Overview
The water industry's quiet compounders — treatment, testing, distribution and analytics companies, 42 US names led by Ferguson and Ecolab.
Top Holdings
| Ticker | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| FERG | Ferguson Enterprises | 8.3% |
| ECL | Ecolab | 8.2% |
| WAT | Waters Corp. | 7.5% |
| IDXX | IDEXX Laboratories | 7.0% |
| ROP | Roper Technologies | 6.0% |
| A | Agilent Technologies | 4.8% |
| VLTO | Veralto | 4.1% |
| TRMB | Trimble | 4.0% |
| AWK | American Water Works | 3.9% |
| XYL | Xylem | 3.8% |
Fund Details
Investment Thesis
Water infrastructure spending is as close to inevitable as capex gets: aging pipes, data-centre cooling and chip fabs all pull on the same scarce resource. A -5% year in a quality-compounder portfolio is a rare entry into the scarcity theme nobody times.
Who It's For
Long-horizon investors buying resource scarcity through profitable industrials rather than speculative plays.
10-Year History
| Year | Close | % Chg |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | $30.27 | -- |
| 2018 | $28.21 | -6.8% |
| 2019 | $38.63 | +36.9% |
| 2020 | $46.45 | +20.2% |
| 2021 | $60.84 | +31.0% |
| 2022 | $51.54 | -15.3% |
| 2023 | $60.86 | +18.1% |
| 2024 | $65.79 | +8.1% |
| 2025 | $70.41 | +7.0% |
| Year | Yield |
|---|---|
| 2016 | -- |
| 2017 | -- |
| 2018 | -- |
| 2019 | -- |
| 2020 | -- |
| 2021 | 0.05% |
| 2022 | 0.49% |
| 2023 | 0.59% |
| 2024 | 0.45% |
| 2025 | 0.54% |
| Year | AUM | % Chg |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | $1.9B | -- |
Historical figures are ETFHub estimates modelled from asset-class return patterns and may differ from official fund records. Data as of August 2026.
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