Global X - Internet of Things ETF
$49.27−0.13 (−0.26%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.68%
- Fund size
- $217M
- 1Y return
- +24.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 0.46%
- Holdings
- 71
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $49.52
- 52W range
The ETF.net SNSR 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 39Category 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.CScore 51Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 70Category rank
Our read on SNSR
CThe ticker is the thesis: sensors. SNSR has tracked a single Internet of Things index since 2016, buying the roughly 70 developed-market names that build the chips, sensors and connected hardware behind smart everything.
The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Indxx Global Internet of Things Thematic Index. It invests at least 80% of assets in securities represented by that index and targets companies facilitating the Internet of Things.
Why people hold it
- A written mandate, not a hunch: at least 80% of assets sit in the Indxx Global Internet of Things Thematic Index, aimed at companies that facilitate the Internet of Things.assets.globalxetfs.com
- Running since 2016, which makes it one of the longer-tenured pure-play theme funds. You can study how connected-device stocks actually behaved, not a backtest.
- About 70 developed-market stocks means the theme actually shows up in returns, instead of being diluted inside a broad tech index.
Worth knowing
- The 0.68% expense ratio runs above the median for global thematic ETFs, and some peers charge far less (KLMT at 0.10%, IQSZ at 0.19%) for broader global baskets.
- A mid-sized fund that trades lighter than the headline thematic names, so spreads and order type matter more than they would in a giant.
- Income is not the design here: distributions come on an annual or semiannual schedule, and the concentrated basket rides hardware and semiconductor sentiment.
SNSR Holdings
- Stocks
- 71
- 49%
- STMPA.PA
Sectors
- Technology77.8%
- Industrials12.8%
- Health Care6.9%
- Materials1.7%
- Communication0.8%
Geography
- United States56.24%
- Switzerland15.25%
- Taiwan12.97%
- France2.79%
- China2.31%
- Japan1.69%
- Ireland1.68%
- Netherlands1.39%
- 5.68%
Developed 64% · Emerging 36%
SNSR 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 | SNSR |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +33.9% |
| 1 month | +4.6% |
| 3 months | −4.0% |
| 1 year | +24.5% |
| 3 years | +18.1% |
| 5 years | +6.3% |
| 10 years | +13.0% |
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 | SNSR |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +33.9% | |
| 2025 | +6.5% | |
| 2024 | −0.4% | |
| 2023 | +23.0% | |
| 2022 | −25.5% | |
| 2021 | +23.7% | |
| 2020 | +35.0% |
SNSR in the news
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SNSR Dividends
- 0.46%
- $0.23
- $0.08 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.08 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 7, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Jul 7, 2025 | $0.05 |
| Dec 30, 2024 | Jan 7, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Jun 27, 2024 | Jul 5, 2024 | $0.07 |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Jan 8, 2024 | $0.15 |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Jul 10, 2023 | $0.11 |
| Dec 29, 2022 | Jan 9, 2023 | $0.18 |
| Jun 29, 2022 | Jul 8, 2022 | $0.06 |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Jan 7, 2022 | $0.12 |
| Jun 29, 2021 | Jul 8, 2021 | $0.05 |
| Dec 30, 2020 | Jan 8, 2021 | $0.06 |
SNSR Risk
- 23.2%
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.
- 0.48
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.
- −38.0%
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.
- 1.68
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SNSR Cost
- The middle half of Metaverse & Connectivity funds
- Median 0.59%
4 of the 7 Metaverse & Connectivity funds charge less.