Virtus Duff & Phelps Clean Energy ETF
$27.030.00 (0.00%)
- 0.59%
- $5M
- +11.2%
- 1.97%
- 0M sh
- $27.48
- low $23.23high $37.55
The ETF.net VCLN Grade
C
Score 46 out of 100
- 10 of 17
Score 46 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.C50 out of 100Rank 8 of 17Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A76 out of 100Rank 4 of 17Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F3 out of 100Rank 17 of 17Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B69 out of 100Rank 6 of 17Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D25 out of 100Rank 16 of 17
Our read on VCLN
CMost clean energy ETFs just follow an index. VCLN doesn't: it's an active stock-picker in the space, with a mandate pointed at Europe and the US, priced right at what the average rival in the category charges.
The Fund seeks capital appreciation and is actively managed rather than designed to replicate a specified securities index.
Why people hold it
- Active by design: the prospectus says it seeks capital appreciation rather than replicating an index, so the manager can skip names a benchmark would have to own.
- You pay the going rate for that active mandate: 0.59% a year, level with the median clean energy ETF.
- The mandate points at Europe and the US, so exposure leans developed-market clean energy instead of a global sweep.
- Held wide, not concentrated: well over a hundred positions, so no single broken story dominates the basket.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded with a small asset base, so spreads can run wide and a big order can push the price around.
- Index rivals ICLN and FRNW charge 0.39%. The active mandate here costs more every year, whatever the manager does with it.
- No index to check it against, and cash comes back once or twice a year rather than monthly.
VCLN Holdings
- Stocks
- 47
- 50%
- BE
Sectors
- Industrials39.3%
- Utilities38.0%
- Technology21.9%
- Energy0.8%
Geography
- United States42.02%
- China9.61%
- Spain6.62%
- United Kingdom6.02%
- Denmark5.56%
- Brazil5.12%
- Italy5.12%
- Germany3.47%
- 16.45%
Developed 70% · Emerging 30%
VCLN Performance
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VCLN$11,116
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | VCLN |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +6.3% |
| 1 month | −4.8% |
| 3 months | −8.5% |
| 1 year | +11.2% |
| 3 years | +19.7% |
| 5 years | +2.8% |
| 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 | VCLN |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +6.3% | |
| 2025 | +55.7% | |
| 2024 | −6.7% | |
| 2023 | −17.5% | |
| 2022 | −7.9% | |
| 2021 | −5.0% |
VCLN in the news
VCLN Dividends
- 1.97%
- $0.53
- $0.21 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
VCLN Risk
- 25.4%
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.
- 0.61
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.
- −45.7%
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.
- 1.42
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VCLN Cost
0.59%
VCLN0.59%
- The middle half of Clean Energy funds
- Median 0.59%
8 of the 17 Clean Energy funds charge less.
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- CPBDInvesco Global Clean Energy ETFExpense ratio 0.75%1 year return +8.2%
- DCTEXProShares - S&P Kensho Cleantech ETFExpense ratio 0.58%1 year return −5.6%