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Battery Tech & Lithium ETF

About this ETF

Aims to track an index of companies across the battery technology and lithium value chain, including mining, refinement and battery production, before fees and expenses.

IssuerGlobal X
Management fee (MER)0.69% p.a.
Inception date30 Aug 2018
BenchmarkSolactive Battery Value-Chain Index

Scout Score

49/100
Ranked #26 of 50 in Thematic

An independent score calculated by ETF Scout across 7 real-data factors (cost, diversification, tracking, liquidity, fund strength, performance, income), ranked against other funds in the same category.

Cost16
Diversification91
Tracking32
Liquidity46
Fund Strength77
Performance—
Income98

Strengths

  • Attractive yield — 16.45%, higher than 98% of Thematic peers.
  • Well diversified — top holdings are 30.2% of the fund, less concentrated than 91% of Thematic peers.
  • Large, established fund — $599M in assets, bigger than 77% of Thematic funds.

Weaknesses

  • Higher fee — 0.69% p.a., more expensive than 84% of Thematic funds.
  • Wider index tracking — 29.67% tracking error, looser than 68% of Thematic peers.

Performance (as of 5 Nov 2026)

Total returns, net of fees. Periods longer than 1 year are annualised.

1 Month-18.29%
3 Months-23.05%
YTD-20.75%
1 Year-16.63%
3 Years (p.a.)+12.34%
5 Years (p.a.)+5.36%

Price history

Cumulative return over the selected period, indexed to 0% at the start of the range.

-35%+4%+43%+82%+121%2021-112023-022024-052025-082026-11

Top holdings (as of 13 Aug 2026)

The fund's largest individual holdings, ranked by portfolio weight.

  1. 1.Panasonic Holdin3.72%
  2. 2.Hitachi Ltd logoHitachi Ltd3.20%
  3. 3.Ngk Corp3.05%
  4. 4.Tdk Corp logoTdk Corp3.04%
  5. 5.Siemens Ag-reg3.01%
  6. 6.Fluence Energy I2.98%
  7. 7.Contemporary A-h2.95%
  8. 8.Abb Ltd-reg2.81%
  9. 9.Zijin Mining-h2.77%
  10. 10.Rio Tinto Plc logoRio Tinto Plc2.70%