iShares Global Industrials ETF

EXI

Market cap $1.39B

All industrial subsectors are notably overvalued relative to historical baselines. The iShares Global Industrials ETF offers diversified global industrials exposure, with stronger fundamentals and lower company-specific risk than XLI. However, EXI has underperformed XLI in both long-term and recent returns.

The industrials sector is deeply overvalued, except for the transportation industry. iShares Global Industrials ETF offers international diversification, lower company risk, and stronger fundamentals compared to XLI.

The industrial sector remains overvalued overall, but the transportation subsector is moderately undervalued. The iShares Global Industrials ETF offers international exposure with lower company risk and stronger value metrics compared to the U.S.-focused XLI. While EXI has underperformed XLI since 2006, partly due to currency headwinds, it has outperformed over the past year with similar risk metrics.

This article provides a top-down analysis of the industrial sector based on valuation, quality, and momentum. Industrials remain broadly overvalued, with transportation as the only undervalued subsector; aerospace/defense is the most overpriced. EXI offers global exposure and less concentration risk than XLI, but has underperformed, partly due to currency headwinds.

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