QCLN — First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-21
QCLN — First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund. United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Energy Equity. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
QCLN Fund Overview
QCLN — First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund is a US ETF managed by First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund, categorised as United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Energy 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
- Category: United States Mid Cap Blend / Core Energy Equity
- Assets under management: $836.67M
- 1-year return: 87.7%
- Ticker: QCLN
- SEC CIK: 0001329377
- SEC series ID: S000015169
- Share class ID: C000041643
QCLN Holdings
Top 10 holdings of First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Bloom Energy Corp. | 9.23% |
| Tesla, Inc. | 8.39% |
| Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 7.67% |
| On Semiconductor Corp. | 6.81% |
| First Solar, Inc. | 6.69% |
| Rivian Automotive, Inc. | 4.63% |
| Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. | 4.20% |
| Allegro Microsystems, Inc. | 3.84% |
| Vicor Corp. | 3.81% |
| Acuity, Inc. | 3.38% |
QCLN Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.7% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 2.3% |
QCLN Performance
Total returns for QCLN (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 37.5% |
| 1 year | 87.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 6.7% |
| 5 years (annualised) | -2.0% |
QCLN Risk Information
Risk metrics for QCLN, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 33.0%
QCLN Costs and Fees
QCLN costs about $59 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.59%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.59%
- Portfolio turnover: 23%
- Brokerage commissions: 2.91 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
QCLN Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund had net inflows of $97.40M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $11.13M |
| 2026-05 | $56.07M |
| 2026-04 | $52.07M |
| 2026-03 | −$9.13M |
| 2026-02 | −$40.24K |
| 2026-01 | −$4.80M |
QCLN Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
QCLN Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-30
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-21
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-23
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-13
- 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.