Global X AgTech & Food Innovation ETF
$37.13−0.22 (−0.60%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.50%
- Fund size
- $19M
- 1Y return
- +21.6%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.00%
- Holdings
- 31
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $37.21
- 52W range
The ETF.net KROP Grade
Score 54 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.BScore 68Category 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.CScore 51Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 49Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 39Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.FScore 24Category rank
Our read on KROP
CHow the world feeds itself, in about 30 stocks. KROP tracks a Solactive index of global companies advancing agricultural technology and food innovation, at a 0.50% fee that sits under the typical global thematic ETF.
KROP seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Solactive AgTech & Food Innovation Index. It invests at least 80% of assets in index securities or related depositary receipts and targets companies advancing agricultural technology and food innovation.
Why people hold it
- At least 80% of assets sit in index names, so you get the agtech and food innovation basket rather than a broad fund wearing a theme label.
- The 0.50% expense ratio undercuts the median fee in its global thematic peer group.
- The mandate is global, so the basket can reach farm tech and food science names listed outside the US.
- Trading since July 2021, which gives it a multi-year operating history rather than a fresh launch.
Worth knowing
- About 30 holdings means individual names carry real weight, so one company's stumble moves the fund more than it would in a broad index.
- Small asset base and light trading volume, which typically shows up as wider bid-ask spreads and more attention needed on order entry.
- Distributions land once or twice a year, not monthly, so cash flow from the fund is lumpy by design.
KROP Holdings
- Stocks
- 31
- 76%
- DE
Sectors
- Industrials41.3%
- Materials29.9%
- Cons. Staples23.3%
- Health Care5.2%
- Consumer Discr.0.3%
Geography
- United States47.07%
- Canada13.08%
- China11.02%
- Japan11.01%
- United Kingdom5.50%
- Germany4.87%
- Australia3.06%
- Mexico1.43%
- 2.96%
Developed 74% · Emerging 26%
KROP 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 | KROP |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +23.6% |
| 1 month | +1.6% |
| 3 months | +9.7% |
| 1 year | +21.6% |
| 3 years | +5.9% |
| 5 years | −10.1% |
| 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 | KROP |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +23.6% | |
| 2025 | +7.2% | |
| 2024 | −8.7% | |
| 2023 | −24.8% | |
| 2022 | −27.2% | |
| 2021 | −18.8% |
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KROP Dividends
- 2.00%
- $0.75
- $0.14 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.14 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | $0.61 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Jul 7, 2025 | Data unavailable |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Jan 7, 2025 | $0.30 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jul 5, 2024 | $0.25 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 8, 2024 | Data unavailable |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Jul 10, 2023 | Data unavailable |
| Dec 29, 2022 | Jan 9, 2023 | $0.13 |
| Jun 29, 2022 | Jul 8, 2022 | $0.17 |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Jan 7, 2022 | $0.41 |
KROP Risk
- 17.0%
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.
- 0.04
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.
- −58.9%
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.
- 0.85
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
KROP Cost
- The middle half of Agriculture & Food funds
- Median 0.56%
1 of the 5 Agriculture & Food funds charge less.