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Global X Big Data & Hardware Index ETF Class A (HBGD : TSX)

Sector Equity

Close
(05-05-2026)
$69.10
Change
$2.37 (3.55%)
Open $68.29
Day Range $68.29 - $69.18
Volume 3,219

As at March 31, 2026

As at March 31, 2026

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Global X Big Data & Hardware Index ETF Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (June 20, 2018): 26.18%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund -9.89% 1.27% 6.59% 1.27% 92.74% 30.98% 44.26% 19.92% 12.26% 39.18% 32.67% - - -
Benchmark -4.32% 3.93% 10.43% 3.93% 34.83% 24.96% 21.18% 13.97% 15.19% 19.59% 14.05% 13.29% 11.94% 12.59%
Category Average -3.60% -4.87% -4.87% -4.70% 17.25% 9.56% 14.92% 8.74% 6.91% 13.30% 10.64% 10.87% 11.17% 11.65%
Category Rank - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund 4.37% 13.96% 15.57% 3.02% 4.50% 22.19% 20.28% -12.11% -0.44% 14.56% -1.90% -9.89%
Benchmark -0.10% 5.56% 2.91% 1.69% 4.96% 5.40% 0.97% 3.86% 1.32% 0.84% 7.72% -4.32%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

35.94% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-21.63% (June 2022)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Fund - - - 44.26% 116.63% 57.51% -56.20% 126.85% 16.45% 52.95%
Benchmark 21.08% 9.10% -8.89% 22.88% 5.60% 25.09% -5.84% 11.75% 21.65% 31.68%
Category Average -0.43% 20.39% 1.55% 22.37% 29.99% 15.34% -25.24% 26.53% 20.41% 15.55%
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - - - - -
Category Rank - - - - - - - - - -

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

126.85% (2023)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-56.20% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 52.81
International Equity 46.59
Canadian Equity 2.37
Cash and Equivalents -1.77

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 68.84
Financial Services 13.05
Real Estate 5.79
Consumer Services 1.37
Energy 1.34
Other 9.61

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 53.41
Asia 32.67
Europe 10.47
Africa and Middle East 1.74
Latin America 1.70
Other 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Macronix International Co Ltd 4.79
Dell Technologies Inc Cl C 3.33
ARM Holdings PLC - ADR 3.30
Western Digital Corp 3.30
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 3.15
Equinix Inc 3.00
Ovh Groupe SA 2.81
Digital Realty Trust Inc 2.79
Lattice Semiconductor Corp 2.67
Ibiden Co Ltd 2.67

Equity Style

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Fixed Income Style

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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Global X Big Data & Hardware Index ETF Class A

Median

Other - Sector Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 38.98% 40.02% -
Beta 1.41% 1.76% -
Alpha 0.16% -0.07% -
Rsquared 0.17% 0.30% -
Sharpe 1.04% 0.41% -
Sortino 2.12% 0.67% -
Treynor 0.29% 0.09% -
Tax Efficiency 99.36% - -
Volatility Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 10 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 38.97% 38.98% 40.02% -
Beta 0.81% 1.41% 1.76% -
Alpha 0.49% 0.16% -0.07% -
Rsquared 0.05% 0.17% 0.30% -
Sharpe 1.84% 1.04% 0.41% -
Sortino 4.41% 2.12% 0.67% -
Treynor 0.89% 0.29% 0.09% -
Tax Efficiency 99.69% 99.36% - -

Fund Details

Start Date June 20, 2018
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Annual
Assets ($mil) -
52 Week High $67.17
52 Week Low $26.96
Annual Dividend $0.18
Annual Yield -
Index Solactive Blockchain Technology & Hardware Index
Shares Outstanding -
Registered Plan Eligible Yes

ETF Characteristics

Exposure 1x performance
Asset Class High -
Asset Class Medium -
Asset Class Low -
Leveraged -
Inverse -
Advisor Series -
Covered Call Strategy No

Investment Objectives

The ETF seeks to replicate, to the extent possible, the performance of the Solactive Big Data & Hardware Index, net of expenses. The Solactive Big Data & Hardware Index tracks a portfolio of global companies focusing directly on data development, storage, and management-related services and solutions as well as hardware and hardware-related services used in data-intensive applications such as blockchain.

Investment Strategy

To achieve HBGD’s investment objective, HBGD invests and holds the equity securities of the Constituent Issuers in substantially the same proportion as its Underlying Index. Although HBGD may provide exposure to cryptocurrency miners, cryptocurrency exchanges and other companies which may themselves have exposure to cryptocurrency miners, cryptocurrency exchanges and/or cryptocurrency

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Global X Investments Canada Inc.

Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Global X Investments Canada Inc.

Custodian

CIBC Mellon Trust Company

Registrar

TSX Trust Company

Distributor

-

Fees

MER 0.64%
Management Fee 0.45%

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