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HEAL

GradeDNASDAQ

Global X HealthTech ETF

Sectors · Global X · Inception 2020-07-29

$29.11−0.45 (−1.52%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 3:01 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 24 prints from 29.56 to 29.11. Range 29.05 to 29.44. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$29.20$29.30$29.4010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.50%
Fund size
$31M
1Y return
−8.9%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.24%
Holdings
39
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$29.60
52W range
low $23.00high $33.59

The ETF.net HEAL Grade

D

38/ 100

Rank 16 of 25 in Health Care (Broad)⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for HEAL. Scores out of 100: Cost 52, Risk 8, Mission 67, Tradability 23, Holdings 66, Durability 43. Strongest: Mission (67). Weakest: Risk (8). Leans toward Mission and Holdings.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 38 of 100 sits in the D 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.
    CScore 52
    Category rank13/25 · mid-pack

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    BScore 67
    Category rank11/11 · bottom quartile

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    FScore 8
    Category rank24/24 · bottom quartile

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    FScore 23
    Category rank21/25 · bottom quartile

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    BScore 66
    Category rank11/25 · top 44%

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    CScore 43
    Category rank17/25 · mid-pack

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on HEAL

ETF.net Research

DMost health care ETFs are pharma giants in a trench coat. HEAL goes the other way: roughly 40 health technology names worldwide, tracked against Global X's own HealthTech index, in a cohort built mostly of broad sector funds.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Global X HealthTech Index.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Focused by design. Roughly 40 holdings on a global mandate, so the health technology theme actually drives returns instead of being diluted by the whole sector.
  2. 02Rules-based, not manager-driven: it tracks the Global X HealthTech Index before fees and expenses, so what you own follows a published methodology rather than someone's conviction list.
  3. 03Global reach. Health technology innovation is not a US-only story, and the mandate is worldwide rather than fenced into the S&P 500 like several of the biggest sector options.
  4. 04A standard 1940 Act ETF wrapper holding equities. No leverage, no derivatives overlay, no K-1 surprises at tax time.

Worth knowing

  1. 01The 0.50% expense ratio sits right at the cohort median, but it is several times what the broad sector anchors charge: VHT at 0.09%, XLV and FHLC at 0.08%. Focus costs money here.
  2. 02Concentration cuts both ways. With about 40 names in one theme, individual holdings move the fund far more than they would in a several-hundred-stock health care index.
  3. 03It is one of the smaller and less actively traded funds in its peer group, which typically means wider bid-ask spreads than the household-name sector ETFs.

HEAL Holdings

As of Sep 21, 2026, 6:07 PM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
39
Top-10 weight
47%
Largest holding
IQV6.1%

Sectors

  • Health Care93.1%
  • Technology6.9%

Geography

  • United States83.48%
  • Australia6.06%
  • Netherlands3.42%
  • Denmark3.29%
  • Hong Kong2.05%
  • Switzerland1.15%
  • Sweden0.56%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 3.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001IQVIQVIA HOLDINGS INC6.10%7,078$2M290
002OSCROSCAR HEALTH INC - CLASS A5.90%56,767$2M129
003VEEVVEEVA SYSTEMS INC-CLASS A5.49%6,519$2M314
004DXCMDEXCOM INC5.26%18,201$2M365
005TEMTEMPUS AI INC-CL A5.12%20,338$2M100
006PME.AXPRO MEDICUS LTD4.43%11,363$1M93
007RMDRESMED INC3.97%5,455$1M317
008GEHCGE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY3.80%18,295$1M303
009HIMSHIMS & HERS HEALTH INC3.70%40,811$1M114
010WAYWAYSTAR HOLDING CORP3.57%43,013$1M106
011PHIA.ASKONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV3.40%42,451$1M110
012DEMANT.CODEMANT A/S3.27%21,900$1M72
013ISRGINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC3.11%2,444$961K406
014IRTCIRHYTHM HOLDINGS INC2.98%8,427$921K80
015PODDINSULET CORP2.90%6,387$898K220

Showing 1–15 of 43 holdings

HEAL Performance

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

HEAL$9,109
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. HEAL $9,109. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$6,770$9,451$12,131Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

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.

Trailing total return for HEAL. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodHEAL
Year to date+1.2%
1 month−3.1%
3 months+14.6%
1 year−8.9%
3 years+2.7%per year
5 years−12.0%per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per year

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for HEAL
YearReturn barHEAL
2026 YTD+1.2%
2025−0.6%
2024−2.9%
2023−12.6%
2022−30.0%
2021−14.2%
2020+23.9%

History from Jul 30, 2020

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HEAL Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Sep 22, 2026.
0.24%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$0.07Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.07 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Twice a year

Distribution history

2020–2026

One bar per payment. 3 payments from 2020 to 2026 YTD. Dec 30, 2020 $0.02; Jun 27, 2025 $0.02; Dec 30, 2025 $0.07. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 30, 2025Jan 7, 2026$0.07
Jun 27, 2025Jul 7, 2025$0.02
Dec 30, 2020Jan 8, 2021$0.02

HEAL Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
24.6%
Annualised · 36 months to Aug 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
−0.13
vs 3-month T-bills · to Aug 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−58.9%
Trough Mar 2026
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
1.47
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

HEAL Cost

Expense ratio0.50%
  • The middle half of Health Care (Broad) funds
  • Median 0.50%

11 of the 25 Health Care (Broad) funds charge less.

HEAL costs $50.00 a year on $10,000. The median Health Care (Broad) fund costs $50.00.