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ETF Report Card for GEX

This page is a guide to GEX, the Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF offered by Market Vectors.

Last Price $52.86 -0.04%

How is GEX Categorized as an ETF?

All ETFs
1,754 funds
Asset Class
985 ETFs
Category
273 ETFs
Sub-Category
13 ETFs

How Does GEX Compare to Its Category Competitors?

The percentile shown for each metric indicates how GEX compares to other ETFs in the Sector Stock category. Wondering how percentiles work? Short version: 99th percentile is good, 0th is bad.

Assets and Yield

Assets (Millions)
$94.48
42nd Percentile
Dividend Yield
0.58%
17th Percentile

Returns

YTD Return
-2.91%
31st Percentile
5 Year Return
-3.48%
44th Percentile

Portfolio

Number of Holdings
31
27th Percentile
% Assets in Top 10
66.96%
9th Percentile

Expenses

Expense Ratio
0.62%
31st Percentile
Fund Turnover
27.00%
40th Percentile

GEX vs. Other Sector Stock ETFs: All the Data You Could Possibly Want

The table below shows additional financial metrics for GEX as well as all other ETFs in the Sector Stock category. To compare GEX to its broader asset class peer group, visit the Stock page. To compare GEX to its narrower sub-category peer group, visit the Alternative Energy ETFs page.

Click on the tabs (Expenses, Returns, Yield, Holdings) to view additional data for GEX and all ETFs in the Sector Stock category.

Ticker ETF Assets ($M) Inception Date Issuer
Category Average N/A $867.56 N/A N/A
Ticker ETF Expense Ratio Fund Turnover
Category Average N/A 0.56% 34.24%
Ticker ETF YTD 1-Month 3-Month 6-Month 1-Year 3-Year 5-Year 10-Year
Category Average N/A 1.22% 8.05% 1.38% 4.20% -9.53% 3.19% 3.62% 5.69%
Ticker ETF 12 Month Yield 30 Day SEC Yield Dividend Frequency Capital Gains Frequency
Category Average N/A 2.79% 2.34% N/A N/A
Ticker ETF Number of Holdings Number of Long Holdings Number of Short Holdings % Assets in Top 10
Category Average N/A 84 83 2 47.12%

GEX Portfolio

Asset Class Weight
US Stock Weighting 54.64%
Non US Stock Weighting 45.56%
Top Holdings Weight
Tesla Motors Inc 11.13%
Eaton Corp PLC 10.30%
Vestas Wind Systems A/S 10.21%
First Solar Inc 8.02%
Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica SA 6.60%
NIBE Industrier AB B 4.79%
Cree Inc 4.65%
Kurita Water Industries Ltd 3.92%
EnerSys 3.76%
GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd 3.58%

Other GEX Metrics

Management

Issuer
Market Vectors
Inception Date
05/03/2007
Management Style
Passive
Benchmark
Ardour Global Extra Liquid TR USD

Dividend Data

Dividend Frequency
Annually
Capital Gains Frequency
Annually
Annual Dividend
$0.31
 
 

Pricing Data

Day Range
$52.53 / $53.11
Bid/Ask
$52.82 / $53.09
52 Week Low/High
$44.16 / $64.75
 
 

Other Information

Leveraged Fund
No
 
 
 
 
 
 
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