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Should You Invest in the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Industrials ETF (RSPN)?

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Launched on 11/01/2006, the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Industrials ETF (RSPN - Free Report) is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to provide a broad exposure to the Industrials - Broad segment of the equity market.

While an excellent vehicle for long term investors, passively managed ETFs are a popular choice among institutional and retail investors due to their low costs, transparency, flexibility, and tax efficiency.

Investor-friendly, sector ETFs provide many options to gain low risk and diversified exposure to a broad group of companies in particular sectors. Industrials - Broad is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 14, placing it in bottom 13%.

Index Details

The fund is sponsored by Invesco. It has amassed assets over $686.95 million, making it one of the average sized ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Industrials - Broad segment of the equity market. RSPN seeks to match the performance of the S&P 500 EQUAL WEIGHT INDUSTRIALS INDEX before fees and expenses.

The S&P 500 Equal Weight Industrials Index equally weights stocks in the industrials sector of the S&P 500 Index.

Costs

Since cheaper funds tend to produce better results than more expensive funds, assuming all other factors remain equal, it is important for investors to pay attention to an ETF's expense ratio.

Annual operating expenses for this ETF are 0.40%, making it on par with most peer products in the space.

It has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 0.86%.

Sector Exposure and Top Holdings

Even though ETFs offer diversified exposure that minimizes single stock risk, investors should also look at the actual holdings inside the fund. Luckily, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis.

This ETF has heaviest allocation in the Industrials sector--about 100% of the portfolio.

Looking at individual holdings, Jacobs Solutions Inc (J - Free Report) accounts for about 1.47% of total assets, followed by United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL - Free Report) and Ge Vernova Inc (GEV - Free Report) .

The top 10 holdings account for about 14.02% of total assets under management.

Performance and Risk

The ETF has added roughly 27.30% and is up about 44.44% so far this year and in the past one year (as of 11/11/2024), respectively. RSPN has traded between $38.50 and $54.55 during this last 52-week period.

The ETF has a beta of 1.12 and standard deviation of 18.30% for the trailing three-year period. With about 79 holdings, it effectively diversifies company-specific risk.

Alternatives

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Industrials ETF holds a Zacks ETF Rank of 2 (Buy), which is based on expected asset class return, expense ratio, and momentum, among other factors. Because of this, RSPN is an excellent option for investors seeking exposure to the Industrials ETFs segment of the market. There are other additional ETFs in the space that investors could consider as well.

Vanguard Industrials ETF (VIS - Free Report) tracks MSCI US Investable Market Industrials 25/50 Index and the Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLI - Free Report) tracks Industrial Select Sector Index. Vanguard Industrials ETF has $5.94 billion in assets, Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF has $21.25 billion. VIS has an expense ratio of 0.10% and XLI charges 0.09%.

Bottom Line

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