GRID — First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-21
GRID — First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
GRID Fund Overview
GRID — First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II, categorised as Europe Large Cap Blend / Core Industrials Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund II
- Category: Europe Large Cap Blend / Core Industrials Equity
- Assets under management: $12.08B
- 1-year return: 39.0%
- Ticker: GRID
- SEC CIK: 0001364608
- SEC series ID: S000026919
- Share class ID: C000081044
GRID Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Eaton Corp. PLC | 8.52% |
| Schneider Electric SE | 8.29% |
| Abb Ltd. (ch) | 8.11% |
| Quanta Services, Inc. | 8.10% |
| Johnson Controls International PLC | 7.99% |
| National Grid PLC | 4.11% |
| E.on SE | 3.88% |
| Prysmian Spa | 3.87% |
| Nvent Electric PLC | 2.87% |
| Hubbell, Inc. | 2.61% |
GRID Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.8% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.6% |
GRID Performance
Total returns for GRID (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 25.4% |
| 1 year | 39.0% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 23.4% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 16.9% |
GRID Risk Information
Risk metrics for GRID, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 21.9%
GRID Costs and Fees
GRID costs about $56 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.56%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.56%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.38 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
GRID Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund had net inflows of $7.56B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $896.33M |
| 2026-05 | $1.14B |
| 2026-04 | $1.05B |
| 2026-03 | $99.45M |
| 2026-02 | $1.33B |
| 2026-01 | $685.95M |
GRID Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
GRID Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-01-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-01-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-01-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-25
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-12-16
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2023-12-07
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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.