector funds
- Median 0.77%
5 of the 7 Energy Sector funds charge less.