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VCLN

GradeCNew York Stock Exchange Arca

Virtus Duff & Phelps Clean Energy ETF

Virtus · Inception 2021-08-03

$28.16+0.01 (+0.04%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 11:29 AM EDT

Intraday session: up, 3 prints from 28.15 to 28.16. Range 28.15 to 28.16. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$28.15$28.15$28.16$28.1610 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.59%
Fund size
$6M
1Y return
+28.5%
Yield · Last 12 months
Data unavailable
Holdings
189
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$28.75
52W range
low $20.80high $37.55

The ETF.net VCLN Grade

C

47/ 100

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for VCLN. Scores out of 100: Cost 53, Risk 74, Mission not scored, Tradability 2, Holdings 64, Durability 30. Strongest: Risk (74). Weakest: Tradability (2). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 47 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.
    CScore 53
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  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    Not scored
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  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    AScore 74
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  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    FScore 2
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  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    BScore 64
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  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    DScore 30
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Graded as of Aug 18, 2026 · Based on 5 of 6 pillars

Our read on VCLN

ETF.net Research

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.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks capital appreciation and is actively managed rather than designed to replicate a specified securities index.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Active 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.
  2. 02You pay the going rate for that active mandate: 0.59% a year, level with the median clean energy ETF.
  3. 03The mandate points at Europe and the US, so exposure leans developed-market clean energy instead of a global sweep.
  4. 04Held wide, not concentrated: well over a hundred positions, so no single broken story dominates the basket.

Worth knowing

  1. 01Thinly traded with a small asset base, so spreads can run wide and a big order can push the price around.
  2. 02Index rivals ICLN and FRNW charge 0.39%. The active mandate here costs more every year, whatever the manager does with it.
  3. 03No index to check it against, and cash comes back once or twice a year rather than monthly.

VCLN Holdings

As of Aug 19, 2026, 3:00 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
189
Top-10 weight
50%
Largest holding
FSLR8.0%

Sectors

  • Utilities39.2%
  • Industrials34.8%
  • Technology25.2%
  • Energy0.8%

Geography

  • United States43.73%
  • China9.71%
  • Spain6.57%
  • United Kingdom6.12%
  • Denmark6.12%
  • Italy5.20%

Developed 72% · Emerging 28% of the foreign sleeve

The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 2.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001FSLRFirst Solar Inc7.99%—$457K280
002BEBloom Energy Corp7.43%—$424K196
003NXTNextpower Inc6.32%—$361K189
004600900.SSChina Yangtze Power Co Ltd6.12%—$350K63
005ENPHEnphase Energy Inc4.28%—$244K135
006VWS.COVestas Wind Systems A/S4.03%—$230K121
007CWENClearway Energy Inc3.79%—$216K135
008IBE.MCIberdrola SA3.76%—$215K137
009EDP.LSEDP SA3.10%—$177K92
010PRY.MIPrysmian SpA3.05%—$174K120
011CWR.LCeres Power Holdings PLC2.85%—$163K31
012PLUGPlug Power Inc2.62%—$150K84
013IFX.DEInfineon Technologies AG2.61%—$149K144
014FORTUM.HEFortum Oyj2.37%—$136K90
015MAIRE.MIMaire SpA2.23%—$127K46

Showing 1–15 of 30 holdings

VCLN Performance

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

Performance data is unavailable.

Returns run to the last market 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 VCLN. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
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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 return data is unavailable.

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VCLN 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 unavailableLast 12 months
Payout per share
Data unavailableLast 12 months

Distribution data unavailable.

VCLN Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
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No data available
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.
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No data available
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.
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No data available
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.
1.42
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.

VCLN Cost

Expense Ratio
0.59%