QCLN
First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund · First Trust
Tech & Innovation
1Y Return
-3.4%
Expense Ratio
0.59%
AUM
$0.5B
Dividend Yield
0.12%
Avg Annual Growth (10Y)
+23.3%
Issuer
First Trust

Overview

Clean energy defined broadly — fuel cells, EVs, power semiconductors and solar in one Nasdaq index, where Bloom Energy and chipmakers sit beside Tesla and First Solar.

Top Holdings

TickerHoldingWeight
BEBloom Energy9.5%
TSLATesla9.2%
ONON Semiconductor8.9%
MPWRMonolithic Power8.3%
RIVNRivian Automotive6.1%
NXTNextracker4.3%
FSLRFirst Solar3.8%
ENLTEnlight Renewable3.7%
AYIAcuity Inc.3.6%
AEISAdvanced Energy3.3%

Fund Details

Index
NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy
# Holdings
60
Inception
Feb 2007
Issuer
First Trust
Expense Ratio
0.59%
TTM Yield
0.12%
Avg Annual Growth (10Y)
+23.3%
Avg Annual Yield (10Y)
0.57%

Investment Thesis

The clean-energy fund with a semiconductor spine: ON Semi, Monolithic Power and Advanced Energy give QCLN exposure to electrification's enabling chips, not just its panels and vehicles. Bloom's fuel cells became a data-centre power story, which is why the fund's -3% year masks a violent fourth-quarter turn (+32% in 2025). The 2020 mania (+184%) and the long bust that followed mean today's buyer pays a fraction of peak for businesses that kept growing through it.

Who It's For

Energy-transition investors who want the electrification theme's hardware breadth — chips and fuel cells included — after a four-year valuation reset.

10-Year History

Annual Closing Price
YearClose% Chg
2016$15.41--
2017$20.30+31.7%
2018$17.62-13.2%
2019$24.89+41.3%
2020$70.23+182.2%
2021$67.97-3.2%
2022$47.19-30.6%
2023$42.17-10.6%
2024$33.93-19.5%
2025$44.59+31.4%
Annual Dividend Yield
YearYield
20160.49%
20170.49%
20180.95%
20190.98%
20200.65%
20210.01%
20220.29%
20230.69%
20240.85%
20250.29%
Annual AUM
YearAUM% Chg
2016$0.2B--
2017$0.2B+0.0%
2018$0.2B+0.0%
2019$0.3B+50.0%
2020$0.8B+166.7%
2021$0.7B-12.5%
2022$0.5B-28.6%
2023$0.5B+0.0%
2024$0.4B-20.0%
2025$0.5B+25.0%

Price history from exchange data. Dividend yields from reported distributions; some earlier years are derived from total-return vs price-return data or are ETFHub estimates. AUM history is an ETFHub estimate modelled from current assets and annual returns (fund flows not reflected) and may differ from official fund records. Data as of October 2026.

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