Category Review
The large US oil-company fund returned 45% this year. A pipeline-and-power fund returned 13%.
Alerian Energy Infrastructure ETF
$38.62+0.41 (+1.07%)
- 0.35%
- $541M
- +30.3%
- 4.04%
- 0.1M sh
- $38.16
- low $29.83high $40.95
The ETF.net ENFR Grade
B
Score 64 out of 100
- 4 of 25
Score 64 of 100 falls in the B 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.A71 out of 100Rank 8 of 25Mission
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.A75 out of 100Rank 4 of 24Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C50 out of 100Rank 12 of 25Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B55 out of 100Rank 14 of 25Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B59 out of 100Rank 11 of 25
Our read on ENFR
BMidstream, not drillers. ENFR owns the pipelines, storage tanks and processing plants that move North American energy, tracking the Alerian Midstream Energy Select Index in a compact portfolio of roughly two dozen names.
ENFR seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Alerian Midstream Energy Select Index. It also seeks total return through income and capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.35%, under the 0.45% median for broad energy ETFs and below iShares' IYE at 0.38%.
- Different engine than most energy funds: infrastructure operators rather than the explorers and refiners whose fortunes swing with the barrel price.alpsfunds.com
- Income is written into the mandate: the fund seeks total return through income and capital appreciation, and distributions come on a quarterly schedule.
- Trading since 2013 and rated among the stronger names in our broad energy peer group.
Worth knowing
- Around 26 holdings in one slice of one sector. Single-name news and midstream-specific swings land harder here than in a diversified energy fund.
- The broad energy giants (XLE, FENY, VDE) all sit under 0.10%. Specialist indexing costs more.
- Moderately traded rather than a volume heavyweight, which can mean wider bid-ask spreads than the largest energy ETFs.
ENFR Holdings
- Stocks
- 29
- 60%
- ET
Geography
- United States72.36%
- Canada27.64%
ENFR Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
ENFR$13,033
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 | ENFR |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +25.3% |
| 1 month | −3.4% |
| 3 months | −0.6% |
| 1 year | +30.3% |
| 3 years | +25.4% |
| 5 years | +19.3% |
| 10 years | +11.1% |
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 | ENFR |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +25.3% | |
| 2025 | +5.9% | |
| 2024 | +42.1% | |
| 2023 | +15.7% | |
| 2022 | +17.5% | |
| 2021 | +40.0% | |
| 2020 | −24.1% |
ENFR in the news
ENFR Dividends
- 4.04%
- $1.54
- $0.39 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
ENFR Risk
- 15.6%
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.
- 1.18
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.
- −20.3%
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.
- 0.28
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ENFR Cost
0.35%
ENFR0.35%
- The middle half of Energy (Broad) funds
- Median 0.46%
6 of the 24 Energy (Broad) funds charge less.
Other funds in Energy (Broad)
- AFENYFidelity MSCI Energy Index ETFExpense ratio 0.08%1 year return +57.7%
- AVDEVanguard Energy ETFExpense ratio 0.09%1 year return +57.5%
- BIYEiShares U.S. Energy ETFExpense ratio 0.37%1 year return +56.8%
- BRSPGInvesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Energy ETFExpense ratio 0.40%1 year return +57.9%
- BIXCiShares Global Energy ETFExpense ratio 0.37%1 year return +56.1%