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IQM

GradeBChicago Board Options Exchange

Franklin Intelligent Machines ETF

Themes · Franklin Templeton · Inception 2020-02-25 · SEC filings

$110.52−1.07 (−0.96%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 12:18 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 9 prints from 111.59 to 110.52. Range 109.35 to 111.42. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$109.50$110.00$111.00$111.5010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.50%
Fund size
$88M
1Y return
+27.4%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.00%
Holdings
63
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$109.57
52W range
low $79.58high $126.21

The ETF.net IQM Grade

B

61/ 100

Rank 3 of 18 in Robotics & Automation⁠

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for IQM. Scores out of 100: Cost 65, Risk 43, Mission 51, Tradability 68, Holdings 63, Durability 73. Strongest: Durability (73). Weakest: Risk (43). Leans toward Durability and Tradability.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 61 of 100 sits in the B 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.
    BScore 65
    Category rank8/18 · top 44%

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    CScore 51
    Category rank4/5 · bottom quartile

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 43
    Category rank8/15 · mid-pack

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    BScore 68
    Category rank5/18 · top 28%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    BScore 63
    Category rank7/17 · top 41%

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    AScore 73
    Category rank6/18 · top 33%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on IQM

ETF.net Research

BFranklin's take on robotics goes wider than robots: it hunts the whole intelligent-machine stack, from design and manufacturing to logistics and predictive maintenance, in a compact portfolio priced under the category norm.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of companies associated with intelligent machines, including innovations in design, manufacturing, logistics, products, and predictive maintenance.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Charges 0.50% a year, under the 0.65% median for robotics and automation funds.
  2. 02The mandate covers design, manufacturing, logistics, products and predictive maintenance, so the sleeve reaches past pure robot builders into the software and services around them.
  3. 03Roughly 60 stocks. Tight enough that the theme actually drives returns instead of getting diluted into a broad tech basket.
  4. 04Trading since 2020 and sitting in the upper half of its robotics and automation peer group, with no structural red flags on the wrapper.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Volume is light for the category. Spreads and order type matter more here than in the cohort's heavyweights.
  2. 02The stated goal is capital appreciation, so income is not part of the design.
  3. 03Cheaper shelf-mates exist: BOTT runs 0.35% and IBOT 0.47%, both chasing overlapping robotics ground.

IQM Holdings

As of Sep 22, 2026, 9:39 PM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
63
Top-10 weight
44%
Largest holding
NVDA8.1%

Sectors

  • Technology72.7%
  • Industrials18.7%
  • Energy3.4%
  • Consumer Discr.2.2%
  • Health Care1.7%
  • Communication1.2%

Geography

  • United States72.45%
  • Taiwan (Province of China)6.06%
  • Canada5.16%
  • Korea (the Republic of)3.96%
  • Netherlands3.87%
  • United Kingdom1.83%
  • Japan1.61%
  • Singapore1.47%
  • Other countries (6)3.58%

Developed 56% · Emerging 44% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 6.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001NVDANVIDIA CORP8.05%31,036$7M828
002TSMTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP A6.06%11,933$5M268
003SNDKSANDISK CORP4.81%2,385$4M450
004CLS.TOCELESTICA INC4.58%11,646$4M102
005AVGOBROADCOM INC4.16%10,064$4M732
006AAPLAPPLE INC3.99%10,327$4M707
007BEBLOOM ENERGY CORP- A3.66%11,748$3M304
008GEVGE VERNOVA INC3.09%2,860$3M473
009ANETARISTA NETWORKS INC2.74%11,682$2M490
010AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES2.73%3,893$2M618
011TERTERADYNE INC2.69%6,178$2M421
012LRCXLAM RESEARCH CORP2.32%6,715$2M591
013000660.KSSK HYNIX INC2.10%1,362$2M184
014TSLATESLA INC1.99%4,656$2M509
015LITELUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC1.95%1,791$2M385

Showing 1–15 of 81 holdings

IQM Performance

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

IQM$12,738
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. IQM $12,738. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$8,917$11,848$14,779Sep 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 IQM. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodIQM
Year to date+27.7%
1 month+5.7%
3 months−11.4%
1 year+27.4%
3 years+36.8%per year
5 years+17.2%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 IQM
YearReturn barIQM
2026 YTD+27.7%
2025+30.8%
2024+31.0%
2023+41.1%
2022−33.4%
2021+25.2%
2020+78.5%

History from Feb 27, 2020

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IQM 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.
0.00%Last 12 months
Payout per share
NoneLast 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

Distribution history

Payments through 2021

One bar per payment. 2 payments from 2020 to 2021. Dec 14, 2020 $0.0043; Dec 13, 2021 $0.09. Use the arrow keys to read each point.20202021
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Dec 13, 2021Dec 21, 2021$0.09
Dec 14, 2020Dec 23, 2020$0.0043

IQM Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
26.8%
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.
0.94
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.
−44.9%
Trough Oct 2022
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.
1.65
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.

IQM Cost

Expense ratio0.50%
  • The middle half of Robotics & Automation funds
  • Median 0.54%

6 of the 18 Robotics & Automation funds charge less.

IQM costs $50.00 a year on $10,000. The median Robotics & Automation fund costs $54.50.