Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF

RSPS

Valor de mercado US$ 462 mi

iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF has a lower expense ratio and much larger assets under management than Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF. Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF provides a higher dividend yield but has significantly underperformed on a total-return basis over the last year.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Consumer Staples - Broad segment of the equity market, the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (RSPS) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on November 1, 2006.

Beverage, food, and personal care subsectors are notably undervalued, though food quality scores have deteriorated. The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF offers balanced sector exposure with a value tilt versus XLP. RSPS is cheaper than XLP on valuation metrics but lags in returns, growth rates, trading volumes, and fees.

Markets remain under pressure as geopolitical and economic risks rise. Defensive ETFs could help investors navigate volatility without abandoning growth.

Weak consumer sentiment and rising economic risks could strengthen the case for consumer staples ETFs. Here are the funds worth considering now.

A smart beta exchange traded fund, the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (RSPS) debuted on 11/01/2006, and offers broad exposure to the Consumer Staples ETFs category of the market.

The U.S. consumer remains resilient enough to support earnings growth, but that resilience is increasingly concentrated. The LSEG U.S. Retail and Restaurant Q2 earnings index, which tracks changes in the growth rate of earnings within the sector, is expected to show a 67.0% growth over last year's levels. Of the 185 retailers tracked by LSEG, the Broadline Retail sector, representing a wide variety of consumer goods, is headed for the highest earnings growth rate in the second quarter, recording a 231.1% surge over last year's level.

Launched on November 1, 2006, the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (RSPS) is a passively managed exchange traded fund designed to provide a broad exposure to the Consumer Staples - Broad segment of the equity market.

The beverage industry is significantly undervalued versus historical averages, while tobacco and retail are overvalued. RSPS offers consumer staples exposure with better value and less company-specific risk than XLP, but also lower risk-adjusted returns and trading volumes. Four stocks are cheaper than their peers in July.

The Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF features a significantly lower expense ratio and larger assets under management than Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF. The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF provides a higher trailing dividend yield but holds a more concentrated portfolio of 34 stocks.