Global X - FinTech ETF
$25.55−0.45 (−1.71%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.68%
- Fund size
- $167M
- 1Y return
- −25.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.82%
- Holdings
- 79
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $26.00
- 52W range
The ETF.net FINX Grade
Score 46 of 100 sits in the C 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.DScore 36Category 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.DScore 29Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 65Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 62Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 72Category rank
Our read on FINX
CA 2016-vintage fintech fund that still does it the original way: an index-tracked, global basket of roughly 70 companies digitizing payments, lending, insurance and investing. Wider than a US card-network play, and rules-based rather than a stock picker's list.
The fund seeks exposure to companies at the forefront of financial-technology innovation, including businesses transforming insurance, investing, fundraising, and third-party lending through mobile and digital solutions.
Why people hold it
- Global by mandate, not US-only. The fund's stated remit covers financial-technology innovators worldwide, so the basket reaches beyond the familiar American processors.globalxetfs.com
- Broad read on fintech: insurance, investing, fundraising and third-party lending going digital, spread over roughly 70 holdings instead of a handful of mega-cap payment names.
- Rules over hunches. It tracks the Indxx Global FinTech Thematic Index, so what's inside follows published index rules rather than a manager's discretion.
- Trading since 2016, back when fintech ETFs were a novelty. That's a long operating history for a theme fund, with the same index approach throughout.
Worth knowing
- The 0.68% expense ratio lands exactly at the median for fintech ETFs. FDFF charges 0.50% for its own version of the theme, so cheaper shelf space exists.
- One theme, about 70 stocks, in a growth-heavy corner of the market. Concentration like that tends to move harder in both directions than a broad equity fund.
- Moderately traded rather than one of the busiest tickers in its category, which can show up as wider bid-ask spreads, especially on large orders.
FINX Holdings
- Stocks
- 79
- 51%
- HOOD
Sectors
- Technology49.7%
- Financials47.5%
- Health Care1.4%
- Industrials1.3%
Geography
- United States81.29%
- Netherlands4.29%
- United Kingdom3.26%
- Japan2.01%
- New Zealand1.42%
- Australia1.21%
- Switzerland1.05%
- South Korea1.03%
- 4.44%
FINX 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 | FINX |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −11.5% |
| 1 month | −5.6% |
| 3 months | +6.4% |
| 1 year | −25.1% |
| 3 years | +9.6% |
| 5 years | −11.2% |
| 10 years | +6.2% |
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 | FINX |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −11.5% | |
| 2025 | −5.2% | |
| 2024 | +23.0% | |
| 2023 | +33.2% | |
| 2022 | −51.8% | |
| 2021 | −9.7% | |
| 2020 | +53.8% |
FINX in the news
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FINX Dividends
- 0.82%
- $0.21
- $0.04 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.04 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Jan 7, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jul 5, 2024 | $0.06 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 8, 2024 | $0.0031 |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Jul 10, 2023 | $0.05 |
| Dec 29, 2022 | Jan 9, 2023 | Data unavailable |
| Jun 29, 2022 | Jul 8, 2022 | $0.05 |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Jan 7, 2022 | $2.16 |
| Dec 28, 2018 | Jan 8, 2019 | $0.04 |
| Dec 28, 2017 | Jan 9, 2018 | $0.02 |
FINX Risk
- 27.4%
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.
- 0.25
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.
- −63.6%
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.
- 1.72
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FINX Cost
- The middle half of Fintech & Payments funds
- Median 0.66%
4 of the 7 Fintech & Payments funds charge less.