iShares Breakthrough Environmental Solutions ETF
$24.69−0.38 (−1.51%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.47%
- Fund size
- $4M
- 1Y return
- +3.0%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.52%
- Holdings
- 46
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $24.97
- 52W range
The ETF.net ETEC Grade
Score 40 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E. A structural cap ceilings this fund at 40, so B and A are out of reach.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.BScore 59Category 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 21Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 50Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 33Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 52Category rank
Our read on ETEC
CiShares' bet on the next wave of green tech rather than today's incumbents: roughly 50 global names across eight environmental themes, from water to sustainable farming, priced under the typical global thematic fund.
Seeks to track an index of global companies developing breakthrough environmental technologies across energy efficiency, green buildings, green transportation, pollution prevention, renewable energy, water, resource efficiency, and sustainable agriculture.
Why people hold it
- At 0.47% a year, it costs less than the median fund in its global thematic peer group.
- Eight environmental themes in one index (renewable energy, water, green buildings, green transport, pollution prevention, efficiency, resource efficiency, sustainable agriculture), so it isn't a one-technology bet.ishares.com
- Plain plumbing: a passive 1940 Act index fund from iShares tracking a Morningstar green-technology index. No leverage, no derivatives overlay.
Worth knowing
- Launched in 2023, still a small and thinly traded fund, so spreads can run wider and fills less predictable than in heavily traded ETFs.
- About 50 stocks betting on emerging technologies makes for concentrated exposure. Individual names carry real weight in the portfolio.
- Distributions land once or twice a year. Income is not what this mandate is built around.
ETEC Holdings
- Stocks
- 46
- 49%
- OLED
Sectors
- Industrials41.8%
- Consumer Discr.23.9%
- Technology18.6%
- Energy11.9%
- Materials3.9%
Geography
- United States39.48%
- China31.23%
- Japan15.44%
- Finland4.16%
- Denmark3.93%
- Germany2.77%
- Korea (the Republic of)2.18%
- Taiwan (Province of China)0.81%
Developed 43% · Emerging 57%
ETEC 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 | ETEC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +1.0% |
| 1 month | −6.1% |
| 3 months | −19.8% |
| 1 year | +3.0% |
| 3 years | +5.6% |
| 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 | ETEC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +1.0% | |
| 2025 | +31.9% | |
| 2024 | −18.2% | |
| 2023 | −7.5% |
ETEC in the news
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ETEC Dividends
- 0.52%
- $0.13
- $0.10 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 19, 2025 | $0.03 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | Jun 20, 2025 | $0.05 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 20, 2024 | $0.14 |
| Jun 11, 2024 | Jun 17, 2024 | $0.09 |
| Dec 20, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $0.87 |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Jun 13, 2023 | $0.10 |
ETEC Risk
- 24.5%
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.
- 0.09
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.
- −39.6%
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.
- 1.34
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
ETEC Cost
- The middle half of Climate & Sustainability funds
- Median 0.48%
3 of the 8 Climate & Sustainability funds charge less.