Amplify Samsung U.S. Natural Gas Infrastructure ETF
$35.01+0.10 (+0.29%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.59%
- Fund size
- $10M
- 1Y return
- +27.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- Data unavailable
- Holdings
- 25
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $34.92
- 52W range
The ETF.net USNG Grade
Score 52 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 52Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 36Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.CScore 42Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 39Category rank
Our read on USNG
CMost energy funds hand you the whole barrel. USNG tracks one molecule: natural gas, from wellhead to pipeline to export dock, in a compact active portfolio of roughly 25 US-listed names picked on growth at a reasonable price.
USNG seeks long-term capital appreciation through primarily U.S.-listed equity securities of natural gas companies benefiting from the U.S. natural gas infrastructure ecosystem across upstream, midstream, and downstream segments.
Why people hold it
- One commodity, the full chain: upstream producers, midstream pipelines and downstream users, instead of a broad oil-and-gas basket.amplifyetfs.com
- A 0.59% expense ratio, below the median for its actively managed US equity peer group.
- Stock picking runs through an advertised GARP screen, pairing growth in the gas buildout with a valuation check rather than chasing either alone.amplifyetfs.com
- Built as a standard 1940 Act fund that pays quarterly, so income arrives on a set cadence with 1099 tax reporting, not partnership K-1s.amplifyetfs.com
Worth knowing
- Roughly 25 holdings tied to one commodity chain. Gas prices, pipeline approvals and LNG policy move this portfolio hard in both directions.
- A small fund that trades thinly, so spreads can be wide. Limit orders and market-hours trading matter more here than with a mega-cap index fund.
- Launched in 2025, so the track record is short and our review places it in the lower half of its US active equity peer group.
USNG Holdings
- Stocks
- 25
- 60%
- SEI
Sectors
- Energy78.2%
- Industrials16.8%
- Utilities1.8%
- Financials1.7%
- Materials1.5%
Geography
- United States86.93%
- Canada8.17%
- Bermuda4.90%
USNG 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 | USNG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +28.0% |
| 1 month | +2.3% |
| 3 months | −6.5% |
| 1 year | +27.9% |
| 3 years | — |
| 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 | USNG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +28.0% | |
| 2025 | +10.8% |
USNG in the news
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USNG Dividends
- $0.12 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.20 |
USNG Risk
- 16.8%
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.
- 1.43
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.
- −11.9%
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.
- 0.37
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
USNG Cost
- The middle half of US Active Sector funds
- Median 0.65%
9 of the 33 US Active Sector funds charge less.