Exchange-traded fund
First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund
TickerQCLNsocially responsible
Fund manager
First Trust
Prison industrial complex grade: No holdings flagged by our prison industrial complex screen. Assigned a grade of A.
A
0
flagged holdings
0%
of assets flagged
Data as of 2/28/23
This fund is clean for both of our prison industrial complex categories!
For each prison industrial complex category, click to see the breakdown of flagged holdings.
Prison industry
Prison industry
Incarceration and detention facilities, services in facilities, supervision and monitoring
0 direct stock holdings
Border industry
Border industry
Incarceration and detention facilities, immigrant monitoring and surveillance, militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border
0 direct stock holdings
First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund $QCLN has no investments flagged by the Prison Free Funds list of companies involved in the prison industrial complex
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Financial performance
Performance data provided byMorningstarFind more financial data on QCLN at Morningstar.com
Current fund
QCLN
First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund
Family
First Trust
Category
Miscellaneous Sector
vs.
Benchmark
ACWI
iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Global Large-Stock Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 2/28/23
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: MSCI ACWI
ACWI - iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Higher 10-yr returns 
10% more in annualized returns
Less invested in private prison operators 
0.01% less invested
Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry 
0.46% less invested
Less invested in higher risk companies, border industry 
1.45% less invested
Less invested in higher risk companies 
1.49% less invested
Less invested in all screened prison industry companies 
9.02% less invested
Less invested in all screened border industry companies 
11.83% less invested
Less invested in all screened companies 
13.66% less invested
Current fund
QCLN
First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund
Family
First Trust
Category
Miscellaneous Sector
vs.
Benchmark
ACWI
iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Global Large-Stock Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 2/28/23
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: MSCI ACWI
ACWI - iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Higher 10-yr returns 
10% more in annualized returns
Less invested in private prison operators 
0.01% less invested
Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry 
0.46% less invested
Less invested in higher risk companies, border industry 
1.45% less invested
Less invested in higher risk companies 
1.49% less invested
Less invested in all screened prison industry companies 
9.02% less invested
Less invested in all screened border industry companies 
11.83% less invested
Less invested in all screened companies 
13.66% less invested
Current fund
QCLN
First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund
Family
First Trust
Category
Miscellaneous Sector
vs.
Benchmark
ACWI
iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Global Large-Stock Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 2/28/23
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: MSCI ACWI
ACWI - iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Higher 10-yr returns 
10% more in annualized returns
Less invested in private prison operators 
0.01% less invested
Less invested in higher risk companies, prison industry 
0.46% less invested
Less invested in higher risk companies, border industry 
1.45% less invested
Less invested in higher risk companies 
1.49% less invested
Less invested in all screened prison industry companies 
9.02% less invested
Less invested in all screened border industry companies 
11.83% less invested
Less invested in all screened companies 
13.66% less invested
Month-end trailing returns  
Annualized returns
Flagged investments
1-yr
3-yr
5-yr
10-yr
Private prison operators
This fund
QCLN - First Trust NASDAQ® Clean Edge® Green Energy Index Fund
-9.65%
27%
23%
18%
0% 
Benchmark
ACWI - iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
-8.15%
8.81%
5.88%
8.09%
<0.01% 
Fund compared to benchmark
 
-1.5%
18%
17%
10%
<0.01%  lower
Find more financial data on QCLN at Morningstar.com
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