What Does Betashares Nasdaq 100 ETF (ASX:NDQ) Hold? NVIDIA, Apple and Microsoft Lead 102 Companies

Sonal Goyal

28 October 2026 12:53 AM AEDT

What Does Betashares Nasdaq 100 ETF (ASX:NDQ) Hold? NVIDIA, Apple and Microsoft Lead 102 Companies

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Key Highlights

Betashares Nasdaq 100 ETF (ASX:NDQ) uses a passive approach to track the Nasdaq 100 Index, before fees and expenses.
NVIDIA (8.52%), Apple (7.42%) and Microsoft (6.01%) lead 102 holdings, with the top ten making up 46.38% of the portfolio.
Technology is 59.05% of the portfolio, fund size is $8.98 billion and the management fee is 0.48%.

Betashares Nasdaq 100 ETF (ASX:NDQ) is an exchange traded fund that employs a passive management approach with the aim of tracking the performance of the Nasdaq 100 Index, before fees and expenses. Admitted to the ASX on 26 May 2015, the fund has a fund size of $8.98 billion, is benchmarked to the NASDAQ 100 NR USD index and carries a management fee of 0.48%. This article covers its holdings, sector mix and distributions.

Exposure and Investment Approach

The fund is categorised as Equity North America, a category that invests in the securities of companies listed in the USA and/or Canada. It holds 102 companies, and its turnover ratio is 8.19%.

Portfolio Composition

The fund holds 102 holdings. Its largest positions are NVIDIA Corporation (8.52%), Apple Inc. (7.42%), Microsoft Corporation (6.01%), Micron Technology, Inc. (4.76%), Amazon.com Inc (4.45%), and the top ten holdings together account for 46.38% of the portfolio.

The remaining top ten positions are Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (3.38%), Alphabet Inc. (3.15%), Tesla Inc (2.93%), Alphabet Inc. (2.92%), Broadcom Inc (2.80%).

By sector, the portfolio is allocated as follows: Technology 59.05%, Communication Services 12.68%, Consumer Cyclical 11.09%, Consumer Defensive 6.23%, Industrials 4.09%, Healthcare 4.01%, Utilities 1.14%, Basic Materials 1.00%.

By size, 100% of the portfolio is in companies above $1 billion in market capitalisation. Geographic exposure is United States (97.27%), Canada (0.97%), the Netherlands (0.87%), Brazil (0.43%), China (0.25%) and the United Kingdom (0.21%).

Key Features to Understand

Sector weights are tilted towards technology at 59.05%, compared with 40.54% for the Equity North America category, while financial services is only 0.20%. The top ten holdings include several semiconductor and software companies alongside Amazon, Alphabet, Tesla and Broadcom, and all of the portfolio is in companies above $1 billion in market capitalisation.

Distribution Details

The fund's most recent recorded distribution was a final distribution of $0.901 per unit, with an ex-date of 1 July 2026, a record date of 2 July 2026 and payment on 16 July 2026.

Fund Details at a Glance

Fund name: Betashares Nasdaq 100 ETF (ASX:NDQ)
Issuer: Betashares
Category: Equity North America
Benchmark: NASDAQ 100 NR USD
Admitted to the ASX: 26 May 2015
Fund size: $8.98 billion
Management fee: 0.48%
ISIN: AU000000NDQ6

Recent Announcements

Recent announcements include an annual report on 25 September 2026, units on issue disclosures for August and September 2026 and estimated annual distribution component information on 8 July 2026.

Final Takeaway

Betashares Nasdaq 100 ETF provides passive exposure to 102 Nasdaq-listed companies, with technology as the dominant sector and a 0.48% management fee. Its most recent distribution was a final distribution of $0.901 per unit, paid on 16 July 2026.

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