CTEC ETF — Global X CleanTech ETF

Global X CleanTech ETF (CTEC)

Updated October 16, 2026.

CTEC is an ETF that tracks the Indxx Global CleanTech Index. its distribution rate is 0.28%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.67%, its expense ratio is 0.50%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 13/100 (High risk). Total return is -30.0% over the past 6 years, 180.8 points behind SPY at 150.8%.

Global X CleanTech ETF tracks the Indxx Global CleanTech Index, holding companies positioned to benefit from renewable energy efficiency improvements and technologies that reduce environmental impacts of resource consumption. The fund carries a modest distribution rate with semi-annual payments and has a low expense ratio of 0.50%. It appeals to investors seeking equity exposure to the cleantech sector with a small asset base and a non-diversified structure concentrated in index constituents.

CTEC performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is -30.0% over the past 6 years, 180.8 points behind SPY at 150.8%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -8.0%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 34.9%.

CTEC key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

13 · High risk

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.04%

Issuer

Global X

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

10/27/2020

Expense ratio

0.50%

Distribution rate

0.28%

Distribution frequency

Semi-Annual

Trailing yield

0.67%

Last close

$52.72 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$22,375,837

Average volume

5868.0

Dividend

$0.07465

Ex-dividend date

06/29/2026

Payment date

07/07/2026

Beta

2.02

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (0.28%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.67%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Global X or company page; Index: Indxx Global CleanTech Index; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

CTEC risks and drawbacks

CTEC's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are semi-annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 34.9%.

Who may consider CTEC — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (CTEC pays semi-annual); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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Tagged: Technology, Energy, Index, Clean Energy.

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