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Should You Invest in the U.S. Global Jets ETF (JETS)?

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Designed to provide broad exposure to the Industrials - Transportation/Shipping segment of the equity market, the U.S. Global Jets ETF (JETS - Free Report) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on 04/30/2015.

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. Industrials - Transportation/Shipping is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 14, placing it in bottom 13%.

Index Details

The fund is sponsored by U.S. Global Investors. It has amassed assets over $1.31 billion, making it one of the average sized ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Industrials - Transportation/Shipping segment of the equity market. JETS seeks to match the performance of the U.S. Global Jets Index before fees and expenses.

The U.S. Global Jets Index tracks the performance of Airline Companies across the globe with an emphasis on domestic passenger airlines.

Costs

Since cheaper funds tend to produce better results than more expensive funds, assuming all other factors remain equal, it is important for investors to pay attention to an ETF's expense ratio.

Annual operating expenses for this ETF are 0.60%, making it on par with most peer products in the space.

Sector Exposure and Top Holdings

It is important to delve into an ETF's holdings before investing despite the many upsides to these kinds of funds like diversified exposure, which minimizes single stock risk. And, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis.

Looking at individual holdings, Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL - Free Report) accounts for about 11.20% of total assets, followed by United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL - Free Report) and American Airlines Group Inc (AAL - Free Report) .

The top 10 holdings account for about 59.70% of total assets under management.

Performance and Risk

The ETF has gained about 11.30% and is up roughly 19.53% so far this year and in the past one year (as of 05/15/2024), respectively. JETS has traded between $14.74 and $22.18 during this last 52-week period.

The ETF has a beta of 1.45 and standard deviation of 31.19% for the trailing three-year period, making it a high risk choice in the space. With about 60 holdings, it effectively diversifies company-specific risk.

Alternatives

U.S. Global Jets 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, JETS is an outstanding option for investors seeking exposure to the Industrials ETFs segment of the market. There are other additional ETFs in the space that investors could consider as well.

SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN - Free Report) tracks S&P Transportation Select Industry Index and the iShares U.S. Transportation ETF (IYT - Free Report) tracks Dow Jones Transportation Average Index. SPDR S&P Transportation ETF has $174.07 million in assets, iShares U.S. Transportation ETF has $902.09 million. XTN has an expense ratio of 0.35% and IYT charges 0.40%.

Bottom Line

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