Betashares Global Cybersecurity 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 HACK is $48 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 · 42 securities · top 10 = 57.1%
Country
Sector
Monthly returns
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | −9.0 | −10.2 | 0.9 | 6.1 | 23.2 | 10.2 | 0.5 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 0.1 | 34.7YTD | ||
| 2025 | 5.7 | −2.9 | −5.6 | 3.3 | 7.1 | 4.3 | −0.6 | −1.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 | −4.4 | −3.4 | 5.1 |
| 2024 | 10.0 | 1.8 | −2.8 | −2.0 | −4.3 | 5.9 | 0.4 | 1.2 | −1.8 | 9.0 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 30.3 |
| 2023 | −0.9 | 8.9 | 1.7 | −3.7 | 11.7 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.7 | −2.3 | −2.1 | 9.0 | 5.5 | 38.8 |
| 2022 | −10.8 | 2.0 | 7.3 | −3.8 | −11.3 | −3.8 | 2.7 | 5.1 | −5.4 | 8.4 | −8.9 | −3.7 | −22.1 |
| 2021 | 0.2 | −7.0 | 0.7 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 9.6 | 5.7 | 6.7 | −4.2 | 3.3 | 5.4 | −1.0 | 27.0 |
| 2020 | 10.5 | −10.1 | −0.4 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 0.6 | 2.8 | 0.0 | −1.7 | −0.9 | 8.2 | 11.4 | 37.1 |
| 2019 | 6.7 | 12.5 | −1.6 | 6.2 | −5.1 | 2.7 | 7.5 | −3.1 | −3.4 | 2.0 | 8.3 | −4.6 | 29.7 |
| 2018 | 0.2 | 7.4 | 0.2 | 7.1 | 2.2 | 1.5 | −1.4 | 12.1 | 0.0 | −12.2 | 0.2 | −4.4 | 11.3 |
| 2017 | −0.7 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | −3.9 | −4.7 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 9.2 |
| 2016 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 8.9 |
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.
HACK questions answered
Written from the latest data on this page. General information only, not financial advice.
How diversified is Betashares Global Cybersecurity ETF?
Betashares Global Cybersecurity ETF holds 42 securities, and its ten largest positions make up 57.1% of the fund, more concentrated than the 35.9% typical of Global ex-Australia equity funds. That makes it moderately diversified.
Its country exposure is almost entirely United States (91.3%), and its biggest sector is Information Technology at 91.9%, based on holdings as at 2 Sept 2026.
Which ETFs does HACK double up with most?
HACK shares the most holdings with Global X Cybersecurity ETF (BUGG) (45% overlap), Betashares Cloud Computing ETF (CLDD) (16% overlap) and Global X Morningstar Global Technology ETF (TECH) (16% 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 HACK with one of them adds some genuinely different holdings.
How is Betashares Global Cybersecurity ETF managed – active or passive?
Betashares Global Cybersecurity 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 HACK?
HACK charges a management fee of 0.67% a year, about $67 for every $10,000 invested. Only 26% 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 Global X Cybersecurity ETF (BUGG) at 0.47%.
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 0.09% for HACK.
Does Betashares Global Cybersecurity ETF follow a theme?
Yes. Betashares Global Cybersecurity ETF focuses on cybersecurity, and its largest sector is Information Technology at 91.9% of the fund. Thematic funds are narrower than the broad market, so they can rise or fall much more than it does.
Other ASX funds with a cybersecurity focus include Global X Cybersecurity ETF (BUGG).
What is under the hood of HACK?
As at 2 Sept 2026, HACK's ten largest holdings are Palo Alto Networks Inc (8.9%), Fortinet Inc (8.6%), Crowdstrike Holdings Inc (8.5%), Cisco Systems Inc (7.0%), Broadcom Inc (6.3%), Cloudflare Inc (4.3%), Okta Inc (4.0%), Zscaler Inc (3.6%), F5 Inc (3.1%) and Rubrik Inc (2.8%). Together they make up 57.1% 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 57.1% compares with 35.9% for Global ex-Australia equity funds.
How well has Betashares Global Cybersecurity ETF performed?
Based on its category, Betashares Global Cybersecurity ETF aims to grow your capital in line with the index it tracks.
To 23 Oct 2026, with distributions reinvested, it returned 23.5% over 1 year (median 6.3%; ranked 9 of 121), 27.0% a year over 3 years (median 16.5% a year; ranked 6 of 82) and 15.4% a year over 5 years (median 9.2% a year; ranked 8 of 66). The medians and rankings compare it with Global ex-Australia equity funds. Since listing in 2016 it has returned 19.2% 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 HACK; 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 0.67% a year, and a much bigger gap is a warning sign.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.