SPHD vs. VPU ETF Comparison

Comparison of PowerShares S&P 500 High Dividend Portfolio (SPHD) to Vanguard Utilities ETF - DNQ (VPU)
SPHD

PowerShares S&P 500 High Dividend Portfolio

SPHD Description

The PowerShares S&P 500® High Dividend Portfolio (the “Fund”) seeks investment results that generally correspond (before fees and expenses) to the price and yield of the S&P 500 Low Volatility High Dividend Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Fund generally will invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Underlying Index. Standard & Poor’s® compiles, maintains and calculates the Underlying Index, which is composed of 50 securities traded on the S&P 500 Index that historically have provided high dividend yields and low volatility. The Fund and the Index are rebalanced and reconstituted semi-annually, in January and July

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$50.87

Average Daily Volume

654,313

Number of Holdings *

50

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
VPU

Vanguard Utilities ETF - DNQ

VPU Description The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Utilities 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the utilities sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). It attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. The fund is non-diversified.

Grade (RS Rating)

Last Trade

$176.73

Average Daily Volume

210,461

Number of Holdings *

66

* may have additional holdings in another (foreign) market
Performance
Period SPHD VPU
30 Days 0.97% 0.94%
60 Days 2.31% 3.03%
90 Days 4.89% 9.04%
12 Months 32.94% 35.77%
10 Overlapping Holdings
Symbol Grade Weight in SPHD Weight in VPU Overlap
D C 2.38% 3.77% 2.38%
DUK C 1.68% 6.71% 1.68%
EIX B 1.84% 2.39% 1.84%
ES C 1.9% 1.75% 1.75%
ETR B 2.21% 2.49% 2.21%
EVRG A 2.18% 1.05% 1.05%
EXC C 1.8% 2.97% 1.8%
FE C 1.75% 1.73% 1.73%
PNW A 2.02% 0.75% 0.75%
WEC A 1.93% 2.28% 1.93%
SPHD Overweight 40 Positions Relative to VPU
Symbol Grade Weight
MO A 3.1%
BMY B 2.97%
KMI A 2.93%
T A 2.72%
VZ C 2.68%
CCI C 2.52%
OKE A 2.52%
SPG A 2.46%
VICI C 2.42%
PM B 2.32%
WMB A 2.28%
KVUE A 2.26%
K A 2.26%
GILD C 2.24%
O C 2.14%
PFE F 2.13%
AMCR C 2.06%
VTRS A 2.01%
UPS C 1.98%
KHC F 1.94%
LYB F 1.88%
CAG F 1.84%
FRT B 1.84%
HST C 1.82%
DOW F 1.8%
PRU A 1.78%
IBM C 1.77%
IPG D 1.75%
DRI B 1.69%
CSCO B 1.68%
CVX A 1.65%
MDT D 1.55%
GIS D 1.49%
SJM D 1.48%
OMC C 1.43%
HRL D 1.42%
XOM B 1.39%
EMN C 1.38%
ABBV F 1.37%
JNJ C 1.3%
SPHD Underweight 56 Positions Relative to VPU
Symbol Grade Weight
NEE C -12.29%
SO C -7.22%
CEG C -6.26%
SRE A -3.98%
AEP C -3.93%
PEG A -3.36%
VST A -3.28%
PCG A -3.1%
XEL A -2.8%
ED C -2.65%
AWK C -2.03%
DTE C -1.94%
PPL A -1.81%
AEE A -1.75%
ATO A -1.58%
CMS C -1.57%
NRG B -1.42%
CNP A -1.32%
NI A -1.19%
LNT A -1.16%
AES F -0.88%
WTRG B -0.76%
OGE A -0.61%
IDA A -0.4%
NFG A -0.4%
UGI C -0.38%
POR C -0.37%
NJR A -0.34%
SWX B -0.32%
ORA B -0.32%
BKH A -0.31%
OGS A -0.3%
SR A -0.28%
ALE A -0.28%
PNM B -0.28%
MGEE B -0.25%
NWE B -0.25%
CWT C -0.23%
AWR B -0.23%
OTTR C -0.22%
AVA A -0.22%
AGR A -0.21%
CPK A -0.2%
CWEN C -0.18%
NEP F -0.14%
HE C -0.13%
SJW F -0.13%
NWN A -0.11%
MSEX C -0.08%
CWEN C -0.07%
UTL B -0.07%
NOVA F -0.05%
YORW F -0.04%
AMPS C -0.02%
MNTK F -0.02%
ARTNA F -0.02%
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