Global X Battery Tech & Lithium ETF
Performance
Total return to 23 Oct 2026, distributions reinvested, before franking. ASX figures are to 30 Sept 2026 and gross of franking, so they run higher for franked Australian funds.
What it costs to hold
Management fee plus trading costs, compared with similar funds.
A typical fund among Global ex-Australia equity funds would cost $297 (0.59% a year), so ACDC is $60 dearer.
Spread is the average gap between buying and selling prices on the ASX. Fees are shown on a flat balance, not compounded on growth. Excludes tax and any adviser or platform fees.
Calendar-year returns
Where the money is
Look-through exposure as at 2 Sept 2026 · 46 securities · top 10 = 29.7%
Country
Monthly returns
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.7 | 3.6 | −5.7 | 18.6 | 4.9 | −10.6 | −13.7 | 2.1 | −4.7 | −17.0 | −20.0YTD | ||
| 2025 | 2.3 | −3.5 | −5.4 | −0.0 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 8.2 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 59.6 |
| 2024 | −5.4 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 1.8 | −0.7 | −6.7 | 1.6 | −4.8 | 3.5 | 0.2 | −0.3 | 7.2 | 7.6 |
| 2023 | 7.7 | 3.3 | 1.5 | −0.3 | 4.9 | 7.0 | −1.3 | −3.5 | −6.5 | −11.4 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 7.3 |
| 2022 | −2.2 | −5.4 | 1.1 | −4.8 | 3.1 | −10.7 | 7.0 | 4.3 | −3.8 | 8.2 | 4.5 | −7.9 | −8.3 |
| 2021 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 1.5 | −0.2 | −1.7 | 3.6 | −1.9 | 20.6 |
| 2020 | 6.3 | −6.4 | −10.0 | 8.1 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 9.3 | −1.6 | 6.0 | 23.3 | 5.3 | 63.2 |
| 2019 | 4.2 | 4.6 | −3.9 | 5.2 | −6.6 | 4.8 | 2.5 | −6.3 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 18.9 |
| 2018 | 2.0 | −7.6 | −0.3 | −5.8 | −11.4 |
Total return each month in %, distributions reinvested, before franking. The latest month runs to the last price date. The first year starts from listing.
Top holdings
Most similar funds
Overlap is the share of the portfolio held in common, look-through. Correlation is of daily returns. High overlap means close substitutes.
ACDC questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is Global X Battery Tech & Lithium ETF?
Global X Battery Tech & Lithium ETF holds 46 securities, and its ten largest positions make up 29.7% of the fund, more spread out than the 36.4% typical of Global ex-Australia equity funds. That makes it moderately diversified.
Its largest country exposure is United States at 29.1%, based on holdings as at 2 Sept 2026.
Which ETFs does ACDC double up with most?
ACDC shares the most holdings with Betashares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility ETF (DRIV) (17% overlap) and Betashares Climate Change Innovation ETF (ERTH) (15% overlap). Overlap is the share of the portfolio the two funds hold in common, looking through to the underlying securities.
None of these overlaps is above half, so pairing ACDC with one of them adds some genuinely different holdings.
How is Global X Battery Tech & Lithium ETF managed – active or passive?
Global X Battery Tech & Lithium ETF is passively managed: it follows an index and holds what that index holds, rather than relying on a manager's stock picks.
Among Global ex-Australia equity funds, active funds charge a median 0.75% a year and index funds 0.45%.
What will I pay in fees for ACDC?
ACDC charges a management fee of 0.69% a year, about $69 for every $10,000 invested. Only 23% of the 471 ASX ETFs we track charge more, and the median fee is 0.44%. Among Global ex-Australia equity funds, the median is 0.55%.
Lower-cost funds with a similar focus include ETFS Global Lithium Miners ETF (VOLT) at 0.49%.
The fee is taken from the fund's assets and is already reflected in its returns. You'll also pay brokerage when you buy or sell, and the bid-ask spread, which has averaged 0.11% for ACDC.
Does Global X Battery Tech & Lithium ETF follow a theme?
Yes. Global X Battery Tech & Lithium ETF focuses on batteries and lithium. Thematic funds are narrower than the broad market, so they can rise or fall much more than it does.
Other ASX funds with a batteries and lithium focus include ETFS Global Lithium Miners ETF (VOLT).
What is under the hood of ACDC?
As at 2 Sept 2026, ACDC's ten largest holdings are Panasonic Holdin (3.7%), Hitachi Ltd (3.2%), Siemens AG-Reg (3.1%), Tdk Corp (3.0%), Rio Tinto PLC (2.9%), Zijin Mining-H (2.9%), Ngk Corp (2.9%), Abb Ltd-Reg (2.7%), Contemporary A-H (2.7%) and Mineral Resource (2.7%). Together they make up 29.7% of the fund.
It follows an index; the issuer's PDS sets out how that index chooses and weights its holdings. Its top 10 weighting of 29.7% compares with 36.4% for Global ex-Australia equity funds.
How well has Global X Battery Tech & Lithium ETF performed?
Based on its category, Global X Battery Tech & Lithium ETF aims to grow your capital in line with the index it tracks.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned −12.1% over 1 year (median 6.3%; ranked 110 of 121), 12.3% a year over 3 years (median 16.8% a year; ranked 63 of 82) and 6.6% a year over 5 years (median 9.4% a year; ranked 50 of 66). The medians and rankings compare it with Global ex-Australia equity funds. Since listing in 2018 it has returned 13.6% a year.
Tracking difference is the gap between a fund's return and its index's return. We don't hold index returns, so we can't measure it for ACDC; the issuer reports it in the monthly fact sheet. As a guide, a well-run index fund trails its index by about its fee, here 0.69% a year, and a much bigger gap is a warning sign.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.