What Is LIT? Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF
Last updated August 2026
Short answer
LIT is the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF, which holds companies across the lithium and battery supply chain: miners, battery makers, and EV producers. It is a concentrated, globally diversified bet on electrification, with heavy exposure to Chinese, Korean, and Australian names. Returns are cyclical and tied to lithium prices and EV demand, so it behaves as a thematic satellite rather than a broad core position.
LIT is issued by Global X and tracks Solactive Global Lithium Index. It charges a 0.75% expense ratio, holds approximately 1.77B in assets under management, yields about 0.64%, and launched in July 2010.
What is LIT?
LIT is the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF, which holds companies across the lithium and battery supply chain: miners, battery makers, and EV producers. It is a concentrated, globally diversified bet on electrification, with heavy exposure to Chinese, Korean, and Australian names. Returns are cyclical and tied to lithium prices and EV demand, so it behaves as a thematic satellite rather than a broad core position.
LIT is issued by Global X and tracks Solactive Global Lithium Index, so a single ticker gives you the whole portfolio of underlying holdings weighted by the index's methodology rather than by any active stock-picking.
What does LIT hold?
LIT is weighted toward its largest constituents. As of July 2026, the top holdings are:
| Rank | Ticker | Company | % of LIT | |
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| 1 | RIO | Rio Tinto PLC ADR | 20.01% | |
| 2 | 002371 | NAURA Technology Group Co Ltd Class A | 7.89% | |
| 3 | 6752 | Panasonic Holdings Corp | 6.19% | |
| 4 | 6762 | TDK Corp | 5.79% | |
| 5 | ALB | Albemarle Corp | 4.64% | |
| 6 | TSLA | Tesla Inc | 4.55% | |
| 7 | 006400 | Samsung SDI Co Ltd | 4.07% | |
| 8 | 300014 | EVE Energy Co Ltd Class A | 3.75% | |
| 9 | 300750 | Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd Class A | 3.66% | |
| 10 | 373220 | LG Energy Solution Ltd | 3.22% |
The remaining holdings make up the balance of the fund, with weights tapering off below the top names. Because the index reconstitutes on a rolling basis, the roster stays current without active management. Each ticker above links to its individual stock guide in Walnut.
Themes LIT is commonly used to express
ETFs are passive bundles; thematic portfolios in Walnut let you concentrate within them. If you hold LIT as a core position, these are the themes you might layer on as satellites.
How do I invest in LIT?
There are three common ways to get LIT exposure. Buy shares (or fractional shares) of LIT directly at any major broker that lists it. Hold it as a core position and layer more concentrated ideas on top. Or build it into a thematic portfolio in Walnut, so LIT sits alongside other holdings that express the same thesis, with target weights you can rebalance toward. LIT trades like a stock during market hours, so you buy it the same way you would any listed share.
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Is LIT a good buy?
Whether LIT is a good buy depends less on any single call and more on your time horizon and what you already hold: it tracks Solactive Global Lithium Index, so the real question is whether you want that exposure in your mix and at what weight. We walk through valuation, concentration, and what would have to be true for it to outperform from here in is LIT a buy?
The bottom line on LIT
LIT packages the lithium and battery supply chain into one ticker, from miners to cell makers to EV producers, giving concentrated exposure to the electrification theme. It is cyclical and volatile, swinging with lithium prices and EV demand, and heavily weighted to overseas companies. It fits as a thematic satellite, not a diversified core, at a 0.75% fee.
More on LIT
Whether LIT is worth buying today depends more on your time horizon and what you already hold than on any single call. We walk through valuation, concentration, and what would have to be true for it to outperform from here in is LIT a buy?
LIT yields 0.64% as of July 2026, paid by passing through the dividends of its underlying holdings. For the payout schedule, history, and how the distributions are taxed, see LIT dividend: yield and schedule.
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FAQ
What is LIT?
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LIT is the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF, issued by Global X. It holds companies across the lithium and battery supply chain, from lithium miners and refiners to battery cell and component makers and some EV producers, tracking the Solactive Global Lithium Index.
What is LIT's ticker symbol?
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LIT, listed on NYSE Arca. It is one of the best-known thematic ETFs for playing the lithium and battery supply chain in a single ticker, launched by Global X in 2010.
What companies are in LIT?
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LIT holds miners like Rio Tinto and Albemarle, battery makers such as Panasonic, TDK, Samsung SDI, LG Energy Solution, EVE Energy, and CATL, plus Tesla and other names across the chain. It is heavily weighted to international companies. See the top-10 table above for current weights.
Is LIT a China-heavy fund?
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It has significant exposure to Chinese battery and materials companies such as CATL, EVE Energy, and NAURA, alongside Korean, Japanese, and Australian names. This global spread reflects where battery manufacturing is concentrated, but it also means currency, regulatory, and geopolitical exposure beyond the US.
What is LIT's expense ratio?
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0.75% per year, about $75 annually on a $10,000 position. This is typical for a specialized thematic ETF and higher than a broad-market index fund, reflecting the cost of building and maintaining a global single-theme portfolio.
Does LIT pay a dividend?
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It pays a modest dividend, with a reported yield of about 0.64%. Income is not the point of the fund; LIT is designed for exposure to the growth of the battery and electrification theme, so distributions are small and secondary to price performance.
What is LIT's AUM?
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Approximately 1.77B as of July 2026. Assets in thematic funds like LIT tend to rise and fall with investor enthusiasm for the underlying theme, in this case lithium prices and EV demand.
Is LIT a good investment?
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It depends on your conviction in electrification and your risk tolerance. LIT is concentrated and cyclical, so it can outperform sharply when lithium and EV demand rise and fall hard when they cool. It works as a thematic satellite, not a core holding. Walnut is not an investment adviser.
How volatile is LIT?
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Quite volatile. As a single-theme fund tied to lithium prices, EV sales, and battery-supply cycles, LIT can swing far more than a diversified index fund. Lithium prices in particular have gone through large boom-and-bust cycles that flow directly into the fund's holdings.
How do I buy LIT?
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LIT trades like a stock on NYSE Arca during US market hours through brokers such as Robinhood, Fidelity, Schwab, and Public. Fractional shares are available at many brokers, which helps size a thematic position precisely within a larger portfolio.
LIT vs BATT: what is the difference?
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Both target the battery and lithium theme. LIT (Global X) tracks the Solactive Global Lithium Index and leans toward lithium miners and large battery makers. Competing funds like BATT weight the supply chain differently, sometimes with more metals or EV exposure. Holdings and index methodology are the key distinctions.
What drives LIT's performance?
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Lithium prices, electric-vehicle sales, battery demand and pricing, and the profitability of miners and cell makers. Government EV incentives, supply gluts or shortages, and technology shifts in battery chemistry all feed into the fund's holdings and its returns.
Is LIT diversified?
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It is diversified across the battery supply chain and across countries, but it is not diversified across the broad market. Everything in LIT is tied to one theme, so it should be treated as a concentrated tilt rather than a substitute for a broad equity fund.
When was LIT created?
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LIT launched in July 2010, issued by Global X. It was one of the earliest thematic ETFs to package the lithium and battery supply chain, well before the electric-vehicle boom made the theme mainstream.
How do I compare LIT to similar ETFs?
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Put a few fields side by side: the expense ratio (fees compound over decades), the index or strategy it tracks, the top holdings and how much they overlap with what you already own, the dividend yield, and the AUM, liquidity, and bid-ask spread that affect trading costs. For index funds, tracking error (how closely it follows its index) and tax efficiency matter too. LIT's figures are above; the full method is in Walnut's guide on how to compare ETFs.
Guides that feature LIT
LIT is one of the names covered in these guides. Each one puts the fund next to its peers so you can see where it fits rather than judging it alone.
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Walnut is informational, not investment advice. Holdings weights and fund statistics on this page are approximations stamped to July 2026; verify current figures against Global X's fund page or your broker before investing.