SOCL


Social Media ETF

Reasons to Consider SOCL

High Growth Potential

Commerce spending on social media platforms reached nearly $1tn in 2022 as users looked to friends, connections, and influencers to make purchasing decisions. Forecasts suggest spending could surpass $8tn by 2030.1

Global Tailwinds

Social media is one of the world’s most popular online activities, connecting over half the global population in 2023. Forecasts suggest this figure could exceed 75% by 2028.2

Unconstrained Approach

The social media theme evolves quickly and is bigger than any single company. SOCL invests accordingly, offering exposure to established household names and dynamic emerging companies across the world.

1Research and Markets, Dec 2023
2Statista, Aug 2023

Key Information As of 03/27/24

Inception Date 11/14/11
Total Expense Ratio 0.65%
Net Assets $163.58 million
NAV $40.39
Fact Sheet View the document

ETF Summary

The Global X Social Media ETF (SOCL) provides investors access to Social Media companies around the world.

ETF Objective

The Global X Social Media ETF (SOCL) seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Social Media Total Return Index.

Trading Details As of 03/27/24

Ticker SOCL
Bloomberg Index Ticker SOCL
CUSIP 37950E416
ISIN US37950E4162
Primary Exchange Nasdaq
Shares Outstanding 4,050,000
Number of Holdings 44
30-Day Median Bid-Ask Spread 0.50%

Distributions As of 03/27/24

30-Day SEC Yield -0.41%
Distribution Frequency Semi-Annually

ETF Prices As of 03/27/24

NAV $40.39 Daily Change -$0.10 -0.25%
Market Price $40.35 Daily Change $0.09 0.22%

Performance History

As of recent
(12/31/23)
As of recent
(12/31/23)
Fund NAV Market Price Index
1 Year 30.94% 31.08% 31.75%
3 Years -12.97% -12.93% -12.57%
5 Years 8.02% 8.14% 8.60%
10 Years 6.95% 6.90% 7.47%
Since Inception 8.86% 8.86% 9.44%
1 Year 17.51% 16.34% 18.21%
3 Years -17.49% -17.70% -17.11%
5 Years 5.14% 5.00% 5.69%
10 Years 6.27% 6.17% 6.78%
Since Inception 8.60% 8.54% 9.17%
Year-to-Date 30.94% 31.08% 31.75%
1 Month 2.65% 3.10% 2.69%
3 Months 12.07% 12.76% 12.21%
Since Inception 180.35% 180.21% 198.82%
Year-to-Date -1.61% -2.25% -1.53%
1 Month 2.93% 2.63% 2.95%
3 Months 1.00% 0.77% 1.12%
Since Inception 175.84% 173.90% 194.25%

Performance is shown on a total return basis (i.e., with gross income reinvested, where applicable). Cumulative return is the aggregate amount that an investment has gained or lost over time. Annualized return is the average return gained or lost by an investment each year over a given time period.

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost and current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. High short-term performance, when observed, is unusual and investors should not expect such performance to be repeated.

Top Holdings As of 03/28/24

Net Assets (%) Ticker Name SEDOL Market Price ($) Shares Held Market Value ($)
10.47 700 HK TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD BMMV2K8 38.82 408,127 15,842,301.76
9.62 META META PLATFORMS INC B7TL820 485.58 30,000 14,567,400.00
8.44 PINS PINTEREST INC- CLASS A BJ2Z0H2 34.67 368,500 12,775,895.00
8.05 035420 KS NAVER CORP 6560393 138.98 87,697 12,188,010.18
6.54 1024 HK KUAISHOU TECHNOLOGY BLC90T0 6.27 1,579,188 9,897,101.67
4.97 SNAP SNAP INC - A BD8DJ71 11.48 655,070 7,520,203.60
4.93 BIDU BAIDU INC - SPON ADR B0FXT17 105.28 70,938 7,468,352.64
4.91 MTCH MATCH GROUP INC BK80XH9 36.28 204,666 7,425,282.48
4.87 GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL A BYVY8G0 150.93 48,878 7,377,156.54
4.86 SPOT SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA BFZ1K46 263.90 27,849 7,349,351.10
4.75 035720 KS KAKAO CORP 6194037 40.41 178,001 7,192,760.93
4.62 NTES NETEASE INC-ADR 2606440 103.47 67,522 6,986,501.34
3.58 TME TENCENT MUSI-ADR BFZYWR2 11.19 484,241 5,418,656.79
3.40 3659 JP NEXON CO LTD B63QM77 16.58 310,552 5,150,388.32
2.07 KOREAN WON 0.00 4,212,253,902 3,128,879.41
2.02 IAC IAC INC BNDYF48 53.34 57,439 3,063,796.26
1.45 SPT SPROUT SOCIAL-A BKTNTS0 59.71 36,768 2,195,417.28
1.40 BILI BILIBILI INC-ADR BFNLRN6 11.20 188,662 2,113,014.40
1.31 YELP YELP INC B7KCD72 39.40 50,276 1,980,874.40
0.90 UTDI GR UNITED INTERN-RE 4354134 22.53 60,223 1,356,745.95
0.80 360 AU LIFE360 INC-CDI BJMXQ67 8.54 141,694 1,210,056.41
0.74 2371 JP KAKAKU.COM INC 6689533 12.11 92,935 1,125,266.03
0.73 CXM SPRINKLR INC-A BNKCPP6 12.27 90,570 1,111,293.90
0.57 BMBL BUMBLE INC-A BMZ2WT7 11.35 76,511 868,399.85
0.57 1357 HK MEITU INC BYYNH90 0.42 2,053,100 860,437.11
0.56 RDDT REDDIT INC-CL A BMVNLY2 49.32 17,051 840,955.32
0.45 MOMO HELLO GROUP INC -SPN ADR BM9STM3 6.21 109,697 681,218.37
0.45 YY JOYY INC-ADR BL3N3C5 30.75 22,051 678,068.25
0.44 TRST LN TRUSTPILOT GROUP PLC BNK9TP5 2.51 266,502 669,276.51
0.37 WB WEIBO CORP-SPON ADR BLLJ4H7 9.09 61,300 557,217.00
0.37 067160 KS AFREECATV CO LTD 6724508 91.44 6,038 552,109.79
0.36 2432 JP DENA CO LTD B05L364 9.87 55,413 546,825.57
0.35 FVRR FIVERR INTERNATIONAL LTD BKKDH30 21.07 25,233 531,659.31
0.30 2121 JP MIXI INC B1BSCX6 17.26 26,105 450,535.27
0.30 VMEO VIMEO INC BNDYF15 4.09 109,421 447,531.89
0.26 RUM RUMBLE INC BMGCGK5 8.08 48,719 393,649.52
0.24 YALA YALLA GROUP LTD BMY5866 4.81 76,024 365,675.44
0.20 HUYA HUYA INC-ADR BF4NQP6 4.55 65,772 299,262.60
0.16 KIND NEXTDOOR HOLDINGS INC BMFPWT6 2.25 110,411 248,424.75
0.14 GRPN GROUPON INC BMTD360 13.34 15,695 209,371.28
0.11 078340 KS COM2US CORP B232R27 31.49 5,148 162,135.71
0.09 ANGI ANGI INC BF4VWH4 2.62 52,188 136,732.56
0.08 3632 JP GREE INC B3FJNX6 3.18 36,250 115,208.63
0.08 4449 JP GIFTEE INC BJDS4D4 8.83 12,925 114,181.01
0.06 8044 TT PCHOME ONLINE INC B05DVL1 1.06 83,626 88,842.91
0.04 CASH 1.00 62,869 62,869.08
-0.18 JAPANESE YEN 0.01 -41,847,180 -276,501.90
-1.76 OTHER PAYABLE & RECEIVABLES 1.00 -2,668,590 -2,668,589.77
Holdings are subject to change. "Cash" denotes U.S. dollars.

Exposure As of 02/29/24

Sector Weight (%)
Communication Services 96.7
Information Technology 2.7
Consumer Discretionary 0.5
Financials 0.1

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Industry Weight (%)
Internet Software/Services 89.2
Information Technology Services 6.9
Packaged Software 2.3
Other Consumer Services 0.6
Financial Conglomerates 0.4
Data Processing Services 0.4
Advertising/Marketing Services 0.1
Recreational Products 0.1

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Country Weight (%)
United States 43.4
China 28.5
South Korea 14.7
Luxembourg 7.2
Japan 4.5
Germany 0.8
Britain 0.4
Israel 0.3
Uae 0.2
Taiwan 0.1

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All Sector, Industry and Geographic breakdowns, where provided, are based on equity positions held by the ETF and exclude cash, currencies, and other holdings.

ETF Characteristics As of 03/27/24

Return on Equity 12.20%
Weighted Avg. Market Cap 240,386 M
2023 2024
Price-to-earnings 23.07 18.18
Price-to-book value 2.36 2.10

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ETF Risk Stats As of 02/29/24

Versus Beta
S&P 500 0.96
NASDAQ-100 0.85
MSCI EAFE 1.22
MSCI Emg. Mkts 1.53
Standard Deviation 29.50%

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Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. SOCL invests in securities of companies engaged in the social media industry. The risks related to investing in such companies include disruption in service caused by hardware or software failure, interruptions or delays in service by third-parties, security breaches involving certain private, sensitive, proprietary and confidential information managed and transmitted by social media companies, and privacy concerns and laws, evolving Internet regulation and other foreign or domestic regulations that may limit or otherwise affect the operations of such companies. The business models employed by the companies in the social media industry may not prove to be successful. International investments may involve risk of capital loss from unfavorable fluctuation in currency values, from differences in generally accepted accounting principles, or from economic or political instability in other nations. SOCL is non-diversified.

Shares of ETFs are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. Beginning October 15, 2020, market price returns are based on the official closing price of an ETF share or, if the official closing price isn’t available, the midpoint between the national best bid and national best offer (“NBBO”) as of the time the ETF calculates current NAV per share. Prior to October 15, 2020, market price returns were based on the midpoint between the Bid and Ask price. NAVs are calculated using prices as of 4:00 PM Eastern Time. The returns shown do not represent the returns you would receive if you traded shares at other times. Indices are unmanaged and do not include the effect of fees, expenses or sales charges. One cannot invest directly in an index.

Carefully consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses before investing. This and other information can be found in the Fund’s summary or full prospectuses. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

Global X Management Company LLC serves as an advisor to Global X Funds. The Funds are distributed by SEI Investments Distribution Co. (SIDCO), which is not affiliated with Global X Management Company LLC or Mirae Asset Global Investments. Global X Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, issued, sold or promoted by Solactive AG, nor does Solactive AG make any representations regarding the advisability of investing in the Global X Funds. Neither SIDCO, Global X nor Mirae Asset Global Investments are affiliated with Solactive AG.