ALTEX — Firsthand Alternative Energy Fund
Data updated: 2026-05-29
ALTEX — Firsthand Alternative Energy Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Thematic Equity · $10.92M AUM · 2.01% expense ratio · 70.5% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
ALTEX Fund Overview
ALTEX — Firsthand Alternative Energy Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Firsthand Funds, categorised as United States Thematic Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Firsthand Funds
- Category: United States Thematic Equity
- Assets under management: $10.92M
- 1-year return: 70.5%
- Ticker: ALTEX
- SEC CIK: 0000917124
- SEC series ID: S000018833
- Share class ID: C000052080
ALTEX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Firsthand Alternative Energy Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Fidelity Colchester Street Trust | 16.03% |
| Bloom Energy Corporation | 14.90% |
| Quanta Services, Inc. | 10.56% |
| Corning Incorporated | 8.05% |
| ABB Ltd. | 5.16% |
| Oklo, Inc. | 4.54% |
| ON Semiconductor Corp. | 4.54% |
| Vestas Wind Systems AS | 4.04% |
| BWX Technologies Inc. | 3.75% |
| Axcelis Technologies Inc. | 3.41% |
ALTEX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Firsthand Alternative Energy Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 83.8% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 16.0% |
ALTEX Performance
Total returns for ALTEX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 15.6% |
| 1 year | 70.5% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 4.9% |
| 5 years (annualised) | -0.5% |
ALTEX Risk Information
Risk metrics for ALTEX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 29.8%
ALTEX Costs and Fees
ALTEX costs about $201 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 2.01%
- Gross expense ratio: 2.11%
- Portfolio turnover: 400%
- Brokerage commissions: 7.06 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
ALTEX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-03, Firsthand Alternative Energy Fund had net inflows of $679.21K, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | −$170.26K |
| 2026-02 | $70.65K |
| 2026-01 | $296.40K |
| 2025-12 | $977.74K |
| 2025-11 | −$65.74K |
| 2025-10 | $158.39K |
ALTEX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Firsthand Alternative Energy Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
ALTEX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Firsthand Alternative Energy Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.