
Gabelli Global Technology Leaders ETF
$40.10−0.64 (−1.56%)
- 0.90%
- $17M
- +30.7%
- 0.82%
- 0M sh
- $40.83
- low $29.94high $42.32
The ETF.net GGTL Grade
Score 18 out of 100
- 25 of 25
Score 18 of 100 falls in the F 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.F4 out of 100Rank 24 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.B63 out of 100Rank 7 of 25Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F7 out of 100Rank 25 of 25Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.F10 out of 100Rank 24 of 25
Our read on GGTL
FGabelli's stock-picking answer to the tech index giants: an actively run, go-anywhere portfolio aiming at capital appreciation with a robotics and automation tilt. Small, hands-on, and priced like the boutique it is at 0.90%.
The fund's objective is to achieve capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- Actively managed rather than index-bound, so the manager can hold tech leaders wherever they list. The mandate is explicitly global, not US-only.
- The robotics and automation tilt is a sharper cut than broad tech, where a handful of mega-caps dominate the index trackers.
- Live since 2022, so you can judge it on a real multi-year record instead of a backtest.
Worth knowing
- At 0.90%, it costs more than double the tech cohort's 0.40% median and roughly ten times the big index options (VGT at 0.09%, XLK at 0.08%).
- A small asset base and thin trading mean wider bid-ask spreads than the category's heavily traded names.
- Active means no index to hold it to; outcomes ride on the manager's picks. Cash payouts are infrequent, on an annual or semiannual schedule.
GGTL Holdings
- Stocks
- 73
- 44%
- Treasury Bill 0 12/17/2026
Sectors
- Technology86.7%
- Industrials4.9%
- Communication4.8%
- Materials1.8%
- Consumer Discretionary1.8%
Geography
- United States49.03%
- Japan29.67%
- Taiwan13.44%
- South Korea3.09%
- Israel2.52%
- United Kingdom1.40%
- Netherlands0.83%
Developed 63% · Emerging 37%
GGTL 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 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 | GGTL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +27.5% |
| 1 month | +4.2% |
| 3 months | +2.6% |
| 1 year | +30.7% |
| 3 years | +22.2% |
| 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 | GGTL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +27.5% | |
| 2025 | +19.8% | |
| 2024 | +11.0% | |
| 2023 | +18.2% | |
| 2022 | −15.9% |
GGTL in the news
GGTL Dividends
- 0.82%
- $0.33
- $0.33 per share
- Annual
Distribution history
GGTL Risk
- 19.4%
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.
- 0.91
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.
- −23.7%
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.
- 0.86
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
GGTL Cost
- The middle half of Technology (Broad) funds
- Median 0.45%
21 of the 23 Technology (Broad) funds charge less.
Other funds in Technology (Broad)
- DTTEQT. Rowe Price Technology ETFExpense ratio 0.63%1 year return +37.7%
- DGTEKGoldman Sachs Future Tech Leaders Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.75%1 year return +54.9%
- DQQHHCM Defender 100 Index ETFExpense ratio 0.98%1 year return +19.9%
- FSEMIColumbia Select Technology ETFExpense ratio 0.75%1 year return +35.7%
- FTEKiShares Technology Opportunities Active ETFExpense ratio 0.77%1 year return +33.3%




