The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RSPM) was launched on 11/01/2006, and is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Materials - 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.

Sector ETFs are also funds of convenience, offering many ways to gain low risk and diversified exposure to a broad group of companies in particular sectors. Materials - 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 $267.26 million, making it one of the average sized ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Materials - Broad segment of the equity market. RSPM seeks to match the performance of the S&P 500 EQUAL WEIGHT MATERIALS INDEX before fees and expenses.

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

Costs

When considering an ETF's total return, expense ratios are an important factor, and cheaper funds can significantly outperform their more expensive counterparts in the long term if all other factors remain equal.

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 1.89%.

Sector Exposure and Top Holdings

Even though ETFs offer diversified exposure which minimizes single stock risk, it is still important to look into a fund's holdings before investing. Luckily, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis.

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

Looking at individual holdings, Freeport-Mcmoran Inc (FCX) accounts for about 4.06% of total assets, followed by Albemarle Corp (ALB) and Cf Industries Holdings Inc (CF).

The top 10 holdings account for about 37.96% of total assets under management.

Performance and Risk

The ETF has added roughly 7.96% and is up about 22.07% so far this year and in the past one year (as of 11/14/2024), respectively. RSPM has traded between $31.09 and $37.59 during this last 52-week period.

The ETF has a beta of 1.10 and standard deviation of 20.06% for the trailing three-year period. With about 29 holdings, it has more concentrated exposure than peers.