First Trust Global Wind Energy ETF
$22.35+0.12 (+0.54%)
- 0.61%
- $193M
- +13.1%
- 0.94%
- 0.1M sh
- $22.28
- low $19.06high $27.30
The ETF.net FAN Grade
B
Score 56 out of 100
- 5 of 17
Score 56 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.D38 out of 100Rank 11 of 17Mission
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.A90 out of 100Rank 1 of 17Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B59 out of 100Rank 8 of 17Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C52 out of 100Rank 9 of 17Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A76 out of 100Rank 5 of 17
Our read on FAN
BClean energy funds usually blend a bit of everything. FAN picks one technology and stays there: a global, wind-only index of roughly 60 stocks, running since 2008.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the ISE Clean Edge Global Wind Energy Index, an equity index focused on companies active in wind energy.
Why people hold it
- Wind only, not clean energy in general. It tracks an index built around companies active in wind energy, so the theme stays undiluted.
- Trading since 2008, so it carries a full-cycle record through the theme's booms and busts.
- Global by mandate. Wind's supply chain and project pipelines are not a US story, and the basket reaches across markets in roughly 60 names.
- Sits in the top quartile of the clean energy funds we cover, and it pays distributions quarterly.
Worth knowing
- At 0.61% a year it prices above the cohort median and above broader clean-energy options such as ICLN and FRNW at 0.39%.
- One technology, roughly 60 stocks. Turbine order cycles, policy shifts and rates steer this basket more than a diversified clean-energy mix.
- Moderately traded rather than a category heavyweight, so the bid-ask spread matters more on large or hurried orders.
FAN Holdings
- Stocks
- 51
- 53%
- ORSTED.CO
Sectors
- Utilities49.4%
- Industrials47.5%
- Consumer Discretionary2.1%
- Materials0.6%
- Energy0.4%
Geography
- Denmark18.76%
- Germany13.14%
- United States12.75%
- Spain11.65%
- China10.58%
- Italy8.10%
- South Korea4.81%
- Japan4.33%
- 15.89%
Developed 76% · Emerging 24%
FAN Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
FAN$11,313
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 | FAN |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +9.3% |
| 1 month | −5.7% |
| 3 months | −7.3% |
| 1 year | +13.1% |
| 3 years | +18.2% |
| 5 years | +3.1% |
| 10 years | +8.0% |
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 | FAN |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +9.3% | |
| 2025 | +40.4% | |
| 2024 | −9.0% | |
| 2023 | −3.2% | |
| 2022 | −13.1% | |
| 2021 | −11.6% | |
| 2020 | +61.1% |
FAN in the news
FAN Dividends
- 0.94%
- $0.21
- $0.07 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
FAN Risk
- 20.5%
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.
- 0.67
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.
- −37.9%
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.
- 0.98
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FAN Cost
0.61%
FAN0.61%
- The middle half of Clean Energy funds
- Median 0.59%
10 of the 17 Clean Energy funds charge less.
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