ALTEX — Firsthand Alternative Energy Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-27
ALTEX — Firsthand Alternative Energy Fund. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Thematic Equity · $16.70M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
ALTEX Fund Overview
ALTEX — Firsthand Alternative Energy Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Firsthand Funds, categorised as United States Large Cap Blend / Core 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 Large Cap Blend / Core Thematic Equity
- Assets under management: $16.70M
- 1-year return: 95.5%
- 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 |
|---|---|
| Bloom Energy Corp. | 18.13% |
| Corning, Inc. | 9.88% |
| Fidelity Colchester Street Trust | 9.13% |
| Quanta Services, Inc. | 9.06% |
| Oklo, Inc. | 6.27% |
| Abb Ltd. (ch) | 4.56% |
| Axcelis Technologies, Inc. | 4.54% |
| Enphase Energy, Inc. | 3.83% |
| Williams Companies, Inc. (the) | 3.56% |
| On Semiconductor Corp. | 3.40% |
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 | 91.0% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 9.1% |
ALTEX Performance
Total returns for ALTEX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 60.9% |
| 1 year | 95.5% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 18.2% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 6.2% |
ALTEX Risk Information
Risk metrics for ALTEX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 41.1%
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 2026-06, Firsthand Alternative Energy Fund had net inflows of $3.74M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $1.50M |
| 2026-05 | −$494.03K |
| 2026-04 | $310.59K |
| 2026-03 | −$170.26K |
| 2026-02 | $70.65K |
| 2026-01 | $296.40K |
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.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-16
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-11
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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.