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Should You Invest in the Invesco KBW High Dividend Yield Financial ETF (KBWD)?

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Designed to provide broad exposure to the Financials - Broad segment of the equity market, the Invesco KBW High Dividend Yield Financial ETF (KBWD - Free Report) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 12/02/2010.

An increasingly popular option among retail and institutional investors, passively managed ETFs offer low costs, transparency, flexibility, and tax efficiency; they are also excellent vehicles for long term investors.

Investor-friendly, sector ETFs provide many options to gain low risk and diversified exposure to a broad group of companies in particular sectors. Financials - Broad is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 10, placing it in bottom 38%.

Index Details

The fund is sponsored by Invesco. It has amassed assets over $373.92 million, making it one of the average sized ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Financials - Broad segment of the equity market. KBWD seeks to match the performance of the KBW Nasdaq Financial Sector Dividend Yield Index before fees and expenses.

The KBW Nasdaq Financial Sector Dividend Yield Index is a dividend yield weighted index seeking to reflect the performance of approximately 24 to 40 publicly listed financial companies engaged in the business of providing financial services and products, including banking, insurance and diversified financial services, in the US.

Costs

Expense ratios are an important factor in the return of an ETF and in the long term, cheaper funds can significantly outperform their more expensive counterparts, other things remaining the same.

Annual operating expenses for this ETF are 2.59%, making it one of the most expensive products in the space.

It has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 10.36%.

Sector Exposure and Top Holdings

ETFs offer a diversified exposure and thus minimize single stock risk but it is still important to delve into a fund's holdings before investing. Most ETFs are very transparent products and many disclose their holdings on a daily basis.

This ETF has heaviest allocation in the Financials sector--about 98.70% of the portfolio.

Looking at individual holdings, Armour Residential Reit Inc (ARR - Free Report) accounts for about 5.21% of total assets, followed by Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC - Free Report) and Two Harbors Investment Corp (TWO - Free Report) .

The top 10 holdings account for about 39.14% of total assets under management.

Performance and Risk

Year-to-date, the Invesco KBW High Dividend Yield Financial ETF return is roughly 9.22% so far, and is down about -14.83% over the last 12 months (as of 01/12/2023). KBWD has traded between $13.72 and $20.92 in this past 52-week period.

The ETF has a beta of 1.33 and standard deviation of 35.10% for the trailing three-year period, making it a medium risk choice in the space. With about 41 holdings, it has more concentrated exposure than peers.

Alternatives

Invesco KBW High Dividend Yield Financial ETF holds a Zacks ETF Rank of 2 (Buy), which is based on expected asset class return, expense ratio, and momentum, among other factors. Because of this, KBWD is an excellent option for investors seeking exposure to the Financials ETFs segment of the market. There are other additional ETFs in the space that investors could consider as well.

Vanguard Financials ETF (VFH - Free Report) tracks MSCI US Investable Market Financials 25/50 Index and the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF - Free Report) tracks Financial Select Sector Index. Vanguard Financials ETF has $9.16 billion in assets, Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF has $32.92 billion. VFH has an expense ratio of 0.10% and XLF charges 0.10%.

Bottom Line

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