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ETF comparison

ICLN vs QTUM

Both Thematic.

iShares Global Clean Energy ETF · Defiance Quantum ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ICLN and QTUM would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ICLN unmatched 98.9% Shared 0.0% QTUM unmatched 99.3%

Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.

In ICLN only
104 positions
Shared
0 positions
In QTUM only
86 positions

Side by side

ICLN

iShares Global Clean Energy ETF

iShares · Thematic

64 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.38%
Net assets
$2.23B
TTM yield
1.15%
Top-10 conc.
49.2%
QTUM

Defiance Quantum ETF

Defiance · Thematic

75 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$5.64B
TTM yield
1.03%
Top-10 conc.
16.9%

Sub-score comparison

62
Cost
60
76
Tax efficiency
76
72
Liquidity
89
44
Concentration
90
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Tracking quality
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ICLN sub-score QTUM

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

ICLN is 2 bps cheaper than QTUM. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for QTUM.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with ICLN vs QTUM.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in ICLN

104 total
  • FIRST SOLAR, INC. 8.06%
  • China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd. 7.83%
  • NEXTPOWER INC. 7.01%
  • BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION 6.93%
  • ENPHASE ENERGY, INC. 4.59%
  • VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S 3.63%
  • EQUATORIAL S.A. 3.30%
  • EDP, S.A. 2.70%
  • PLUG POWER INC. 2.67%
  • Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated 2.52%

Only in QTUM

86 total
  • Arqit Quantum Inc 2.41%
  • Horizon Quantum Holdings LTD 2.38%
  • Quantinuum Inc 1.57%
  • Astera Labs Inc 1.55%
  • Applied Materials Inc 1.55%
  • KLA Corp 1.50%
  • MKS Inc 1.50%
  • Onto Innovation Inc 1.49%
  • Teradyne Inc 1.48%
  • Lam Research Corp 1.43%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.