The Health Care Select Sector Index includes companies from the following industries: pharmaceuticals; health care equipment and supplies; health care providers and services; biotechnology; life sciences tools and services; and health care technology.
XLV ETF Review
- The Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Health Care Select Sector Index
- The Index seeks to provide an effective representation of the health care sector of the S&P 500 Index
- Seeks to provide precise exposure to companies in the pharmaceuticals; health care equipment and supplies; health care providers and services; biotechnology; life sciences tools and services; and health care technology industries
- Allows investors to take strategic or tactical positions at a more targeted level than traditional style based investing
What is the Best Healthcare ETF?
- FHLC: Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF
- IHI: iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF
- PPH: VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF
- RSPH: Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF
- VHT: Vanguard Health Care Index Fund
- XLV: Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund
Here is a table comparing XLV to similar Healthcare ETFs as of November 30, 2023.
| Manager |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| ETF | IHI | FHLC | RSPH | XLV | PPH | VHT |
| Inception | 2006-05-01 | 2013-10-21 | 2006-11-01 | 1998-12-16 | 2011-12-20 | 2004-01-26 |
| MER | 0.40% | 0.084% | 0.40% | 0.10% | 0.36% | 0.10% |
| AUM | $5,381,617,444 | $2,900,000,000 | $966,900,000 | $37,748,460,000 | $450,570,000 | $16,000,000,000 |
| P/E | 40.13 | 27.21 | 16.55 | 20.50 | 22.10 | 28.0 |
| P/B | 4.32 | 4.14 | 3.87 | 4.56 | 2.73 | 4.2 |
| Yield | 0.52% | 1.42% | 3.66% | 1.59% | 1.96 | 1.45% |
| Distributions | Quarterly | Quarterly | Quarterly | Quarterly | Quarterly | Quarterly |
| 1Y | -5.02% | -4.78% | -5.27% | -4.06% | 3.96% | -4.78% |
| 3Y | -0.89% | 4.81% | 3.80% | 7.81% | 8.44% | 4.83% |
| 5Y | 7.22% | 7.67% | 7.60% | 8.54% | 6.53% | 7.70% |
| 10Y | 13.22% | 10.48% | 10.35% | 10.82% | 6.18% | 10.53% |
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