Key Highlights

  • As of July 31, 2026, the fund held USD 1,337.40 million in net Assets spread across thirty-one holdings, according to its official fact sheet.
  • The fund charges a total expense ratio of 0.50% and had gained 25.16% on a net asset value basis year to date through July 31, 2026, with a 10.03% one-year net asset value return over the same period.
  • Okta Inc (8.17%), Fortinet Inc (8.15%), and Palo Alto Networks Inc (7.85%) were the three largest holdings as of the July 31, 2026 fact sheet, together accounting for approximately one quarter of the portfolio.
  • Shares closed at USD 40.87 on September 9, 2026, within a fifty-two week trading range of USD 23.15 to USD 44.55.

Fund Objective and Investment Approach

The Global X Cybersecurity ETF (NASDAQ:BUG) is designed to track the price and Yield performance of the Indxx Cybersecurity Index, a benchmark comprising global companies positioned to benefit from increasing adoption of cybersecurity technology. Rather than confining its selection to a single sector or country, the fund employs what its issuer describes as an unconstrained approach, extending across conventional sector and geographic classifications to capture businesses engaged in network security, endpoint protection, identity and access management, and cloud security. The fund commenced operations on October 25, 2019 and, as of the July 31, 2026 fact sheet, held thirty-one total positions, positioning it as a relatively concentrated, thematically focused Equity portfolio rather than a broad-based technology fund.

Portfolio Composition and Concentration

The fact sheet's July 31, 2026 top-ten disclosure lists Okta Inc at 8.17%, Fortinet Inc at 8.15%, Palo Alto Networks Inc at 7.85%, CrowdStrike Holdings Inc Class A at 7.27%, Qualys Inc at 5.30%, Tenable Holdings Inc at 4.97%, Zscaler Inc at 4.91%, Varonis Systems Inc at 4.83%, Akamai Technologies Inc at 4.75%, and SailPoint Inc at 4.67%, collectively representing approximately 60% of the fund. By sector, the fund's own breakdown allocates 97.90% of assets to Software and Services, 1.70% to Technology Hardware and Equipment, and 0.40% to Materials. On a geographic basis, the portfolio is concentrated in the United States at 88.22%, with the remainder distributed across Israel (5.32%), Japan (4.78%), the United Kingdom (1.05%), and South Korea (0.62%), reflecting the globally distributed yet United States-centric nature of the cybersecurity software industry the index targets.

Performance and Fee Structure

The fund carries a total expense ratio of 0.50% and distributes income on a semi-annual basis; the fact sheet does not publish a distribution or thirty-day SEC yield figure, and subsequently available market data indicates a trailing Dividend Yield of approximately 0.03%, consistent with a growth-oriented equity fund that distributes modest income. On a net asset value basis, the fact sheet reports a 25.16% year-to-date return, a 10.03% one-year return, a 14.53% three-year annualized return, a 5.48% five-year annualized return, and a 15.03% annualized return since the fund's October 2019 inception, each measured as of July 31, 2026. Subsequently available market data placed shares at USD 40.87 as of September 9, 2026, within a fifty-two week range of USD 23.15 to USD 44.55, indicating continued appreciation in the weeks following the fact sheet's reporting date.

Where Things Stand

The fund provides investors a concentrated, index-based avenue for exposure to publicly traded cybersecurity companies, with a portfolio led by United States software firms including Okta, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, and CrowdStrike, a 0.50% expense ratio, and assets ranging from approximately USD 1.3 billion to USD 1.6 billion depending on the measurement date. The fund has recorded strong year-to-date gains through mid-2026, though its five-year annualized net asset value return of 5.48% reflects the extended periods of Volatility that cybersecurity equities, in common with other thematic technology segments, have experienced since the fund's 2019 launch. The durability of the fund's recent momentum is likely to depend on whether enterprise and government cybersecurity expenditure continues to expand at a pace sufficient to support the current valuations of its leading holdings.