Yahoo Finance Is Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETF (RYT) a Strong ETF Right Now?
The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETF (RYT) made its debut on 11/01/2006, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund that provides broad exposure to the Technology ETFs category of the market.
What Are Smart Beta ETFs?
For a long time now, the ETF industry has been flooded with products based on market capitalization weighted indexes, which are designed to represent the broader market or a particular market segment.
Market cap weighted indexes offer a low-cost, convenient, and transparent way of replicating market returns, and are a good option for investors who believe in market efficiency.
There are some investors, though, who think it's possible to beat the market with great stock selection; this group likely invests in another class of funds known as smart beta, which track non-cap weighted strategies.
Non-cap weighted indexes try to choose stocks that have a better chance of risk-return performance, which is based on specific fundamental characteristics, or a mix of other such characteristics.
While this space offers a number of choices to investors, including simplest equal-weighting, fundamental weighting and volatility/momentum based weighting methodologies, not all these strategies have been able to deliver superior results.
Fund Sponsor & Index
Because the fund has amassed over $2.07 billion, this makes it one of the larger ETFs in the Technology ETFs. RYT is managed by Invesco. This particular fund seeks to match the performance of the S&P 500 Equal Weight Information Technology Index before fees and expenses.
The S&P 500 Equal Weight Information Technology Index equally weights stocks in the information technology sector of the S&P 500 Index.
Cost & Other Expenses
Cost is an important factor in selecting the right ETF, and cheaper funds can significantly outperform their more expensive cousins if all other fundamentals are the same.
Annual operating expenses for this ETF are 0.40%, making it one of the least expensive products in the space.
It's 12-month trailing dividend yield comes in at 0.65%.
Sector Exposure and Top Holdings
While ETFs offer diversified exposure, which minimizes single stock risk, a deep look into a fund's holdings is a valuable exercise. And, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis.
This ETF has heaviest allocation in the Information Technology sector - about 100% of the portfolio.
When you look at individual holdings, Epam Systems Inc (EPAM) accounts for about 1.74% of the fund's total assets, followed by Enphase Energy Inc (ENPH) and Arista Networks Inc (ANET).
RYT's top 10 holdings account for about 15.54% of its total assets under management.
Performance and Risk
The ETF has lost about -21.68% and is down about -17.54% so far this year and in the past one year (as of 11/29/2022), respectively. RYT has traded between $220.06 and $327.55 during this last 52-week period.
RYT has a beta of 1.16 and standard deviation of 30.49% for the trailing three-year period, which makes the fund a medium risk choice in the space. With about 77 holdings, it effectively diversifies company-specific risk.
Alternatives
Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETF is an excellent option for investors seeking to outperform the Technology ETFs segment of the market. There are other ETFs in the space which investors could consider as well.
Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) tracks Technology Select Sector Index and the Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT) tracks MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Index. Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF has $40.18 billion in assets, Vanguard Information Technology ETF has $40.64 billion. XLK has an expense ratio of 0.10% and VGT charges 0.10%.
Investors looking for cheaper and lower-risk options should consider traditional market cap weighted ETFs that aim to match the returns of the Technology ETFs.
Bottom Line
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Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETF (RYT): ETF Research Reports
EPAM Systems, Inc. (EPAM) : Free Stock Analysis Report
Enphase Energy, Inc. (ENPH) : Free Stock Analysis Report
Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK): ETF Research Reports
Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) : Free Stock Analysis Report
Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT): ETF Research Reports
