Should You Invest in the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Financials ETF (RSPF)?
Launched on 11/01/2006, the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Financials ETF (RSPF) is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to provide a broad exposure to the Financials - Broad segment of the equity market.
Retail and institutional investors increasingly turn to passively managed ETFs because they offer low costs, transparency, flexibility, and tax efficiency; these kind of funds are also excellent vehicles for long term investors.
Additionally, sector ETFs offer convenient ways to gain low risk and diversified exposure to a broad group of companies in particular sectors. Financials - Broad is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 13, placing it in bottom 19%.
Index Details
The fund is sponsored by Invesco. It has amassed assets over $265.63 million, making it one of the average sized ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Financials - Broad segment of the equity market. RSPF seeks to match the performance of the S&P 500 EQUAL WEIGHT FINANCIALS INDEX before fees and expenses.
The S&P 500 Equal Weight Financials Index equally weights stocks in the financial sector of the S&P 500 Index.
Costs
Expense ratios are an important factor in the return of an ETF and in the long term, cheaper funds can significantly outperform their more expensive counterparts, other things remaining the same.
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 2.25%.
Sector Exposure and Top Holdings
It is important to delve into an ETF's holdings before investing despite the many upsides to these kinds of funds like diversified exposure, which minimizes single stock risk. And, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis.
This ETF has heaviest allocation in the Financials sector--about 100% of the portfolio.
Looking at individual holdings, Global Payments Inc (GPN) accounts for about 1.66% of total assets, followed by Metlife Inc (MET) and Brown & Brown Inc (BRO).
The top 10 holdings account for about 15.42% of total assets under management.
Performance and Risk
So far this year, RSPF has added roughly 3.68%, and is up about 0% in the last one year (as of 09/01/2023). During this past 52-week period, the fund has traded between $49.76 and $54.83.
The ETF has a beta of 1.08. With about 73 holdings, it effectively diversifies company-specific risk.
Alternatives
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Financials ETF sports a Zacks ETF Rank of 4 (Sell), which is based on expected asset class return, expense ratio, and momentum, among other factors. RSPF, then, is not a great choice for investors seeking exposure to the Financials ETFs segment of the market. Instead, there are better ETFs in the space to consider.
Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH) tracks MSCI US Investable Market Financials 25/50 Index and the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) tracks Financial Select Sector Index. Vanguard Financials ETF has $8.74 billion in assets, Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF has $33.18 billion. VFH has an expense ratio of 0.10% and XLF charges 0.10%.
Bottom Line
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Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Financials ETF (RSPF): ETF Research Reports
MetLife, Inc. (MET) : Free Stock Analysis Report
Global Payments Inc. (GPN) : Free Stock Analysis Report
Brown & Brown, Inc. (BRO) : Free Stock Analysis Report
Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF): ETF Research Reports
Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH): ETF Research Reports
