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Tortoise Essential Energy Fund

Shareclass
Tortoise Essential Energy Fund (TPZ)
Type
Exchange-traded fund
Fossil fuel exposure of 77.71% places the fund in the F tier, between 9% and 100% exposure.

Methodology
F
Investments in major fossil fuel companies
Evergy Inc
Macroclimate 50Top 50 coal-fired power
$2.74 MILLION
Fossil fuel holdings
Energy sector
Top 200 owners of carbon reserves
Top 200 owners of carbon reserves
Carbon Underground 200
No direct stock holdings
Coal industry
Coal industry
Coal miners, coal services, owners of coal reserves
2
holdings
$11.38M
invested
7.52%
of portfolio
Oil/gas industry
Oil/gas industry
Oil/gas producers and refiners, oil field services and equipment companies, pipeline operators
17
holdings
$90.42M
invested
60%
of portfolio
Utility sector
Top 50 coal-fired utilities
Top 50 coal-fired utilities
Macroclimate 50
1
holdings
$2.74M
invested
1.81%
of portfolio
Fossil-fired utilities
Fossil-fired utilities
Utilities burning fossil fuels or distributing gas
12
holdings
$53.55M
invested
35%
of portfolio
  When calculating a portfolio's screen exposure, we only consider long investments, ignoring any shorts or liabilities.
All fossil fuel companies
22 holdings
22 holdings
  • 1. Constellation Energy Corp
    Fossil-fired utility
    $11.08M
    7.32%
  • 2. Energy Transfer LP
    Oil/gas industry
    $10.37M
    6.85%
  • 3. Vistra Corp
    Coal industryFossil-fired utility
    $8.41M
    5.56%
  • 4. TC Energy Corp
    Oil/gas industry
    $8M
    5.29%
  • 5. Williams Companies Inc
    Oil/gas industry
    $7.5M
    4.96%
See all



Financial performance
Performance data provided byMorningstarFind more financial data on TPZ at Morningstar.com
Current fund
TPZ
Tortoise Essential Energy Fund
Family
Tortoise Capital Advisors, LLC
Category
Equity Energy
vs.
Benchmark
ACWI
iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Global Large-Stock Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 5/31/25
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: MSCI ACWI
ACWI - iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Lower
 10-yr returns 
-6.25% less in annualized returns
More invested in fossil fuels 
69% more invested
Lower fossil finance risk score 
20 points lower
Lower fossil insurance risk score 
17 points lower
Less invested in Clean200 
20.28% less invested
Current fund
TPZ
Tortoise Essential Energy Fund
Family
Tortoise Capital Advisors, LLC
Category
Equity Energy
vs.
Benchmark
ACWI
iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Global Large-Stock Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 5/31/25
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: MSCI ACWI
ACWI - iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Lower
 10-yr returns 
-6.25% less in annualized returns
More invested in fossil fuels 
69% more invested
Lower fossil finance risk score 
20 points lower
Lower fossil insurance risk score 
17 points lower
Less invested in Clean200 
20.28% less invested
Current fund
TPZ
Tortoise Essential Energy Fund
Family
Tortoise Capital Advisors, LLC
Category
Equity Energy
vs.
Benchmark
ACWI
iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Global Large-Stock Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 5/31/25
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: MSCI ACWI
ACWI - iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Lower
 10-yr returns 
-6.25% less in annualized returns
More invested in fossil fuels 
69% more invested
Lower fossil finance risk score 
20 points lower
Lower fossil insurance risk score 
17 points lower
Less invested in Clean200 
20.28% less invested
Month-end trailing returns  
Annualized returns
Climate analysis
1-yr
3-yr
5-yr
10-yr
Fossil fuel %
This fund
TPZ - Tortoise Essential Energy Fund
19%
15%
18%
3.15%
78% 
Benchmark
ACWI - iShares MSCI ACWI ETF
14%
12%
13%
9.39%
8.81% 
Fund compared to benchmark
 
5.12%
2.38%
4.25%
-6.25%
69%  higher
Find more financial data on TPZ at Morningstar.com
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