Xtrackers US National Critical Technologies ETF
$41.41−0.17 (−0.42%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.35%
- Fund size
- $145M
- 1Y return
- +14.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.92%
- Holdings
- 209
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $41.52
- 52W range
The ETF.net CRTC Grade
Score 61 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 60Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 90Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.AScore 77Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 44Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 67Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 75Category rank
Our read on CRTC
BLess a tech fund than a national-security screen. CRTC holds developed-market large and mid caps tied to the 14 critical technology areas the Pentagon defined, then filters them by how entangled each company is with adversarial nations.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Solactive Whitney U.S. Critical Technologies Index.
Why people hold it
- Two screens, not one: association with a DoD-defined critical technology area, then a geostrategic risk rating on each company's exposure to adversarial versus Five Eyes countries.etf.dws.combusinesswire.com
- The 14 areas run from biotechnology and quantum science to microelectronics and advanced materials, so the roughly 220 holdings reach well past software and chips.etf.dws.com
- Costs 0.35% a year against a 0.57% median for the US thematic funds we grade. Pays quarterly.
- The portfolio closely matches the mandate in its prospectus, and it sits in the top quartile of its thematic peer group on our review.
Worth knowing
- Not the cheapest shelf in the aisle: peers LRND (0.14%) and TECB (0.30%) undercut it, though they screen for different things.
- A smaller, thinly traded fund. The prospectus flags bid-ask spread costs, which tend to bite more in lightly traded names.etf.dws.com
- The security screen rests on J.H. Whitney's proprietary model and the index rebalances in May and November, so the roster can shift meaningfully at each reset.etf.dws.com
CRTC Holdings
- Stocks
- 209
- 40%
- MSFT
Sectors
- Technology40.0%
- Communication13.8%
- Health Care13.6%
- Industrials11.5%
- Energy7.3%
- Consumer Discr.5.5%
- Utilities4.9%
- Materials3.3%
- Financials0.2%
- Cons. Staples0.0%
Geography
- United States89.07%
- United Kingdom3.20%
- Canada2.56%
- Australia2.44%
- Spain0.67%
- Ireland0.60%
- New Zealand0.38%
- Israel0.33%
- 0.76%
CRTC 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 | CRTC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +14.2% |
| 1 month | +2.2% |
| 3 months | +8.7% |
| 1 year | +14.6% |
| 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 | CRTC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +14.2% | |
| 2025 | +18.7% | |
| 2024 | +18.0% | |
| 2023 | +7.2% |
CRTC in the news
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CRTC Dividends
- 0.92%
- $0.38
- $0.14 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Pays Sep 25, 2026 | $0.14 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 | $0.05 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Sep 26, 2025 | $0.10 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 | $0.10 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Mar 28, 2025 | $0.06 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | $0.11 |
| Dec 6, 2024 | Dec 13, 2024 | $0.0084 |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Sep 27, 2024 | $0.10 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.08 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Mar 22, 2024 | $0.06 |
CRTC Risk
- 12.1%
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.
- 1.21
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.
- −19.1%
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.
- 0.95
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
CRTC Cost
- The middle half of US Thematic funds
- Median 0.35%
6 of the 21 US Thematic funds charge less.