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How Are Space ETFs Doing?

Steve LeCompte | | Posted in: Equity Premium

How do exchange-traded-funds (ETF) focused on space technology/exploration, an arguably hot theme, perform? To investigate, we consider three such ETFs, all currently available, as follows:

We use Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) as a benchmark, assuming investors look at space stocks as a way to beat other technology stocks. We focus on monthly return statistics, along with compound annual growth rates (CAGR) and maximum drawdowns (MaxDD). Using monthly total returns for the three space ETFs and QQQ as available through December 2025, we find that:

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