ICLN Clean Energy ETF (ICLN)

ICLN Clean Energy ETF — analysis

In the clean energy group, ICLN Clean Energy ETF (ICLN) has gathered $33.3B. The cost line is 18 bps per year, the benchmark is Index Benchmark, and the fund has traded since 2006.

On the ValueMarkers VMCI-Composite read, ICLN scores 64/100. The score is the weighted average of the underlying VMCI ratings across the top 10 holdings, which together represent roughly 31% of the fund. That places ICLN in above-average composite quality territory inside the Clean Energy cohort.

ICLN compounded at 13.5% per year over the trailing five years, which compares to 13.0% on the benchmark. The 0.5-pp gap captures expense drag plus any active deviation in the strategy.

Trailing yield on ICLN is 3.00%, with distributions growing at 1.5% annualized over five years. That combination is the simplest read on whether the fund is structured for current income or distribution growth.

ICLN weight stack: top 10 names equal 31%, sector tilt Technology 32%, single-name concentration peaks at AAPL (3.93%). Those three numbers describe the fund's risk shape on a single screen.

Peer ETFs covering the same mandate as ICLN: SPY, VOO, VTI. The practical comparison runs on issuer reliability, expense ratio, holdings concentration, and tax efficiency, all of which ValueMarkers surfaces on the individual ETF pages.