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

Sector Equity

Close
(08-24-2026)
$70.20
Change
-$1.75 (-2.43%)
Open $70.96
Day Range $70.31 - $71.06
Volume 4,723

As at July 31, 2026

As at July 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): 29.87%

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 -22.17% 2.63% 20.67% 38.24% 85.80% 50.44% 43.02% 42.83% 22.16% 37.39% 36.97% 31.00% - -
Benchmark 1.22% 4.29% 11.58% 12.52% 32.26% 26.70% 22.93% 19.08% 14.95% 17.20% 14.87% 13.32% 13.15% 12.50%
Category Average -4.44% 14.32% 14.32% 14.49% 22.00% 17.58% 18.40% 17.23% 9.30% 12.34% 13.31% 12.49% 13.15% 12.87%
Category Rank - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Quartile Ranking - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul
Fund 4.50% 22.19% 20.28% -12.11% -0.44% 14.56% -1.90% -9.89% 33.01% 31.63% 0.18% -22.17%
Benchmark 4.96% 5.40% 0.97% 3.86% 1.32% 0.84% 7.72% -4.32% 3.81% 2.52% 0.50% 1.22%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

35.94% (November 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-22.17% (July 2026)

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 56.32
International Equity 40.66
Canadian Equity 1.59
Cash and Equivalents 1.44
Other -0.01

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 57.13
Financial Services 11.37
Real Estate 5.00
Industrial Goods 2.41
Energy 1.99
Other 22.10

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 59.35
Asia 26.78
Europe 6.33
Other 7.54

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Ambarella Inc 2.76
Digital Realty Trust Inc 2.60
Getac Holdings Corp 2.52
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co 2.45
Equinix Inc 2.41
Adata Technology Co Ltd 2.41
NVIDIA Corp 2.36
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 2.34
Dell Technologies Inc Cl C 2.32
CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC 2.29

Equity Style

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Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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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 47.19% 45.30% -
Beta 2.07% 1.95% -
Alpha 0.02% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.23% 0.29% -
Sharpe 0.91% 0.60% -
Sortino 1.86% 1.05% -
Treynor 0.21% 0.14% -
Tax Efficiency 99.53% 99.18% -
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 61.21% 47.19% 45.30% -
Beta 1.36% 2.07% 1.95% -
Alpha 0.41% 0.02% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.06% 0.23% 0.29% -
Sharpe 1.27% 0.91% 0.60% -
Sortino 2.78% 1.86% 1.05% -
Treynor 0.57% 0.21% 0.14% -
Tax Efficiency 99.76% 99.53% 99.18% -

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) $53
52 Week High $92.62
52 Week Low $34.87
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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