This ETF offers exposure to the global wind power industry, a corner of the market that may have tremendous long term potential but often exhibits significant volatility in the short term. Given FAN's narrow focus, it is likely most effective for those looking to establish a tactical tilt towards the wind power industry, either as part of a long term strategy or a shorter term move. The most noteworthy attribute of FAN is the composition of the underlying index, which includes both pure play wind power companies and firms with more broad-based operations that maintain some focus on wind power. As a result, this ETF is more broadly based than PWND (i.e., contains a greater number of holdings) but may include firms whose primary operations focus on oil and gas or auto parts, as well as diversified industrial conglomerates. The impact of this inclusion is felt on the risk/return profile; while FAN and PWND have some overlap, these products are actually quite different. If you're considering FAN for wind power exposure, be sure to take a look under the hood and understand the consequences of the index construction methodology. This fund can be an very useful tool for certain objectives, but the composition of the portfolio may be somewhat surprising as well.
The adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for FAN on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Alternative Energy Equities with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETFdb Pro. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.
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Liquidity | B+ | n/a |
Expenses | A | n/a |
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The following tables and charts contain in-depth metrics for this ETF and compare it to similar peer ETFs within its ETFdb.com Category.
Asset | Percentage |
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Common equity | 99.3% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.7% |
Sector | Percentage |
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Utilities | 56.16% |
Industrials | 41.34% |
Basic Materials | 1.72% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.7% |
Energy | 0.08% |
Market Cap | Percentage |
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Large cap | 56.26% |
Mid cap | 24.74% |
Small cap | 15.07% |
Micro cap | 3.22% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.7% |
Region | Percentage |
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Europe | 56.13% |
North America | 29.46% |
Asia-Pacific | 7.87% |
Asia | 5.84% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.7% |
Region | Percentage |
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Developed Markets (ex-US) | 75.34% |
United States | 16.96% |
Emerging Markets | 7.0% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.7% |
Country | Percentage |
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Germany | 17.33% |
United States | 16.96% |
Denmark | 16.64% |
Canada | 12.5% |
United Kingdom | 6.11% |
China | 5.84% |
Japan | 5.46% |
Italy | 4.51% |
Switzerland | 2.39% |
Spain | 2.08% |
Sweden | 1.95% |
France | 1.91% |
Australia | 1.64% |
Portugal | 1.6% |
Greece | 1.16% |
Hong Kong | 0.77% |
ETF Cash Component | 0.7% |
Netherlands | 0.46% |
This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to peers in the same ETFdb.com Category.
This ETF is not currently available for commission free trading on any platforms.
There are 10 other ETFs in the Alternative Energy Equities ETFdb.com Category that are also eligible for commission free trading:
This section shows how this ETF has performed relative to its peer group ETFdb.com Category.
This section compares the fund flows of this ETF to peers in the same ETFdb.com Category.
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This section shows how the P/E multiple of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.
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This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETFdb.com Category.
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