Designed to provide broad exposure to the Industrials - Engineering and Construction segment of the equity market, the Invesco Building & Construction ETF (PKB Quick QuotePKB - Free Report) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on October 26, 2005.

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.

Sector ETFs are also funds of convenience, offering many ways to gain low risk and diversified exposure to a broad group of companies in particular sectors. Industrials - Engineering and Construction is one of the 16 broad Zacks sectors within the Zacks Industry classification. It is currently ranked 16, placing it in bottom 0%.

Index Details

The fund is sponsored by Invesco. It has amassed assets over $416.48 million, making it one of the average sized ETFs attempting to match the performance of the Industrials - Engineering and Construction segment of the equity market. PKB seeks to match the performance of the Dynamic Building & Construction Intellidex Index before fees and expenses.

The Dynamic Building & Construction Intellidex Index is comprised of stocks of U.S. building and construction companies. The Index is designed to provide capital appreciation by thoroughly evaluating companies based on a variety of investment merit criteria, including fundamental growth, stock valuation, investment timeliness and risk factors.

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 0.57%, making it on par with most peer products in the space.

It has a 12-month trailing dividend yield of 0.15%.

Sector Exposure and Top Holdings

Even though ETFs offer diversified exposure which minimizes single stock risk, it is still important to look into a fund's holdings before investing. Luckily, most ETFs are very transparent products that disclose their holdings on a daily basis.

This ETF has heaviest allocation in the Industrials sector -- about 46.6% of the portfolio. Materials and Consumer Discretionary round out the top three.

Looking at individual holdings, Comfort Systems Usa Inc (FIX) accounts for about 5.48% of total assets, followed by Johnson Controls International Plc (JCI) and Vulcan Materials Co (VMC).

The top 10 holdings account for about 46.89% of total assets under management.

Performance and Risk

Year-to-date, the Invesco Building & Construction ETF return is roughly 6.66% so far, and is up about 24.6% over the last 12 months (as of 05/20/2026). PKB has traded between $76.71 and $110.597 in this past 52-week period.

The ETF has a beta of 1.31 and standard deviation of 24.7% for the trailing three-year period, making it a high risk choice in the space. With about 33 holdings, it has more concentrated exposure than peers.

Alternatives

Invesco Building & Construction ETF sports a Zacks ETF Rank of 4 (Sell), which is based on expected asset class return, expense ratio, and momentum, among other factors. PKB, then, is not the best option for investors seeking exposure to the Industrials ETFs segment of the market. Instead, there are better ETFs in the space to consider.

State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB) tracks S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index. The fund has $1.38 billion in assets. XHB has an expense ratio of 0.35%.

Bottom Line

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