PID vs. XLU ETF Comparison
Comparison of PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers (PID) to SPDR Select Sector Fund - Utilities (XLU)
PID
PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers
PID Description
The PowerShares International Dividend Achievers™ Portfolio (Fund) is based on the NASDAQ International Dividend AchieversTM Index (Index). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in dividend paying common stocks that comprise the Index. The Index is designed to identify an international group of American Depository Receipts, Global Depositary Receipts and non-U.S. common or ordinary stocks that have qualified as International Dividend Achievers™. These companies have increased their annual dividend for five or more consecutive fiscal years. The Fund and the Index are reconstituted annually in January and rebalanced quarterly in January, April, July and October. Effective December 28, 2012, the NADAQ OMX Group, Inc., replaced Mergent, Inc., as the Index Provider of the Index. Effective February 25, 2013, the name of the Index changed from International Dividend Achievers Index to NASDAQ International Dividend Achievers Index. There will be no change to the methodology by which NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., the Index Provider, calculates the Index. Please see the Fund’s prospectus supplement for more information. On February 25, 2013, NASDAQ took the place of the NYSE as the official Index data source.
Grade (RS Rating)
Last Trade
$19.69
Average Daily Volume
92,403
23
XLU
SPDR Select Sector Fund - Utilities
XLU Description
The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded equity securities of companies in The Utilities Select Sector Index. In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes companies from the following industries: electric utilities; multi-utilities; independent power producers & energy traders; and gas utilities. The fund is non-diversified.Grade (RS Rating)
Last Trade
$81.31
Average Daily Volume
10,550,198
31
Performance
Period | PID | XLU |
---|---|---|
30 Days | 1.94% | 6.55% |
60 Days | 8.88% | 13.29% |
90 Days | 9.60% | 19.42% |
12 Months | 25.41% | 48.78% |
0 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol | Grade | Weight in PID | Weight in XLU | Overlap |
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PID Overweight 23 Positions Relative to XLU
PID Underweight 31 Positions Relative to XLU
Symbol | Grade | Weight | |
---|---|---|---|
NEE | C | -14.06% | |
SO | A | -7.98% | |
DUK | C | -7.29% | |
CEG | A | -6.59% | |
AEP | C | -4.4% | |
SRE | C | -4.26% | |
D | A | -3.93% | |
PEG | A | -3.57% | |
PCG | C | -3.46% | |
EXC | C | -3.27% | |
VST | A | -3.22% | |
XEL | C | -2.93% | |
ED | C | -2.92% | |
EIX | C | -2.73% | |
WEC | B | -2.45% | |
AWK | D | -2.29% | |
ETR | A | -2.27% | |
DTE | B | -2.13% | |
PPL | C | -1.97% | |
ES | D | -1.93% | |
AEE | A | -1.88% | |
FE | C | -1.83% | |
ATO | A | -1.74% | |
CMS | A | -1.71% | |
CNP | B | -1.55% | |
NRG | A | -1.53% | |
NI | A | -1.26% | |
LNT | B | -1.26% | |
EVRG | C | -1.16% | |
AES | C | -1.15% | |
PNW | C | -0.82% |
PID: Top Represented Industries & Keywords
XLU: Top Represented Industries & Keywords